Lead Product Manager, Funding Circle
Decisioning
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1 day a week in office
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
Job no longer available
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
1 day a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
We are on a mission to build the place where small businesses go to get the funding they need to win
Role
Who you are
- 7+ Years of relevant experience across product management, credit risk and/or data science
- Experience understanding customers through quantitative & qualitative methods and using it to develop customer-centric products
- Worked in empowered product & engineering teams to support delivery of the strategy, product vision, OKRs and roadmaps to drive business performance, owning product development & delivery through its lifecycle
- Collaborated with stakeholders to maximise the value of your work, make tough trade off decisions and get things done
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills, with the ability to draw strategic insights from analysis and a clear focus on customers
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills - ability to work effectively and collaboratively with individuals from different parts and levels of the organisation with different backgrounds and perspectives
- Passionate about Funding Circle’s mission and values
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Lead Product Manager in Credit Decisioning
- You will lead the charge in defining the strategy and roadmap for Funding Circle’s proprietary credit decisioning technology, working in close partnership with stakeholders, to enable rapid innovation across our expanding product offering, including term loans, our FlexiPay instalment product, and business credit cards
- Set the vision and strategy for the development of Funding Circle’s credit decisioning platform, prioritising goals and defining the short, mid, and long-term roadmap in partnership with credit risk, product & commercial
- Produce high quality product requirements that enable your empowered product teams to develop solutions that enable us to say yes to more businesses whilst managing compliance and risk
- Manage relationships with stakeholders, be the go-to person in your domain and enable fast decision-making
- Take complete ownership of your area, plotting a path forward based on your experience, market trends, evolving customer behaviours and business objectives
- Support the growth & development of the culture within the wider Product team
- Proactively problem solving, identifying and confidently mitigating any risks, issues or control weaknesses that arise in your day-to-day
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Funding Circle launched in 2010 and it was the perfect time in the market. After the financial crisis in 2008, financial institutions were hesitant to lend money. Loans to SMEs were at record lows.
This meant that Funding Circle's innovative platform - connecting investors and businesses directly - had immediate product-market fit and growth. Funding Circle remains incredibly focused on small businesses, and this set it apart from other lending platforms. The business has since expanded to the USA.
The company completed its IPO in September 2018 in a challenging economic environment in Europe and the USA. In 2020, however, trading in the group’s core UK market was helped by its participation in the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme – the company says it has been responsible for a quarter of CBILS loans by volume since it was accredited to join the scheme in April 2020. Funding Circle continues to be a leading SME financing platform, exemplified by its partnership with Bayview Asset Management, with whom it has surpassed £1 billion in funding for its Term Lending product.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
Genn, Head of New Channel Growth (FlexiPay)
Insights
Company
Employee endorsements
Focus on employee wellbeing
"We've moved to a hybrid way of working at FC. We have lots of employee benefits, from lunch budgets (Just Eat), to retail discounts, gym/health..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2017
$105.2m
SERIES F
Apr 2015
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $377.7m
Company benefits
- Annual learning budget
- Private Health insurance covering pre-existing conditions
- 5% Matched Pension
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Access to Wellhub (formally Gym Pass)
- Dental Insurance
- Just Eat for Business allowance when in the office
- Enhanced parental and adoption leave
Company values
- Think smart
- Obsess over the customer
- Make it happen
- Be open
- Stand together
- Live the adventure
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Lisa Jacobs
(CEO)Lisa is responsible for driving the company’s strategy and overseeing Funding Circle's operations in the UK and US.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Funding Circle
Victoria Bradford-Hall (VP, People)
- At Funding Circle, we are on a mission to back small businesses like no other company has ever done before. To succeed, we need a team that reflects the diverse world of the customers we support. We are building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. We know our success is rooted in a culture where every Circler - regardless of background, identity, or experience - has the confidence to bring their whole self to work. In our fast-moving environment, we don't just "accept" diversity; we actively seek it out to help us spot opportunities and find a better way. We measure our success not just by what we achieve individually, but by the impact we have on others. Even if your past experience does not align perfectly with every requirement, we would still love to hear from you.
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