Principal Product Manager, Upstart

• 5+ yrs of end-to-end product ownership across mission-critical Financial Operations domains (GL, AP/AR, treasury, revenue recognition)
• Experience leading initiatives at a Principal PM level
• Proven track record orchestrating across engineering teams to replace manual workflows with real-time services
• Executive-level influence and ability to consistently drive alignment on roadmap, risk trade-offs and control design
• Customer-backed problem framing and discovery excellence. Experience with validation via rapid prototyping
• BA/BS in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Agile execution at scale. Demonstrated ability to build and maintain outcome-oriented backlogs, enforce crisp sprint goals, and drive continuous delivery without sacrificing quality or compliance

Desirable

• Upstart’s Financial Operations team is the backbone of our financial integrity, building the ledgers, close-automation, and cash-management systems that give executives real-time, audit-ready insight into the company’s performance
• Innovating at the intersection of Capital Markets, Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, and Engineering, the team builds the foundational analytics and internal tooling needed to streamline deal execution and improve transparency
• Financial Operations solutions play a critical role in shaping how we manage the balance sheet, execute securitization and capital transactions, and maintain a high-quality accounting close process
• As the Principal Product Manager, Financial Operations at Upstart, you will own the vision and roadmap for this FinOps platform end-to-end: replacing spreadsheet sprawl with append-only services, automated controls, and self-service planning tools that scale with our growth
• You’ll orchestrate multiple engineering and stakeholder pods, drive SOX-compliant releases, and unlock day-zero visibility for Accounting, FP&A, and Treasury, so leadership can steer the business with speed and confidence
• Enable real-time, trustable financial visibility. Ship solutions that cut manual data prep and give FP&A and Treasury instant insight into cash, liquidity, and P&L drivers
• Design and build scalable systems that automate core Treasury and Capital Markets workflows and unlock efficiency
• Accelerate planning and forecasting cycles. Replace manual workflows with a self-service planning platform
• Partner closely with engineering leadership to define the long-term vision and roadmap for reporting and analytics automation
• Institutionalize data governance and audit readiness. Design event-sourced ledgers, evidence capture, and access controls
• Define product strategy and roadmaps and launch features in partnership with engineering teams