Lead Product Manager - Verifications - Lendbuzz

Job Title: Lead Product Manager - Verifications
Job Location: Remote
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/lendbuzz/2a0bd141-4a1e-4a5d-ac46-329eae2bf133
Job Description: At Lendbuzz, we believe financial opportunity should be more personalized and fair. We develop innovative technologies that provide underserved and overlooked borrowers with better access to credit. From our employees to our dealers, partners, and borrowers, we’ve built a company and a culture around a resolute belief in the promise and power of diversity. We value independent and critical thinking.

We are seeking an experienced Lead Product Manager to join our team, focusing on the Verifications function. In this role, you will oversee all verifications in our loan origination process. You will be ensuring the development of scalable solutions that drive internal efficiencies and improve operational workflows for credit decisioning. This is a hands-on product leadership role that requires both strategic vision and tactical execution and will manage cross-functional teams to enhance and innovate our verification systems.

The posted salary range reflects the base salary. Total compensation also includes an annual performance bonus and equity.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead a team of Product Managers, owning the strategy and execution of Credit Verifications, AI Verifications, and Fraud
Partner with internal teams to develop scalable underwriting workflows that improve internal efficiencies and real-time decisioning for our customers
Work collaboratively with AI/ML teams to rapidly drive automation initiatives
Manage strategic leadership with hands-on product execution, working across the product lifecycle to deliver impactful solutions
Overseeing PMs while hands-on driving the design and development of internal platforms that support verification processes
Mentor senior and junior PMs, fostering a high-performance culture within the team
Key Requirements:
10+ years in a product role or similar role, with at least 3-5 years of experience leading teams of PMs or senior PMs
Ability to lead, execute, and manage both the strategic and tactical aspects of product development
Proven experience in managing complex workflows, especially in underwriting, and building scalable systems that improve internal efficiencies
Experience in rapid-growth startups is a major plus
Experience building and scaling internal platforms or similar products