Bankrate

Lead Product Manager

United States · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 hours ago

Product StrategyLeadershipUnderwriting

About the role

This role is open to remote or hybrid candidates (East Coast preference), with hybrid being central to our New York, NY or Charlotte area offices.
This represents a meaningful expansion of how Bankrate serves consumers and financial institutions at the moments that matter most.
You will serve as the core product and technical leader for a cross-functional squad of engineers and designers.

Responsibilities

Build Advanced Consumer Financing Tools: Lead the design and execution of native capabilities that deliver accurate home affordability analyses, streamlined pre-approval workflows, and side-by-side comparisons of real loan estimates.
Partner with Third Party Vendors: Lead vendor partnerships that assist in developing high-fidelity data capture and verification tools that transform standard marketplace inquiries into highly qualified, transaction-ready leads, maximizing downstream conversion for our financial institution partners.
Simplify the Application Lifecycle: Build seamless digital pathways that assist users in securely submitting mortgage applications directly to lenders, shifting user behavior from casual browsing to active transacting.
Data-Driven Iteration: Use quantitative and qualitative insights to validate strategy, guide prioritization, and iterate on the roadmap across both B2C (affordability and application flows) and B2B (lender integration and data delivery) dimensions
Proven experience building engaging, creative consumer experiences - ideally involving complex flows, financial tooling, or end-to-end application funnels.
Experience taking a marketplace product from a traditional lead-generation model into a deeper, data-validated transactional platform.
Demonstrated ability to manage complex, parallel workstreams and act as a strong cross-functional influencer without losing strategic clarity or execution discipline
Ability to work with APIs, underwriting engines, and other mortgage technologies to ensure seamless, secure data flow between consumers and lending partners.
Build seamless digital pathways that assist users in securely submitting mortgage applications directly to lenders, shifting user behavior from casual browsing to active transacting.
Your primary objective will be to deepen our value proposition to users while scaling our partnerships with lenders by delivering higher-qualified leads driven by deeply validated data.

Requirements

Experience owning complex, interconnected data platforms and integration layers rather than isolated front-end features.
Comfort navigating compliance and ambiguity while maintaining forward momentum.
Must be able to work Eastern Standard Time hours.

Nice to have

Experience in financial services or fintech, with a deep understanding of the mortgage lifecycle is a strong plus.

Compensation

This range reflects total cash compensation, which may include base salary only or base salary plus target bonus, depending on the role.
Actual compensation varies based on location, experience, and qualifications.
Total Cash Compensation Range: $145,000 - $260,000 per year

Benefits

This role leads end-to-end product strategy in a high-speed, high-impact role operating in a start-up type environment where speed to learning is key.
Define the end-to-end product vision for a comprehensive digital mortgage experience that guides users step-by-step through the financing process to buy a home.
Partner closely with Engineering and Design leads to ensure strong execution health, technical quality, and appropriate sequencing of foundational data infrastructure vs. consumer-facing features.

Company info

Bankrate is where Americans go to get the best price on life's most important financial decisions. By combining proprietary data, advanced technology, and deep market coverage, Bankrate helps consumers compare options and make confident financial choices across mortgages, credit cards, savings, and more. As a rate provider to the Federal Reserve and the benchmark relied upon by major publishers and policymakers nationwide, Bankrate's rate data is the national standard. This commitment to precision is reflected across all its products. In mortgages, proprietary auction technology puts lenders in real-time competition on price alone, consistently delivering rates in the lowest 10% in the country. For deposits, the platform features exclusively top-tier rates in the top 10% nationally, while its credit card coverage encompasses more than 90% of the market by volume. Founded by a journalist, Bankrate remains dedicated to its founding mission of transparency, honest information, and real competition - helping to make the American dream more affordable for everyone.
Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at Red Ventures is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. This includes providing reasonable accommodation where appropriate. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the job application or interview process, please contact accommodation@redventures.com.
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Bankrate is where Americans go to get the best price on life's most important financial decisions.
By combining proprietary data, advanced technology, and deep market coverage, Bankrate helps consumers compare options and make confident financial choices across mortgages, credit cards, savings, and more.
As a rate provider to the Federal Reserve and the benchmark relied upon by major publishers and policymakers nationwide, Bankrate's rate data is the national standard.
This commitment to precision is reflected across all its products.
In mortgages, proprietary auction technology puts lenders in real-time competition on price alone, consistently delivering rates in the lowest 10% in the country.
For deposits, the platform features exclusively top-tier rates in the top 10% nationally, while its credit card coverage encompasses more than 90% of the market by volume.
Founded by a journalist, Bankrate remains dedicated to its founding mission of transparency, honest information, and real competition - helping to make the American dream more affordable for everyone.
Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law.
Employment at Red Ventures is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities.

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