Principal Product Manager

About the Role

Caribou is looking for a Principal Product Manager to help drive the vision and strategy for a portfolio of significant products.  This role requires a deep understanding of the lending landscape, consumer behaviors and trends in digital financial services, and familiarity with software that enables people-powered lending operations, coupled with strong product management fundamentals and leadership skills. 

As a senior member of the product team, this role will lead the charge on driving the product vision for this critical component to our story of how we scale the business. 

In this role, you will:

• Develop and execute the product strategy for a subset of Caribou’s overall capabilities (including digital customer acquisition), aligning with Caribou’s overall business objectives and growth targets.
• Lead cross-functional teams including engineering, design, analytics, and marketing to deliver innovative and impactful solutions that deliver meaningful value to Caribou’s customers, partners, and employees.
• Define and prioritize product features and enhancements based on customer feedback, market research, and competitive analysis.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to define key performance indicators (KPIs) and establish metrics to measure the success and effectiveness of Caribou’s loan origination initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement through data-driven decision-making, experimentation, and iteration.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies in the lending and financial services space to inform product strategy and roadmap.
• Champion a customer-centric approach to product development, ensuring that the needs and preferences of our customers are at the forefront of decision-making.
• Model and champion useful PM skills to uplevel and enrich the product team as a whole.

This role can be based out of Caribou offices in Phoenix, AZ or Denver, CO. Alternatively, this role may work remotely from a state where Caribou operates*

About You

We want to hear from you if you love thinking about how data and seamless customer experiences can transform industries. You have:

• 10+ years of experience in product management, GM or other relevant experience
• 7+ years of experience in the development of digital consumer lending products
• The ability to lead the development of product vision, strategy, roadmaps and manage of the end to end product development lifecycle
• Knowledge and understanding of the lending systems landscape, inclusive of alternative data ecosystems and AI powered verification platforms that can be used to power consumer lending experiences. 
• The ability to drive trade-offs and prioritization of initiatives, capabilities and business cases with a variety of senior stakeholder groups, inclusive of members of the BoD.
• Superb verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing executives and evangelizing to stakeholders

How we will take care of you

Everyone at Caribou is a valued team member, and we always strive to live up to our value Take Care of Each Other. Our compensation and benefits package includes: 

• Competitive compensation: $173k - $217k
• Equity options
• 401k savings program
• Generous paid time off including: Flexible Time Off (FTO) for all employees and 100% paid parental leave for all parents.
• Robust wellness benefits including company-paid plans for health, dental, vision, mental health, disability and basic life insurance.
• Optional benefits to suit your individual circumstances such as HSAs, FSAs, supplemental life and medical insurance, and pet insurance.
• Up to $1,000 per year for eligible professional development expenses.