Product Strategy Manager

Job Description

About the Company Lorien Finance is an AI-powered student mobility platform connecting international students and skilled migrants with global financial institutions and essential services. We are reimagining education finance and student relocation—combining credit, value-added services, and neo-banking into a single experience. About the Role We're looking for a smart, motivated, entrepreneurial generalist to work directly with the CEO. This is a high-impact, high-ownership role that sits at the intersection of product, strategy, and execution. You’ll work on key initiatives—owning problem statements from concept to launch and coordinating across product, engineering, marketing, and operations teams. Responsibilities Work closely with the CEO to convert vision into tactical product roadmaps and growth experiments Identify user pain points through data and customer interviews and define sharp product specs Drive sprints by aligning cross-functional stakeholders and managing execution velocity Conduct market benchmarking, competitive analysis, and user journey mapping Track business KPIs and build strategic dashboards / memos for weekly CEO reviews Own special projects across lending, VAS, marketing funnels, and AI implementation Bring velocity, clarity, and structured thinking to complex, ambiguous problems Qualifications 3–5 years of work experience in one of: early-stage product teams, consulting (MBB, tier-1), venture-backed startups, or business strategy at growth-stage companies Required Skills Excellent first-principles thinking and bias for action Strong grasp of product/user-centric thinking and GTM execution Sharp with tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Notion, Figma (basic), and ChatGPT Comfortable being “the glue” across tech, growth, and ops teams Preferred Skills Work directly with the Founder and core leadership Help define a category-defining product in international education and finance Get exposure across fundraising, product, AI, and strategy Massive career acceleration and steep learning curve Equal Opportunity Statement Lorien Finance is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.