Principal Product Manager Member Access Platform

The Role

Do you dream of building secure and scalable systems that empower users and simplify access control Are you passionate about building elegant solutions for complex authorization challenges If so we want you on our team!

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Principal Product Manager to join our new and growing team to develop a cuttingedge entitlements management and scalable authorization platform that powers secure and seamless access control across our fintech products.

You will own and define the vision strategy and product roadmap for the platform and drive of this mission critical system that will power all of SoFi as well as enable us to launch new commercial feature offerings. You will work closely with engineering design compliance and business teams to create robust solutions that support our financial products partners and members.

The ideal candidate is forwardthinking demonstrates exceptional ownership is intellectually curious dives below the surface to get to the truth and an outstanding leader.

You will join the Digital Identity group was formed last year to be the single threaded owner of all customer identity data. We focus on collecting protecting and distributing the critical data that enables SoFi to recognize and support customers as they move through digital product experiences. We work with some of our customers most sensitive data and we take privacy and security very seriously moving towards a zerotrust architecture.

What Youll Do

• Own and define the Entitlements and Fine grained Authorization( Access) product vision strategy and multiyear roadmap aligning with SoFis broader financial services ecosystem.
• Lead Platform Development: Work with engineering teams to design and build and augment the capabilities of Entitlement Management and Fine Grained Authorization(FGA) based Authorization Platform solutions.
• Ensure Security & Compliance: Collaborate with security risk and compliance regulatory requirements are met.
• Drive Interoperability & Integration: Enable seamless APIdriven access control for all SoFi products supporting fintech use cases such as payments lending and financial data access.
• Optimize Performance & Scalability: Build authorization services that handle highscale lowlatency access requests efficiently.
• Monitor & Improve Authorization Policies: Establish KPIs monitoring systems and audit trails to continuously refine authorization policies and ensure system reliability.
• Engage with Stakeholders and drive Adoption: Act as the primary advocate for authorization solutions driving adoption within SoFi as well as its enterprise partners ensuring alignment across product engineering compliance and other cross functional teams.

What Youll Need

• Bachelors degree or higher in any discipline (technical or nontechnical)
• 7 years of product management experience(technical) with at least 3 years focused on identity access management or authorization platforms.
• Proven experience building and scaling tier1 consumerfocused authorization platforms access control systems or similar solutions.
• Deep understanding of RBAC REBAC FGA JWT and other modern authentication/authorization frameworks.
• Strong technical acumen with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers and security teams.
• Ability to define authorization policies permission models and APIbased access control solutions.
• Exceptional problemsolving skills and a datadriven approach to decisionmaking with the ability to define and measure key performance indicators.
• Experience with cloudbased authorization services (AWS IAM GCP IAM Google Zanzibar OpenFGA SpiceDB or similar) is a plus.
• Drive crossfunctional by aligning across product teams operations legal compliance and other key stakeholders on priorities.
• Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders bringing clarity to ambiguous situations in a fastpaced agile environment.
• Ability to understand and discuss technical concepts manage tradeoffs and evaluate new ideas
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills with a strong ability to influence crossfunctional teams
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to summarize complex issues
• Embody SoFis values in all aspects of your work

Nice to Have

• Engineering or Architecture Background: We strongly prefer candidates who have an engineering or software architecture background and have transitioned into platform product management.
• Handson experience with distributed systems and APIfirst architectures.
• Previous experience as a Software Engineer Security Engineer Solutions Architect or Technical Lead before moving into product management.
• Experience designinghighly available scalable and resilient platform services in fintech or enterprise environments.

Required Experience:

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