Product Manager, Senior Associate

The confidential client is hiring a Senior Associate Product Manager to lead the pre-authorization data enrichment and matching product that powers transaction fraud decisioning. You will:

• Own product strategy and roadmap for pre-authorization enrichment, merchant matching, and third-party risk signals.
• Translate business goals into prioritized epics, features, and user stories; define acceptance criteria and MVPs.
• Serve as the product expert in vendor and internal stakeholder relationships; manage requirements and integrations.
• Lead day-to-day engineering delivery, collaborate with designers, data scientists, QA, and architects, and unblock teams.
• Use data-driven hypotheses and experimentation to measure impact on approval rates and fraud mitigation.
• Ensure product decisions follow risk, compliance, and regulatory processes relevant to Financial Services.
• Communicate roadmaps and results clearly to stakeholders and executive sponsors.

• Intellectually curious — you ask why, explore options, and embrace learning in ambiguous situations.
• Strong communicator & influencer — you distill complex ideas for varied audiences and rally teams around priorities.
• Bias toward action — you execute, iterate quickly, and manage multiple priorities with strong organization.
• Customer-focused — you connect with internal or external customers to surface needs and deliver value.
• Humble learner & team player — you seek feedback, support teammates, and build long-term relationships.

• Bachelor’s degree or military experience.
• At least 1 year of product management experience OR at least 1 year in product design, agile delivery, business analysis, data science, or software engineering.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field.
• 1 years translating business strategy or analysis into consumer-facing digital products.
• 1 years working on core product platforms that power digital experiences.
• 1 years serving as a product owner in an agile development process, partnering with cross-functional teams.

The confidential client provides location-based pay ranges for this role (full-time, annual):

• Chicago, IL: $101,100 - $115,400
• McLean, VA: $111,200 - $126,900
• New York, NY: $121,300 - $138,400
• Richmond, VA: $101,100 - $115,400

Candidates in other locations will be offered the pay range associated with that work location. This role may also be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation (cash bonus and/or long-term incentives). The confidential client offers competitive health, financial, and other benefits; eligibility varies by status and location.

• At this time, the confidential client will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
• The confidential client is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding non-discrimination, criminal background inquiries, and reasonable accommodations.
• This role will accept applications for a minimum of five business days.
• No agencies, please.

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