Product Manager - Captive Partnerships

Octane is a financial technology company that empowers merchants and consumers with innovative financial products. The Product Manager for Captive Partnerships will shape the product experience for Octane's captive recreational lending channel, focusing on enhancing consumer and dealer-facing applications while optimizing integrations and user experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Define and lead team OKRs that align with corporate objectives, translating a long-term vision into actionable, prioritized roadmaps
• Rigorously measure and report on key KPIs, specifically focusing on dealer conversion rates, application volume, and funding velocity
• Manage and advance deep integrations with dealer systems to ensure a frictionless, end-to-end loan origination flow
• Partner with Legal, Risk, and Credit Ops to navigate complex product eligibility logic, disclosures, and compliance requirements
• Work closely with Engineering, Design, Data, Sales, and Ops to build world-class experiences for Octane’s captive partners
• Gather direct insights from dealer stakeholders and internal teams through empathy interviews and support channels to drive continuous UX improvements
• Simultaneously oversee multiple in-flight projects, balancing external partner dependencies and legal timelines with internal engineering capacity
• Continuously optimize the dealer portal and consumer application flows to reduce friction and increase partner satisfaction

Requirements:

• 5+ years of product management experience with a track record of delivering high-quality products and great user experiences at scale
• Ability to envision how complex systems and platforms interact to serve multiple user groups (consumers, dealers, and partners)
• Proven track record of partnering with engineers to weigh technical tradeoffs, not just passing along requirements
• Expert at navigating difficult tradeoffs and optimizing a portfolio of small, medium, and large releases
• Skilled at conducting empathy interviews to internalize user workflows and deeply understand customer needs
• Demonstrated experience managing external partner relationships and building reliable, high-converting integrations
• Interest in or experience with AI-augmented product development, such as context-driven spec generation and AI-assisted ticketing
• Strong written and verbal skills with a talent for articulating complex problems with precision
• A creative thinker who thrives when collaborating across Engineering, Design, Analytics, Marketing, and Sales
• Experience in FinTech, lending, automotive/powersports, or dealership operations is highly preferred