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Director of Product, Growth

Navient

Denver, CO
Full Time
Director
248k-248k
3 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Director of Product, Growth position will report to the Chief Product Officer. The role involves driving experimentation on product funnels, defining and executing strategies to engage and nurture customers, partnering with engineering, data, and marketing teams, launching new products, developing APIs and embedded experiences for growth, and leading a small team of Product Managers. The company is committed to making higher education accessible and affordable through innovative financial tools and emphasizes a mission-driven, inclusive culture.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive experimentation on product funnels to optimize performance and maximize customer loan origination.
  • Define and execute a product strategy to engage and nurture customers not yet ready to become Earnest customers, based on customer insights.
  • Partner with engineering, data, and marketing teams to ensure a strong foundation for testing, personalization, and funnel optimization.
  • Lead efforts to drive engagement and cross-sell from existing customers as new products are launched.
  • Develop APIs and embedded experiences to facilitate growth from partners serving similar customer bases.
  • Lead and develop a small team of Product Managers as a player/coach.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience launching and growing successful consumer digital lending or fintech products.
  • 2+ years of experience leading a team of Product Managers.
  • Experience optimizing online customer acquisition funnels across multiple channels and products.
  • Experience growing engagement from existing customers and finding ways to cross-sell and monetize engagement.
  • A data-driven philosophy influencing build and pivot decisions.
  • Deep experience setting up, running, and measuring A/B tests.
  • Ability to manage and optimize a testing roadmap based on opportunity size, customer insights, data analysis, and testing learnings.
  • Experience integrating martech infrastructure to enable growth through marketing and sales channels.
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with sophisticated testing methodologies such as contextual, multi-arm bandits.
  • Experience launching growth features or freemium offerings from 0-1.
  • Experience partnering closely with marketing teams to open new distribution channels.
  • Experience building embedded product experiences with partners.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Benefits & Perks

  • Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans
  • Mac computers
  • Work-from-home stipend to set up your home office
  • Monthly internet and phone reimbursement
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Robust tuition reimbursement program
  • $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary
  • Competitive days of annual PTO
  • Competitive parental leave

Working at Navient

At Earnest, our people bring our cultural principles to life. These principles define how we work, how we win, and what we expect of ourselves and each other: Every Second Counts, Choose To Do Hard Things, Pursue Excellence, Lead Together, Don't Take Yourself Too Seriously. We are committed to building an environment where employees feel included, valued, and heard, emphasizing diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging. We believe that a strong commitment to these values enables us to move forward with our mission.

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Job Details

Posted AtAug 21, 2025
Job CategoryProduct Management
Salary248k-248k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeRemote
ExperienceDirector

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About Navient

Website

navient.com

Location

Denver, CO

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