Generative AI Product Manager, Avant

$165-185k

This role is eligible for additional incentives, including an annual bonus

SQL

ChatGPT

Azure Databricks

Senior and Expert level

Chicago

More information about location

3 days a week in office (This role is based on our downtown Chicago Office, located in the Merchandise Mart)

Personal credit FinTech

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Personal credit FinTech

501-1000 employees

FintechB2CPersonal financeLendingCredit cardsFinancial Services

Be an early applicant

$165-185k

This role is eligible for additional incentives, including an annual bonus

SQL

ChatGPT

Azure Databricks

Senior and Expert level

Chicago

More information about location

3 days a week in office (This role is based on our downtown Chicago Office, located in the Merchandise Mart)

501-1000 employees

FintechB2CPersonal financeLendingCredit cardsFinancial Services

Company mission

To empower every customer with innovative solutions designed to help them reach their goals.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

AI-First Mindset: A power user of AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot, etc.), with curiosity for experimenting and applying them in real workflows
Product Builder: 5+ years in product or program management, ideally in tech or fintech, with experience taking concepts from zero to shipped solutions
Data Fluent: Comfortable with SQL and working in a data platform like Databricks; strong instincts for measuring impact with data
System Thinker: Able to connect dots across business workflows, data pipelines, and AI opportunities—not just tasks
Great Communicator: You can translate technical possibilities into business outcomes, and align executives, engineers, and end users alike
Action-Oriented: You move quickly, prototype relentlessly, and aren’t afraid to break and learn

Desirable

Experience embedding GenAI into customer-facing fintech or data-driven products
Familiarity with AI infrastructure and tooling (LangChain, vector databases, LLM APIs)
Hands-on experience with Databricks for data pipelines, ML models, or AI experimentation
A track record of shipping AI-powered tools (whether formally at work or informally on your own)

What the job involves

We’re looking for a Generative AI Product Manager who thrives at the intersection of data, product, and innovation
This role is about more than just experimenting with AI tools—it’s about scaling AI impact across the business
You’ll help us unlock value from our Databricks data platform, design AI-powered workflows and products, and lead the enablement of AI across teams
You’ll be both a builder and an orchestrator: prototyping AI solutions, shaping enterprise use cases, and helping establish the foundations—tools, governance, and culture—that make AI sustainable at scale
Prototype & Pilot AI Use Cases: Build scrappy MVPs and run hands-on pilots that leverage our data (in Databricks) and AI tooling to solve real business problems
Scale AI Agents & Workflows: Deploy AI copilots and automation for high-value internal workflows (e.g. customer support, underwriting, analytics)
Partner on AI Roadmap: Work with business units to identify, prioritize, and validate AI opportunities—balancing quick wins with longer-term strategic bets
Enable AI Across the Org: Drive adoption by building shared repositories of use cases, running enablement sessions, and integrating AI literacy into company culture
Measure Impact: Define metrics for adoption, efficiency, and quality of AI solutions; use data to guide iteration and scaling
Shape AI Governance & Best Practices: Partner with Product, Data, and Engineering to establish standards around safety, compliance, and responsible AI use

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.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

-3% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.2)

Trustpilot (4.5)

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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