Product Lead, Platform

TLDR

Drive the product vision and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance customer experiences and grow product adoption across Nav's foundational financial and credit data services.

Nav is the leading credit and financial health platform used by more than 2.4 million small business owners in the United States. 

We’re on a mission to give every small business owner the chance to succeed. The team views each day as an opportunity to challenge the norm, push boundaries, and create meaningful products, services, and experiences that make a positive difference for small business owners each and every day. 

At Nav, our team is just as diverse as the customer base we serve. And, that’s something we’re incredibly proud of. We value individualism just as much as we do hard work, talent and smarts. 

Working at Nav isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity to gain invaluable experience, work with dedicated professionals, and make a real, lasting impact. 

If you’re ready to be part of a team that’s driven by heartfelt purpose and data, let’s talk. 

We are looking for a Product Manager to own our underlying financial and credit data products. Customers being able to see accurate and consistent data, understanding what it means, and interpreting what next steps they can take to grow is the foundational structure for all of Nav. This role will work across all of our product teams to make that data correct and consistent. You will work directly with cross functional peers in design, engineering, product marketing, data and finance to make strong business decisions and solve customer problems. You will be responsible for day to day management of our platform services, defining the input metrics to measure individual project success, and be held accountable to meeting Nav’s overall OKRs. 

What we empower you with

  • Ownership of a Nav’s foundational layers: Credit and financial data is not just a side project for Nav — it’s how the moat that makes our solutions work for SMBs. You’ll be charged with owning a key piece of every product at Nav.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with our Head of Customer Insights and Head of Customer Care to meet directly with customers and discover problems to solve directly from them. Partner with the Product Marketing Manager on Nav Prime to brainstorm and launch new products, drive adoption, and increase Nav’s subscriber base retention. 
  • Growth and impact opportunities: Nav is expanding our product set in 2026, and this role will serve as a key partner to each of those expansion opportunities. Done correctly, efficacy in this role could make or break new company bets.

YOU WILL: 

  • Drive the product vision and strategy of your product area, while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including design, engineering, marketing, and category leaders to create exceptional customer experiences that meet business objectives.
  • Lead the product development process from ideation to launch, collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and prioritize features that meet customer needs and business goals
  • Partner with marketing to create go-to-market strategies and launch plans, and drive user acquisition and engagement in your product experience.
  • Continuously analyze product performance and customer feedback to optimize product features and drive growth
  • Stay up-to-date with market trends, consumer behavior, and competitor products to ensure our products remain innovative and competitive.
  • Identify new opportunities and areas for innovation to improve our products and services.
  • Building and maintaining relationships with external partners, agencies, and vendors to ensure Nav's design standards are met and exceeded.
  • Partnering with user research  to understand the customer,  identify user needs, preferences, and pain points, and using those insights to inform product decisions.
  • Understand the fintech landscape, including credit bureaus, neobanks, payments, lending, and financial technology, and applying that knowledge to design and product decisions.
  • Ensuring that Nav's product and user experience comply with relevant regulatory requirements.

WHO YOU ARE:

  • You are excited about building great products that delight customers and meaningfully add value to their lives. 
  • You run your product like a business. With a clear product vision, you drive organizational focus and alignment on intent, resources, and prioritization to deliver excellent products. You’re at your best when empowered to drive decisions with input from top to bottom, but the freedom to set the path.
  • You foster collaboration across various roles in the product, from engineering to marketing to compliance. As the leader of the product, you remove roadblocks, lead all product initiatives, and oversee the entire product lifecycle from ideation to planning and execution.
  • You have an innate intellectual curiosity to understand the “why” behind how users are using the product and teach others to have the same. You ask the right questions and dig into the data in an effort to deeply understand what the user needs and identify the problems worth solving. You then build a strategy to align those problems with business value.
  • You have experience leading products in fintech, with a deep understanding of the industry, including credit bureaus, neobanks, card issuance, payments, lending, and financial technology.
  • You have demonstrated success in building and launching innovative and effective products that have gained strong market adoption and retention.
  • You thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment with ease, and possess the ability to balance competing priorities and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • You have strong use of storytelling skills to bring people from diverse perspectives and levels in the organization to see what you see and drive progress and results.
  • You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience in data analysis, A/B testing, and user research.
  • An authentic leader with an entrepreneurial mindset, with a bias towards revenue producing innovation
  • You have deep experience and understanding in developing high-growth consumer-centric products, services, and platforms and teams 
  • You have an  understanding of how the intersection of product, data, and customer experience drives value
  • Your passion for financial technology and a desire to build engaging, intuitive and seamless solutions for small business owners. 

 

More about Nav

Inclusion at Nav:

At Nav, we celebrate what makes our employees unique because the businesses we serve are progressively diverse and distinctly original. Navericks are diverse, side hustlers, immigrants, veterans, queer, and we push generational boundaries. We are college dropouts, PhDs, special needs parents, allies, pet owners and community leaders. Navericks are human. We are committed to upholding a safe, supportive environment where everyone matters. We are committed to making a better future for all of us. We have created a workplace where people of all backgrounds can express their identities authentically. To put it simply, we want you to be proud to be you.

Our Compensation Philosophy is simple but powerful:

At Nav, we are  transparent about our total rewards, including pay, across all levels and roles. We believe great, enduring relationships are grounded in trust and transparency. Compensation shouldn’t be a distraction, and employees should understand how pay and career advancement decisions are made. Providing equal pay for equal work is table stakes for being a great place to work. Gender and ethnic inequity should only be something that our children read about in history books. We believe providing Navricks with company ownership, competitive pay, and a range of meaningful benefits is the start of creating a culture where people want to give the best they’ve got — not because they’re simply making money, but because they’ve fallen in love with our vision, mission, values, and team.

During the interview process, your recruiter will be explaining how our rubrics work across all of our total rewards (base, equity, bonus, perks, and benefit) offerings . The base salary for this role is targeted between $150K - $200K per year. The final offer amount is determined by your proficiencies within this level. 

Our impact on you:

Competitive Pay. Company Ownership. Unlimited Vacation. Benefits Day One. 6 Weeks Paid Parental Leave. Work From Anywhere (yes we were distributed before it was cool). Flexible Work Arrangements. Free Telehealth and Telemental Health For All Employees. Employee Networking and Events. Community Network Groups (women’s, PRIDE, culture). Meaningful Perks and Rewards. Learning and Development Opportunities. Pet Insurance. 

A Naverick’s DNA: 

  • We look at the future and say “why not”; we see possibilities where others see problems or routines. We show the way ahead and are committed to achieving ambitious goals.
  • We practice straight talk and listen generously to each other with empathy. We value different opinions and point of views. We ensure that we connect outside as well as inside to learn from others and inspire each other.
  • We hold ourselves accountable for delivering results. We choose to not to be a victim of circumstance. We make decisions & take responsibility so that we can act & support each other, rather than adopting defensive, and “finger pointing” behaviors.
  • As leaders we motivate & engage our teams to undertake beyond what they originally thought possible, by developing our teams & creating the conditions for people to grow and empower themselves through enabling & coaching.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read our privacy notice for  California residents linked here.

Benefits

Education Stipend

Learning and Development Opportunities

Health Insurance

Free Telehealth and Telemental Health For All Employees

Community Networking

Community Network Groups (women’s, PRIDE, culture)

Paid Parental Leave

6 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

Unlimited Vacation

Remote-Friendly

Work From Anywhere (yes we were distributed before it was cool)

Nav is a financial health platform for small businesses, providing credit scores, insights, and funding options to reduce business failures.

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