Principal Product Manager, Monetization

Upstart

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Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Canada
Salary
$187,900–$260,000 / yr
Posted
60 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Dec 8, 2026

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $202k
This role $224k
$149k most similar roles pay here $272k

This role pays more than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $176,450–$226,850 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $224k versus about $202k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Upstart

Upstart is an AI lending platform that partners with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit using non-traditional variables.

Upstart currently has 73 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $166,900–$230,450 across 72 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Principal Product Manager, Monetization

Principal Product Manager, Monetization joins the Marketplace Optimization team to build and scale systems that balance trade-offs for borrowers, lenders, investors, and the company. This role focuses on owning fee and pricing mechanisms across various loan products to ensure competitive, fair, and transparent rates while driving revenue growth. The successful candidate will partner with Machine Learning, Engineering, Risk, Legal, and Finance teams to simplify operations, design experiments, and translate customer insights into refined models and rules. Key responsibilities include managing the monetization roadmap and utilizing data-driven tools to influence pricing strategy. Required expertise includes marketplace product management in domains like pricing, matching, or routing, alongside skills in elasticity modeling, revenue management, and experiment design. The role addresses the complex challenge of optimizing a lending marketplace where fee structures directly impact unit economics and investor funding within a regulated financial environment.

What does a Product Manager earn in Remote?

Median $207754 from 108 postings across 33 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own and manage fee and pricing mechanisms for all loan products to determine customer costs and company revenue.
  • Translate competitive and customer insights into data-driven models and rules to ensure fair and transparent rates.
  • Develop the fee strategy and product roadmap in collaboration with Machine Learning, Risk, Legal, Finance, and Engineering teams.
  • Design and execute experiments to test pricing ideas and optimize marketplace performance for borrowers and lenders.
  • Automate and simplify complex operations within the marketplace system through engineering partnerships.
  • Use data and AI tools to identify opportunities for improving revenue growth and market competitiveness.
  • Define and achieve key performance goals for all stakeholders across the lending marketplace.

What we're looking for

  • 5-10 years of experience in a marketplace product management role.
  • Proven success leading engineering teams to deliver initiatives in pricing, monetization, matching, routing, and incentives.
  • Ability to build relationships and collaborate with all levels of the organization from C-level to individual contributors.
  • Ability to manage and influence through persuasion, negotiation, and consensus building.
  • Academic degree in Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, or Operations Research preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with pricing and revenue optimization including elasticity modeling and revenue management.
  • Experience operating in a regulated pricing environment such as lending, insurance, or financial services.
  • Background in consumer lending, fintech, or capital markets with fluency in unit economics and investor funding.

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