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Product Manager, Core Experience | Acorns
Acorns is seeking a Product Manager to help shape and scale the core customer experience. You will be the architect of journeys across investing, banking, and money movement, directly influencing how millions of Americans save and grow their money. This role requires a builder who takes full ownership of strategic outcomes, possesses the analytical rigor to back up every decision, and has a deep empathy for the customer's financial journey.
Acorns is a remote-first organization, offering the flexibility to work remotely while providing optional access to office space in Irvine, CA.
Drive Strategic Outcomes: Own the roadmap for core experience workstreams, ensuring every initiative is tied to measurable goals like customer retention, engagement, and lifetime value.
Lead Customer Discovery: Use data analysis and customer research to identify high-impact opportunities, solving deep-seated financial friction points with simple solutions.
Orchestrate Cross-Functional Execution: Lead a dedicated pod of engineering, design, and analytics partners to guide products through the entire lifecycle—from ideation to post-launch optimization.
Execute Experiment Plans: Move beyond shipping features to solving problems. You will design and run robust experiment plans, using results to iterate and find the best path forward for our customers.
Manage Agile Delivery: Drive the end-to-end agile lifecycle with precision. You are responsible for maintaining a high-velocity, iterative delivery rhythm that translates your roadmap into high-quality software.
Simplify the Complex: Take complex financial concepts and turn them into intuitive, educational journeys that empower customers to take the right actions for their future.
Proven PM Experience: 5+ years of experience in product management, specifically within consumer-facing mobile applications or fintech.
Outcome-Oriented Mindset: A track record of taking a strategic goal and delivering a product that successfully moved the needle on key business metrics.
Analytical Prowess: Ability to dive into data to find insights, define success metrics, and use those findings to defend and prioritize your roadmap.
Collaborative Leadership: Experience leading agile teams and navigating the trade-offs between speed, scope, and quality while aligning stakeholders behind a common vision.
Communication Excellence: The ability to distill complex concepts into clear, "plain English" narratives that excite both customers and internal team members.
Hunger to deliver game-changing products
Exceptional drive and precision in delivery
A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission
Optimistic about the potential of societal change
You are not expected to have experience with all listed requirements. If you feel passionate about Acorns' mission, vision, and values, please apply.
Competitive salary and stock options
A comprehensive benefits package for you and your family
Flexible work location, hours, and paid time off
401(k) matching
Monthly Acorns account contribution & GoHenry account for your family
Mindfulness and Financial Wellness resources, Headspace and Addition Wealth
Acorns Career Development Program (Ongoing training sessions, development plans, development check-ins, Cornerstone’s online training platform)
Roots Leadership Program for Emerging Leaders
Community week onsite gatherings and various virtual events
Talented and motivated team members who care deeply about one another, our mission, and our customers.
The rare opportunity to create a new world. We inspire one another every day to do meaningful work that solves big societal challenges.
Acorns is a financial wellness app that helps everyday people and families save and invest money for the long term. Since 2014, Acorns has grown into a global company with multiple life-stage products serving the needs of kids, teens, adults, and parents. Named one of Time’s “World’s Best Brands of 2024,” Acorns has helped over 14 million people save & invest over $27 billion dollars, much of it from spare change and small amounts.
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $150,000 and $165,500/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including equity grants, and discretionary cash bonus awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
Acorns participates in E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. For more information about E-Verify, please visit www.e-verify.gov
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