Senior Product Manager, Personal Loans New Initiatives

SoFi SoFi · Fintech · San Francisco, CA · Product Management

Senior Product Manager at SoFi to lead new initiatives in Personal Loans, focusing on growth, cross-sell, and member value. Will own and scale intelligent product recommendation and ranking systems, and evaluate new product opportunities. Partners with Data Science, Engineering, Design, Marketing, Risk, and Operations. Requires 5+ years PM experience, proven track record, data-driven mindset, and ability to thrive in ambiguity. Nice to have experience with growth, personalization, recommendation systems, fintech, and ML-driven products.

What you'd actually do

  1. Identify and define new product opportunities that drive growth for Personal Loans, with a focus on cross-sell, engagement, and member value
  2. Build and iterate on recommendation and ranking systems that surface the right products to the right members at the right time
  3. Lead 0→1 product development from problem definition through launch, including experimentation, iteration, and scaling
  4. Partner closely with Data Science to define models, inputs, and success metrics for personalization and optimization systems
  5. Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Design, Marketing, Risk, and Operations to deliver high-quality experiences

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of product management experience
  • Proven track record of owning product areas or initiatives and delivering measurable business impact
  • Experience defining product strategy and driving execution across a multi-quarter roadmap
  • Strong product intuition with the ability to identify high-impact opportunities and make sound prioritization decisions
  • Data-driven mindset with experience using metrics, experimentation, and analysis to guide decisions
  • Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, design, and data science teams
  • Strong communication skills, including experience influencing stakeholders and presenting to senior leadership
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with high ownership

Nice to have

  • Experience with growth, personalization, or recommendation systems
  • Background in fintech, lending, or consumer financial products
  • Experience building cross-sell or multi-product ecosystems
  • Familiarity with experimentation frameworks and A/B testing
  • Exposure to machine learning–driven products or ranking systems
  • Experience working on 0→1 and scaling product initiatives

What the JD emphasized

  • intelligent product recommendations
  • ranking across SoFi surfaces
  • evaluate and incubate new product opportunities
  • define and drive a multi-quarter roadmap
  • define strategy and driving execution
  • 0→1 product development
  • recommendation and ranking systems
  • personalization and optimization systems
  • growth, personalization, or recommendation systems
  • machine learning–driven products or ranking systems
  • cross-sell or multi-product ecosystems

Other signals

  • recommendation systems
  • ranking systems
  • personalization