Product Management

Pinwheel - Helping banks win primacy with frictionless account activation solutions

Pinwheel helps banks win primacy by making switching direct deposits easy. Through exclusive and first-of-its-kind partnerships with payroll providers, Pinwheel can instantly authenticate consumers without credentials. This new product provides best-in-class conversion, greater security, better insights, and a seamless UX for switching direct deposits at the world's leading financial institutions.

Pinwheel's platform has enterprise-grade security protocols to power connections to over 1,800 platforms (covering up to 100% of US workers paid via direct deposit) and over 1.5 million employers. From that point of connectivity, leading fintechs and financial institutions (such as Block's Cash App, Citizens Bank, Acorns, Credit Karma, and more) leverage us to power direct deposit switching, earned wage access, income & employment verification, and build innovative new products.

Pinwheel is trusted and funded with $77M by top-tier investors such as GGV, Coatue, First Round Capital, and more.

Who are we looking for?

As a product owner, you will play a key factor in driving Pinwheel’s next stage of growth. At Pinwheel, Product development is an extremely collaborative effort between engineering, design, and customer-facing teams. More concretely, you will be responsible for:

• Building innovative products for our lending and income verification customers and prospects to help them underwrite consumers.
• Critical analysis of key features, market segmentation, pricing,technical deliverables and competitive analysis
• Establishing yourself as a thought leader and acting as a steward for customer centricity both internally and externally.
• Working closely with Pinwheel sales, engineering, marketing, and design teams to bring your vision to reality.
• Developing systems so projects deliver high-quality results even if you’re not involved day-to-day.

What experience, skills, and qualifications are necessary?

• 5-7+ years of experience in product within B2B tech. Preferably, within startup or fintech environments that have sold into enterprise customers.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with 0-to-1 product launches and products at scale.
• Strong quantitative analysis skills.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Nice-to-have: experience building infrastructure APIs (and the challenges that come with their slower adoption and iteration cycles).

Best time to join - Our company is small but well-funded, meaning you are joining at a time where you can impact and shape the company.

Be a cultural builder - You will have an active hand in molding the company culture and being a part of the entrepreneurial journey.

Build Something Revolutionary - Help build the consumer data infrastructure of the future.

Belong - Join a community that is passionate and relentless about building fairer financial systems for all.

Benefits included:

• Great compensation & equity packages
• Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Life & short-term disability insurance
• Unlimited vacation
• Paid parental leave
• 401K for retirement planning
• Mentorship opportunities
• Free Citibike membership
• Pet friendly offices and Zoom spaces

At Pinwheel, total compensation is made up of salary + equity + benefits. We recruit motivated and high performing talent, and work to compensate people in line with the value they can bring to the organization in delivering outsized results. The talent market is competitive, and maintaining our ability to recruit and retain the best team possible is a top priority for Pinwheel. When creating an offer, we consider interview performance, candidate experience, external market competitiveness, and internal equity in thoughtfully assessing compensation. The expected cash salary range for this role is $175,000-$225,000.

Diversity & Inclusion at Pinwheel

At Pinwheel, we are committed to building an environment that is diverse and inclusive. We believe that having people across different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives enables us not only to build the best financial products, but to help us realize the best versions of ourselves. Pinwheel is an equal opportunity employer, and we aim to be an open and supportive place to work.

As part of our commitment to health and safety, Pinwheel requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as permitted under applicable law.