Associate Product Manager, Avant
Card Servicing
$80-124k
Plus annual bonus
M, T, Th in-office
3 days a week in office (Merchandise Mart, Chicago)
Personal credit FinTech
Job no longer available
Personal credit FinTech
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$80-124k
Plus annual bonus
M, T, Th in-office
3 days a week in office (Merchandise Mart, Chicago)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower every customer with innovative solutions designed to help them reach their goals.
Role
Who you are
- We look for individuals who are driven to learn, communicate effectively, and confidently tackle new challenges
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field or comparable experience
- Experience: 1–4 years of experience in analytics, engineering, product, or design
- Analytical Skills: Proficiency in SQL and a data-driven approach to problem-solving
- Attention to Detail: Ability to juggle multiple priorities and execute tasks accurately
- Independence: Capable of managing your own workload to meet timelines and team objectives
What the job involves
- As an Associate Product Manager on the Card Servicing team at Avant, you will identify and execute on key opportunities to enhance our customers’ credit card experience
- Your work will help us build engaging features that position AvantCard as the top choice in every wallet
- Establish strong relationships with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders to foster cross-functional alignment and trust
- Tailor technical explanations for various audiences, ensuring clear and effective communication
- Deepen your understanding of Avant’s data model to support the team’s data needs
- Track key performance metrics (KPIs) and fulfill ad hoc analysis requests to guide decision-making
- Develop expertise within your domain to proactively identify areas for improvement
- Combine data-driven insights with a customer-centric mindset to shape and execute the strategy for card servicing features
- Pinpoint and prioritize opportunities through analytics, market trends, and user feedback
- Translate these opportunities into actionable product requirements
- Collaborate with engineering teams during implementation and testing
- Assess feature impact and iterate based on results
- Contribute to high-value projects and demonstrate leadership capabilities
- Over time, take on additional responsibilities, whether that’s managing a small team or deepening your expertise as an individual contributor
Our take
Many Americans with below average credit scores are caught in a bind: they're unable to improve their score, and simultaneously cannot access traditional loans. Avant's alternative is to offer credit options that are powered by machine learning and based upon a large database that helps to manage risk.
For its users, the company offers a quick credit decision and speedy access to any allotted funds. It has issued over $8 billion in loans to date, and has also expanded its business through the acquisitions of ReadyForZero in 2015 and Zero Financial in 2021.
This expansion has enabled Avant to reach towards its goal of offering a whole suite of products in a single platform, such as loans, credit cards, and deposits. Although there are many FinTechs looking at ways to remove the barriers that people with low credit scores face when trying to take out loans, this expansion to banking products should help Avant to stand out.
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Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2022
$125m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2015
$325m
SERIES E
Total funding: $779m
Company benefits
- Choice of great medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options
- 401(k) Match
- Unlimited paid time off
- Flexible work environment
- Generous paid parental leave
- Lunch allowance (Fooda) and in-office snacks
- WFH stipends for our remote employees
- Access to LinkedIn Learning for professional development
- No meeting wednesdays - (a.k.a. planned time to Get Sh!t Done)
- Summer fridays
- Fun in-office and virtual social events
- (And who doesn’t love the swag)
Company HQ
River North, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Al Goldstein
(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)They worked for a year at Deutsche Bank before founding Pangea Properties in 2008, and Avant in 2013. They have been Chair since, alongside founding Amount, Spring Labs, and StoicLane.
Paul Zhang
(Co-Founder & CIO)Having studied at the University of Illinois, they spent a year as a Software Engineer at CashNetUSA and Enova Financial. They founded Debteye in 2011, before starting Avant in 2013, serving first as CTO then Chief Architect, CTO again and finally CIO.
Matthew Bochenek
(CEO)Has been with the business since 2013, working in a range of positions including Head of US Servicing, Head of Operations and COO - before becoming CEO in 2021. Previously spend a decade at Superfund Asset Management.
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