[Remote] Principal Product Manager, Pricing Platform
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Upstart is a leading AI lending marketplace committed to reducing the cost and complexity of borrowing for Americans. The Principal Product Manager for the Pricing Platform will define and drive the strategy for a critical system that powers loan pricing and customer offers, focusing on evolving a complex platform into a scalable solution.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the long-term vision for Upstart’s pricing platform, enabling scalable and reusable capabilities across multiple loan products
- Improve the reliability, quality, and availability of pricing systems, reducing risk and preventing high-impact failures in a business-critical system
- Drive platform evolution from a complex, monolithic architecture toward modular, service-oriented systems that increase engineering velocity
- Partner with engineering, machine learning, and product teams across unsecured, auto, and home lending to enable new pricing capabilities and use cases
- Balance competing priorities across stakeholders, making principled tradeoffs between short-term business needs and long-term platform investments
- Identify and unlock opportunities to accelerate product development by improving platform primitives and reducing dependency bottlenecks
Skills
- BA/BS in Economics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5-7 years of product management experience
- Experience building or managing backend platforms or infrastructure systems
- Experience working with engineering teams on large-scale, complex systems
- Experience defining product requirements and driving execution for technical products
- Experience working on pricing systems, ads platforms, or similar optimization systems
- Experience evolving monolithic systems into modular or service-oriented architectures
- Experience working in machine learning, data science, or analytics-driven environments
- Experience operating in highly cross-functional environments with multiple stakeholders
Benefits
- Target bonuses
- Equity compensation
- Generous benefits packages (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k)
- Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly
- Retirement benefits to help you plan for the future, including a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually (USD in the US, CAD in Canada)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees (US only)
- Comprehensive health coverage designed to support you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources for US and supplemental health coverage for Canada.
- Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart for eligible plans (US only)
- Income protection benefits, including life insurance and disability coverage for added financial security
- Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, in line with local requirements
- Paid family and parental leave to support caregiving and major life moments (duration varies by country)
- Family-centered benefits to support fertility, parenthood, and caregiving needs
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering mental health support and life-centered resources
- Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service (US Only)
- Annual wellness allowance to support your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on what matters most to you
- Annual productivity allowance to invest in relevant tools and resources you need to do your best work, no matter where you work from
- Connection and community through team events, all-company updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs)
- Onsite perks, including catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens when working from one of our offices in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City (opening Summer 2026!)
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