About Origence

With 30 years at the forefront of fintech innovation, we specialize in SaaS lending solutions that lead the industry. Our core mission is customer-centric, focusing on empowering Credit Unions across the United States with the tools to offer accessible, competitive lending services. We're deeply committed to enhancing the financial ecosystem for a broad network of credit unions, members and auto dealers. We invest in our greatest assets, our employees, and foster a culture of innovation and ownership through freedom and responsibility. We celebrate fiscal accountability, operational rigor and efficiency to create a sustainably healthy and robust business for the long term.

A Product Manager plays a crucial role in the development and management of technical products within a company. The role involves a combination of technical expertise, business acumen, and product management skills. The PM will be a primary driver of the research & strategy stage as well as lead the progressive elaboration process including epic elaboration, sizing estimates and feature elaboration.

What you will do:

Research & Product Solution Strategy:

• Understand, drill down into and communicate the product vision, strategy, and goals.
• In partnership with the Strategy team, conduct market research to further understand customer needs, industry trends, and competitive landscape.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align product strategy with business objectives.
• Define, manage and communicate user personas.
• Understand competitive solutions and build vs. buy options for Epic formulation.
• Identify dependencies & draft an impact analysis when necessary
• Work closely with the Compliance and Security teams to identify impacts on requirements.
• Determine the depth of innovation that is necessary or possible in the solution.

Progressive Elaboration:

• Work closely with internal/external stakeholders, to gather and define product requirements and to understand intended value propositions in order target the right solution path.
• Write, manage, and prioritize features that support existing epic prioritization; ensure stories are aligned with feature acceptance criteria.
• Guide Team through full Definition of Done and own data integrity in Azure DevOps for Features
• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies.

Communication and Execution Support:

• Collaborate and communicate with the Solution Execution team to ensure a clear understanding of requirements.
• Possess a strong technical background to effectively communicate with development teams and make informed decisions.

Leadership & Teamwork:

• Work to foster and enhance teamwork within the organization.
• Settle for nothing less than the highest quality products and services to each other and our clients.
• Consistently promote and model the culture and values of CUDC.
• Drive team ownership, accountability, a sense of pride in work and ability to execute.

The ideal candidate:

Education:

• College Degree (BA/BS Degree or advanced degree – MBA preferred)

Experience:

• Success as Product Manager, Product Owner or Sr. Business Analyst developing or launching new features
• Strong Soft Skills to quickly gain the support of internal, clients and stakeholders
• A minimum of six years’ experience in software, system and/or business analysis.
• Knowledge of financial industry and/or credit union operations.
• Strong technical background, with hands-on experience in software development, engineering or related fields

Specialized Skills:

• Ability to interface with credit union and internal management for the purpose of creating business plans
• Strong organizational skills with ability to develop strategies, set objectives, and manage to results
• Proactive leadership style to identify opportunities and work across organization
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Must be able to travel 20% of the time

Why you should apply:

• Flexible Working Environment
• Paid Time Off
• 401k (8% match)
• College Tuition Benefits/ Tuition Reimbursement
• Good Benefits options
• Company Culture! Cultural and Holiday celebrations, Theme days like Star Wars Day & Bring your Kids to Work Day, Monthly Townhalls and Quarterly Company Meetings that ensure awareness, inclusion, and transparency.

The starting salary range for this full-time position is $111,800 - 139,800 per year. This base pay will take into consideration internal equity, candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge and experience among other factors. Origence maintains a highly competitive compensation program. Under company guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual bonus to provide an incentive to achieve targeted goals. Bonuses are awarded at company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Origence is an equal opportunity employer. All recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, and other terms and conditions of employment will be based upon an individuals’ qualifications regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, military service, marital status, pregnancy, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.