Product Vice President, Candidly
Student debt solutions
Job no longer available
Student debt solutions
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make trusted, intelligent and comprehensive solutions that enable Americans to reap the rewards of that investment so they can build financial wellness and wealth.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years in product management with at least 3 - 5 years in a senior leadership role (e.g. Director or VP of Product)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with experience acting as the face of product to internal and external stakeholders
- Strong understanding of product management best practices including user research, prototyping and product analytics
- Experience working closely with clients understanding their pain points and delivering solutions that align with market needs
- Ability to manage complex cross-functional projects with competing priorities
- Experience in SaaS technology
- Familiarity with data analytics tools and methodologies to drive product decision making
What the job involves
- Reporting into the Chief Data Officer, this role will be a key figure in leading cross-functional product initiatives, managing the product roadmap and representing the Product function to both clients and internal stakeholders
- You will coordinate across multiple product development pods, ensuring best practices are followed across all initiatives, and own the quarterly planning process to drive successful product delivery and innovation
- Act as the primary product liaison for clients, partners, and internal teams ensuring clear communication and alignment on product goals and expectations
- Act as Product’s spokesperson in client-facing interactions, understanding their needs while managing them to executable scope and actionable requirements
- Provide mentorship and leadership to pods driving a high performance culture
- Develop and standardize product management best practices including requirements gathering, user testing, and product roll-out processes
- Lead product teams across multiple pods, driving collaboration, innovation and ensuring timely delivery of product milestones
- Ensure product goals are met on time and within scope with a continual focus on improving the planning process
- Maintain a deep understanding of market trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape to inform product strategy
- Collaborate with engineering, sales, marketing, customer success, customer support, legal and compliance to ensure product alignment
- Work closely with the data science team to standardize how data is integrated into decision making and product performance measurement
- Manage the development and administration of product roadmap quarterly planning process
- Lead and manage a team of four senior product managers, providing strategic guidance, mentorship, and support to drive the successful development and delivery of innovative products
Our take
A lack of access to affordable higher education is causing increasing numbers of students to fall into debt. Common advice is to simply save money incrementally, but that is easier said than done. Today, over 48 million Americans struggle with over $1.75 trillion of student debt. Candidly, rebranded from FutureFuel.io, offers payment management services for student loans in the form of employee benefits.
The company collaborates with employers to make loan repayment processes easier. Candidly claims that these services help students save between $15,000 to $40,000 and reduce loan repayment time by up to 5 years. Other companies such as Tuition.io also provide employer-paid student benefits to help contribute to debt repayments. However, Candidly's unique set of digital money saving tools provide an edge over competitors by helping students make small savings that can accumulate to big debt payments.
With increasing nationwide interest in reducing student debt, the company experienced 10x revenue growth and a 3,600% increase in payments flowing through its platform through 2022. With a fresh injection of funding in March 2023, Candidly is well-positioned to shake up this field.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2023
$20.5m
SERIES B
Mar 2021
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $49.8m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- 401(k)
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Student loan assistance
- Disability insurance
Company values
- Desenrascanço - We practice the art of finding a solution to a problem out of left field
- Empathy - We put the needs of our users above the bottom line
- Collaboration - We are fully remote, but never distant
- Humility - We are here to serve our users, our customers, and our shareholders
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Laurel Taylor
(CEO & Chairwoman of the Board)Majored in Organizational Behaviour and Spanish at Texas State, before studying for an MBA at MIT's Sloan School. Was VP Sales at Systems Integrations Companies, and then CRO & Executive VP at TEECOM. Joined Google as Head of Industry, Health in 2013. Is a member of philanthropic organization SheGives and the Student Debt Task Force. Founded Candidly in 2016.
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