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# Principal Product Manager at Self Financial

- **Company:** Self Financial
- **Location:** Austin, TX
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/selffinancial/jobs/6177696004

## Job description

Self Financial is a venture-backed, high-growth FinTech company with a mission to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience by empowering people to build credit and build savings.

We're looking for people who share our passion and are driven to tackle challenges, find solutions and make the financial space better for the communities we serve.

Our team is passionate about challenging the status quo of the credit industry by providing people accessible tools to take control of their credit. Executing on our mission requires deep collaboration across our teams to ensure our products reach the people who can benefit from them the most, particularly the 100 million+ Americans who have no or low credit.

## About the role

Self is looking for a Principal Product Manager to set strategy and direction for our flagship credit building product, the core of how we help people build credit and save money. This is a company-level ownership role: you'll partner directly with executive leadership to shape where the Credit Building portfolio goes over the next several years, and your calls will ripple across engineering, risk, compliance, and go-to-market.

This role is for a builder with deep product fundamentals and the judgment to operate with no net. We're looking for someone who independently diagnoses problems, sizes opportunities, and makes high-stakes calls that others build on - without needing guidance and without waiting to be asked. You'll set the bar for product craft and process across the PM organization, not just your own team, and multiply other PMs' effectiveness through the standards and practices you establish. You're fluent operating in a regulated environment, you bring a point of view on how AI reshapes the modern PM's workflow and help the broader team adopt it, and you build cross-functional trust and alignment company-wide even when you don't have formal authority over the people you need to move.

## What you'll do

- Own the Credit Building vertical's product strategy, partnering with leadership to shape portfolio-level bets, balancing growth, profitability, customer experience, and regulatory compliance
- Own KPIs and P&L for the Credit Building vertical and shape Self's point of view on the competitive landscape in FinTech and consumer credit
- Translate strategy into a prioritized roadmap and clear requirements for your engineering team, while acting as a mentor and multiplier for PMs across the department
- Use quantitative and qualitative data (A/B testing, SQL, usability studies, survey data) to form and test hypotheses, and build a shared, evidence-backed vision that earns buy-in at the executive level
- Partner deeply with Risk, Compliance, Engineering, Design, Analytics, Marketing, and Operations by leading through influence
- Define how AI-assisted workflows (research synthesis, spec drafting, data exploration, prototyping) get adopted across the product organization, not just your own work

## What you'll bring

- 10+ years as a Product Manager, with a track record of owning strategy for a core product with company-level business impact (ideally B2C)
- Demonstrated ability to build cross-functional alignment and drive outcomes at the executive level without formal authority
- Ability to move fluently between strategic questions ("Where is the market moving and how do we meet our customers there?") and detailed product questions ("How can we improve our success within this narrow customer segment?")
- Experience operating inside a regulated or compliance-heavy environment (fintech, banking, healthcare, insurance, payments, or similar); credit/lending experience is a plus, not a requirement
- Fluency using AI tools as part of the modern PM workflow (research, writing, data analysis, prototyping), with experience helping other PMs adopt them
- Strong analytical skills, including SQL competence and hands-on experience with data analysis tools

Base salary range: $190,000 - $230,000 annually.  Individual pay is based on factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, and other job-related reasons. Benefits and Perks:

We have the compensation and benefits you expect. But there's one thing that Self Financial can offer that many companies cannot: we can positively change the world, while making a profit. We are a team of Builders, empowering our customers to build their dreams.

Our perks include:

- Company equity in the form of Stock Options
- Performance-based bonuses
- Generous employer-paid health, vision and dental insurance coverage
- Flexible vacation policy
- Educational assistance
- Free gym membership
- Casual dress code
- Team building events and activities
- Hybrid work arrangements/schedules
- Paid parental leave

Self Financial requires all employees hired to successfully pass a background check.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

At this time, we are only able to consider applicants who are U.S. Citizens or Green Card Holders for employment opportunities. We appreciate your understanding.

## About Self Financial

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Self Financial is a credit-building platform that helps people build credit and savings simultaneously through accessible financial products.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series E, raised $127M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: James Garvey

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services (Fintech – Credit Building)
- **Target customers**: B2C – individuals with low or no credit history, often underserved by traditional credit systems
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We believe everyone should have the ability to improve their financial future. We exist to enable people to build credit, build savings, and reach their goals."

## Products & Services
- **Credit Builder Account**: A secured loan that builds credit history and savings simultaneously. Users make monthly payments into a savings account; after the term, the savings are returned. (SaaS/Fintech)
- **Self Visa® Credit Card**: A secured credit card issued by partner banks, designed to help customers build credit through responsible use. (Financial product)
- **Rent & Bills Reporting**: Free reporting of on-time rent payments to three major credit bureaus and utility payments to TransUnion, helping customers boost their credit scores without additional cost. (Feature)
- **Self App**: Mobile app (iOS & Android) for account management, with 250k+ App Store reviews averaging 4.9 stars and 80k+ Google Play reviews averaging 4.6 stars.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue: $85M (LinkedIn estimate); Total Funding: $127M (Series E, Sep 2021, led by Altos Ventures)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Altos Ventures (lead in multiple rounds), Conductive Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners (led Series D). Partners include San Antonio Spurs (Official Credit Building App).
- **Growth Signals**: 4 million customers served; headcount of 341 employees (+10.7% YoY); acquired RentTrack in 2022; operates in 30 countries; strong app store ratings; recognized as a top fintech workplace by American Banker (2020-2022) and Built In Austin (2020, 2022).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Low barrier to entry**: No credit history required to start building credit, addressing the "catch-22" of needing credit to get credit.
- **Dual-benefit model**: Credit Builder Account builds both credit and savings, a unique combination.
- **Free rent & utility reporting**: Differentiator that helps customers improve credit through everyday expenses.
- **High customer satisfaction**: 4.9-star rating on App Store indicates strong product-market fit.
- **Mission-driven focus on financial inclusion** with strong DEI commitment internally.

## Strategic Focus
- Continued innovation in credit-building tools to make financial inclusion more accessible.
- Expansion of reporting features (rent, bills) to further democratize credit building.
- Product development aimed at helping customers achieve larger financial goals (home, car, life).
- Scaling the platform while maintaining high customer satisfaction and regulatory compliance.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Core values include "Be Your Authentic Self", "Builders First", "Transparency Matters", "Own and Deliver", "Do the Right Thing", and "We're Better Together". Strong emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion with dedicated DEI program and employee resource groups (ERGs).
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid work model based in Austin, TX. Flexible Time Off, paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers.
- **Perks**: Healthcare (medical, dental, vision, life, disability, FSA/HSA), 401(k) investment plan, equity incentive plan, wellness programs, professional development reimbursement, reward and recognition programs.
- **Engineering Culture**: Described as having "endless learning opportunities from fellow engineers", continuous learning and skill expansion, and a supportive environment. Active tech stack and engineering roles visible (Staff Data Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer).
- **Awards**: American Banker’s Best Places to Work in Fintech (2020, 2021, 2022), Built In Austin Best Places to Work (2020, 2022), Austin Inno Fire Awards 2021.
- **Current Openings** (as of search): Staff Data Engineer, Senior Financial Reporting & Technical Accountant, Senior DevOps Engineer, Principal Information Security Engineer, Technical Revenue Accountant, Senior Information Security Engineer.

## Sources
1. [self.inc/careers](https://www.self.inc/careers)
2. [self.inc/about](https://www.self.inc/about)
3. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/selffinancial](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/selffinancial)
4. [linkedin.com/company/self-financial](https://www.linkedin.com/company/self-financial)
5. [self.inc](https://www.self.inc/)

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