Senior Product Manager, Credit Risk & Strategy

Forward Financing is a financial technology company seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive the optimization and integration of its third-party decision engine with its proprietary core applications. The role will act as the primary liaison between pricing and strategy, underwriting, engineering, and third-party vendor teams and will own complex projects within the decisioning space.

Requirements

• 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in FinTech, lending, or a high-growth financial services environment.
• 2+ years of direct experience managing and optimizing a decision engine (e.g. Taktile, FICO Blaze, Zoot, Encino, Provenir, Lendflow, or similar complex rules/scoring engines) within a lending context (MCA, SMB, Credit Card, or related).
• Solid understanding of the Merchant Cash Advance (MCA) or Revenue Based Financing lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience with API integrations and managing complex data flows between disparate systems.
• Strong analytical skills with a proven track record of using data (SQL, Python, or advanced Excel) to define product strategy and measure results.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards package
• Medical, dental, vision, commuter benefits
• Flexible time-off policy
• Paid parental leave
• 401k match for US employees
• Wellness reimbursement
• Volunteering days
• Annual professional development budget
• Charitable donation match