Director, Product Management at Achieve — Dallas, TX

The Role

Overview of Key Responsibilities:

• Organizational Leadership & Scaling: Build, scale, and mentor a world-class, multi-layered product management organization. Establish a high-performance culture rooted in operational discipline, continuous talent development, and product management excellence.
• Lending Product Strategy: Define and champion the long-term product vision, strategy, and investment roadmap for the Lending Product organization. Ensure the portfolio balances immediate commercial scaling with long-term foundational technical architecture.
• Lending Platform Modernization: Provide leadership and direction for the development of our next-generation, API-first lending architecture. Drive the modernization of our core lending origination systems, automated decisioning frameworks, real-time pricing engines, and external partner ecosystems.
• Accountability: Be accountable for the business performance of Lending product lines, tracking core metrics including funnel performance, close rates, time-to-fund and product profitability.
• Cross-Functional Synchronization: Act as a critical liaison between Product and key executive stakeholders in Marketing, Capital Markets, Credit Risk, Legal & Compliance, Sales, and Operations. Ensure complex industry regulations are met and seamlessly integrated into scalable, friction-free customer software experiences.
• Market Leadership & Innovation: Drive the adoption of emerging technologies, modern data/analytics capabilities, and alternative data underwriting methods to keep Achieve ahead of fintech competitors and shifting macroeconomic conditions.

Technical & Leadership Competencies:

• Domain Expertise: Deep knowledge of the end-to-end digital consumer lending lifecycle, automated credit risk rules engines, modern loan origination technology stacks, secondary market/capital market constraints, and equity/unsecured debt products.
• Architectural Vision: Proven experience overseeing complex API-first platform transformations, modern cloud architecture transitions, and enterprise-level data layer definitions. Can comfortably align technology roadmaps directly with VP-level Engineering leaders.
• Executive Presence & Influence: Exceptional track record of presenting to, influencing, and aligning C-suite executives and regulatory bodies on highly strategic, high-capital decisions.
• Execution Excellence: A proven leader who has successfully taken product lines from zero-to-one, as well as scaled consumer facing lending platforms

Achieve well-being with:

• 401 (k) with employer match
• Medical, dental, and vision with HSA and FSA options
• Competitive vacation and sick time off, as well as dedicated volunteer days
• Access to wellness support through Employee Assistance Program, physical and mental health wellness programs
• Pet care discounts for your furry family members
• Financial support in times of hardship with our Achieve Care Fund
• A safe place to connect and a commitment to diversity and inclusion through our six employee resource groups

Join Achieve, change the future.

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