Associate Product Manager

Leap Theory offers a collaborative, data driven environment focused on scaling core parts of the platform across lending and other financial products. This onsite role in Santa Monica centers on shaping product strategy and executing initiatives that improve user acquisition, routing, and lender performance. The position carries a salary between $100,000 and $130,000 per year, plus a benefits package and opportunities to influence fintech product decisions.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the product strategy and roadmap for lead generation flows, from traffic intake through lender delivery
• Draft precise product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineering teams
• Analyze funnel performance, conversion rates, revenue metrics, and lead quality to inform optimization
• Lead experiments including A/B testing across forms, qualification logic, routing rules, and user experience
• Collaborate with marketing and growth teams to improve traffic monetization and user experience
• Work with compliance and legal to ensure adherence to lending and data privacy regulations such as FCRA, consent, and disclosures
• Track and report product performance using clear KPIs and dashboards

Requirements

• Minimum of three years in product management, ideally within fintech, lending, neo-bank, or ad/lead tech
• Familiarity with analytics and experimentation tools
• Experience working with APIs and third party partners
• Strong analytical skills and comfort with data in Excel or Sheets and SQL
• Proven track record of running experiments and using data to inform decisions
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities

Technologies

• SQL
• GA4
• Excel

Technical Literacy

• APIs & Integrations: Knowledge of sending and receiving data from lenders, financial partners, and third party vendors
• Data & Analytics: Reading dashboards, defining events, and using SQL/GA4 to evaluate performance
• Experimentation: A/B testing, feature flags, and rollout strategies
• Routing & Decision Logic: Qualification, scoring, and routing of users or leads based on rules or models
• Fraud & Risk Signals: Velocity checks, duplicate detection, bot traffic, identity verification, and anomaly detection
• Frontend Flows: Forms, validation, consent, disclosures, and UX tradeoffs

Pay

$100,000 - $130,000 per year

Location

Santa Monica, CA onsite