About Betterment
Betterment is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing and retirement solutions for retail investors and investment advisors as well as financial wellness solutions, including a 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. Our team is passionate about our mission: making people’s lives better. We’re headquartered in NYC, and offer hybrid NY-based (three days/ week in-office) and select, non-NY-based remote positions.
About the role
Betterment’s mission is to empower people to do what’s best for their money so that they can live better. As a Product Manager on our Smart Servicing team, you’ll be responsible for driving the internal tooling strategy to support our operations and customer support teams. You’ll also keep a keen eye on improvements to high-touch customer-facing experiences to drive revenue growth while mitigating fraud risks.You are an organized and detail-oriented product manager with experience working across web and mobile platforms.
You are a natural collaborator and love being part of a cross-functional team. You relish rolling up your sleeves and explaining complex requirements to engineers, designers, and data analysts…and you also build strong relationships with your peers across the organization. You are masterful in prioritizing effectively and making tradeoffs while keeping internal stakeholders aligned and informed. You are passionate about building a customer-centric business that will impart lasting change to the financial services industry.This role is based out of our NYC office. Below we've reflected the base salary range we would offer for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Betterment’s total compensation package for employees.
- New York City: $105,000 - $115,000
We offer a competitive equity package, health, dental and vision benefits, life and AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, EAP, commuter and parking benefits FSA/HSA, and 401(k) with employer match as well as a flexible PTO policy. This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus. For jobs based out of our NYC HQ, we require in office attendance Tuesday through Thursday, weekly.
A day in the life
- Identify opportunities to improve Betterment’s existing customer experience, focusing on tools used by our teams regularly to provide a five-star customer experience and enhance operational efficiency
- Implement and iterate on technical solutions to fraud management, working both with external vendors and internal data and engineering resources
- Execute priorities flawlessly, working with design, engineering, analytics, and marketing to produce documentation and milestones that ensure your solutions reach our user base as efficiently as possible
- Know the success metrics for your product area and build the tracking plan to support it; understand and communicate how the work that you’re prioritizing is helping drive those metrics
- Develop a deep level of user empathy through product data, competitive analysis, and user research
- Understand the financial pain points that Americans in our target market experience on a regular basis
What we’re looking for
You have a proven track record of feature delivery as a product manager and comparable team/project leader and are passionate about building experiences that customers love. You are innovative, able to craft a vision, define products, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Specifically, we think you’re well suited for this role if you have:
- Always puts the customer first when making short and long-term product decisions
- Demonstrated success at communicating, prioritizing, and balancing needs cross-functionally
- Obsessive attention to detail and strong organizational skills in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to drive the implementation of alternative servicing channels
- Strong analytical abilities with a passion for data-inspired decision making
- Ability to build strong relationships across functions within an organization
- A big plus: experience with high-consideration products and/or highly regulated industries
What being at Betterment means for you
We change lives
Join a community of innovators working to transform financial outcomes for real people. Your work will make an impact, always laddering up to our mission: making people's lives better.
We set audacious goals
We set them for the company, our customers, and ourselves—and we won’t stop until we reach them. We don’t just show up; we give our all, then celebrate our wins.
We value all perspectives
When we collaborate, we're at our best. We believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes and strive to uphold our supportive and inclusive community.
We invest in you with:
- A competitive suite of benefits, including: medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and AD&D insurance; STD and LTD benefits, including infertility support and World Professional Association for Transgender Health approved benefits; and generous parental leave.
- Flexible paid time off (and encouragement to use it!)
- Meaningful opportunity for community building through our 7 Employee Resource Groups
- Empowerment to own and lead change and affect the business
- Dedicated professional development opportunities
- Lunch from our in-house chef three days a week at our NYC headquarters
What happens next
We’ll take a few weeks to review all applications. If we’d like to spend more time with you, we’ll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues.In the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators. Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment. Depending on the role, we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions.On average, it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency.
As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision. Please note that, as we usually receive an overwhelming number of applications for open positions, we’re unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process. We recognize that interviewing for a new role is a big deal. We appreciate you considering Betterment as the next step in your career, and our Recruiting Team is here to support and advocate for you through the interview process!Please note that Betterment is dedicated to providing accommodations to candidates upon request. If you need accommodations at any point throughout the interview process, please reach out to your recruiter.
Come join us!
We’re an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, predisposing genetic characteristic, domestic violence victim status, arrest records, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
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Betterment participates in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration, and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Please note that we do not use this information to pre-screen job applicants.E-Verify NoticeE-Verify Notice (Spanish)Right to Work NoticeRight to Work Notice (Spanish)
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