Product Manager - Strategy & Analytics
At OnDeck, we improve the world’s economic landscape by changing the way small businesses access capital. We do it in an environment where we celebrate collaboration, but aren’t afraid of healthy competition; where we’re serious about our work but don’t take ourselves too seriously; and where we are small enough to be nimble but strong enough to make a big impact.
The Product team builds financial products and user experiences that users would rave about. We build external products that our end customer, Small Business owners, use to create financial leverage for their business. We also build internal products that our team members in Marketing, Sales and Operations use to provide services to Small Business owners. Our job starts with identifying user needs, exploring the feasibility of solutions to those needs, and evaluating the business case viability of the preferred solution. We then work with different departments to build and launch the solution. But our job does not end there, because once we launch a product, we need to continuously monitor and improve it. A good product manager is very user centered, analytical and technologically savvy. Our product management philosophy centers around test-and-learn, design thinking and agile. Above all, a good product manager is business savvy, and knows what it takes to win in the market.
The Product Strategy & Analysis team at OnDeck is focused on understanding the needs of our target customers and market through research and analysis, and recommending groundbreaking solutions for Small Business Owners. Lead the strategy for new and innovative products and features!
As a Product Manager for Strategy & Analytics at OnDeck, you will:
- Develop hypotheses about key opportunities for growth by better meeting Small Business Owners’ needs. What is the next big feature or product that OnDeck needs to add to our offering?
- Validate those hypotheses through user research, market sizing, analysis, and business case development.
- Design solutions and evangelize your recommendations across OnDeck.
- Collaborate closely with Technology, Design, Risk, and Product Marketing to craft and launch tests to learn more about the desirability, feasibility and viability of your solutions.
- Make critical build vs. buy vs. partner decisions about how to bring your strategies to market. Manage vendor and partner relationships.
- Evolve your solutions through Alpha Tests, Beta Tests, Commercial Feature Releases, and Continuous Improvement.
Necessary qualifications for success:
- 2+ years of Product Management experience.
- Data-driven approach to understanding user behavior and discovering and evaluating product opportunities. SQL and Excel skills to access and analyze data and build business cases.
- Passion for and experience discovering deep customer needs through generative user research.
- Experience using test-and-learn frameworks to drive product evolution.
- Strong technical background and demonstrated success collaborating deeply with cross-functional Technology teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Successful track record working in white space.
Nice-to-haves (not required):
- Experience managing and launching Credit/Financial Products. FinTech experience a plus.
- Business Analyst experience a plus.
About OnDeck:
As the largest online small business lender in the U.S. serving more than 700 different industries, we have been trusted by over 80,000 small businesses by providing them with a term loan or line of credit to help them build growing and thriving enterprises. Since 2007, we’ve issued over $10 billion in capital.
Join us as we enable small businesses to achieve their goals. At OnDeck, we’re reinventing small business financing. We care intensely about each other, our company and the customers we serve, and are committed to making every day count. We are small enough to be nimble and strong enough to make a big impact.
OnDeck believes that each and every team member plays an important role in our company’s success. That’s why we strive to provide you and your family with a competitive and comprehensive benefit program with a variety of options and opportunities. We offer:
- Generous Vacation
- Comprehensive Healthcare
- Educational Reimbursement
- 401k Matching
- Parental Leave
- Sports Teams
- Stocked Kitchens
- Loan Consolidation
We are going to ask you to talk about your accomplishments. Here are some of ours:
- WorldatWork, 2017 Seal of Distinction
- Fortune 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity, 2016
- Fortune 50 Best Small and Medium Companies to Work For, 2016
- Fortune 30 Best Workplaces in Finance and Insurance, 2016
- Built in Colorado, Top 100 Digital Companies in Colorado, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Crain’s New York Business Fast 50, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Fortune and Great Place to Work 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials, 2015
- Fortune/Great Place To Work Great Rated! People’s Picks: 20 Great Workplaces in Financial Services, 2015
- Crain’s New York Best Places to Work, 2013, 2014, 2015
- Colorado SHRM Best Companies to Work For in Colorado, 2015
- Forbes’ America’s Most Promising Companies, 2013, 2014
- Selling Power Magazine Best Company to Sell For, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- 500|5000, 2013, 2014
As part of our dedication to maintaining an inclusive and diverse workforce, OnDeck provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, OnDeck complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
OnDeck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of OnDeck’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
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