Senior Product Manager, Financial Services
Skimmer is on a mission: to modernize the pool and spa service and repair industry. We’re a private equity-backed company with 7500+ customers using Skimmer’s pool service platform to transform their businesses. But we’re not stopping there (there are over 70,000 pool service companies in this surprisingly large “niche” space).
Our customers love us almost as much as we love them (check out our reviews and our NPS score of 68!)
We are proud to be the 4th fastest growing company in Austin (Austin Business Journal), on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies, the Deloitte Fast 500, one of Built In Austin’s Best Startups, and year-over-year we’re named one of Austin’s Best Places for Working Parents.
We’re looking for big thinkers with small egos, so let’s dive in!
Our Values: At Skimmer we
- Realize our customers' success is our success.
- Build humble, diverse teams who have fun winning.
- Drive results with urgency.
- Earn trust through transparent communication.
Who are you? / About You
We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to lead the continued development and evolution of our product roadmap for our Fintech products. As a product leader, you will shape the roadmap, partner cross-functionally, and drive delivery of customer value in order to help pool professionals have the best possible financial tools to help run their business, including payments, financing, and surcharging.
You’ll work closely with our Fintech leader, design, engineering, customer success, and leadership to continue to grow our world-class platform. Ensuring that our fintech products are intuitive, reliable, and indispensable to our users - they trust us with their money, and that trust needs to be at the core of all you build. You will own the full lifecycle of product development, from discovery to delivery and adoption to iteration.
Reporting to the VP, Product, this role can be in Austin, TX or remote.
What you’ll do
- Own the product vision and strategy for our Financial Services products, aligning the roadmap with Skimmer’s overall business goals and user needs.
- Define and prioritize the roadmap, collaborating with stakeholders to balance innovation, tech debt, and user feedback.
- Lead product discovery efforts, including user research, customer interviews, and prototype testing to identify new opportunities and refine existing features.
- Write clear, actionable requirements for design and engineering, and manage sprint cycles with an eye toward fast, high-quality execution.
- Analyze product usage and customer feedback to measure success, validate decisions, and iterate as needed.
- Act as a domain expert on payments and fintech products embedded in our product, keeping tabs on industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitor offerings.
- Ensure a cohesive, delightful customer experience that supports Skimmer’s mission and brand.
What Performance Looks Like
- Within your first 3 months you will analyze and assess customer needs around our current fintech products and evaluate them against our current roadmap and business requirements for our UX and engineering team. You will interact with our customers and will lead efforts to ensure our customer’s experience remains the best in the industry.
Your Experience
- Experience leading development teams building fintech and/or payments products, including taking at least one product from concept-to-launch successfully.
- Proven success leading end-to-end product development in a high-growth SaaS or tech environment.
- Strong user empathy with a passion for field-focused design and a deep understanding of UX best practices.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and inspire across teams.
- AI-forward product manager who has utilized tools like Claude, ChatGPT, Replit, V0, or similar to help accelerate product development.
- Experience with common tools like Figma, Sketch, Azure Dev Ops, Notion, Jira, Mixpanel, Pendo, and similar platforms.
- Familiarity with agile methodologies and a data-informed mindset.
- Bonus: Experience in vertical SaaS or field service software.
Benefits
- Competitive base pay + bonus potential
- Generous medical, dental, and vision plans (we pay 100% of your premium and 50% of your dependents’)
- Fantastic culture with a very strong eNPS- we work hard, celebrate wins, and learn as we go to always be improving to benefit our customers.
- Immediate access to 401(k) with company match
- Flexible PTO (MINIMUM of 10 days required every year)
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parent, 6 weeks paid leave for supporting partner
- Remote work friendly
- Comprehensive learning and development budget
- A manager dedicated to your development
We also acknowledge that there is no “perfect” candidate - if you fulfill the majority of these requirements, believe this is a role you would be excited about on a daily basis, and resonate with our culture, we encourage you to apply.
