Principal Product Manager

What You'll Do

Evolve the framework for evaluating partner opportunities and work with the GTM team to prioritize the pipeline accordingly
Participate in commercial discussions to define what Tala can build, shape data and integration terms, and ensure deal structure supports the right product outcomes
Design the credit product configuration for each partnership and lead the end-to-end build and launch, from API and integration specs through pilot design, cross-functional execution, and first-cycle review
Own post-launch performance across your portfolio and identify growth levers within live partnerships spanning across new products, deeper data integrations, and expanded customer segments
Partner with various internal and external stakeholders on the partnerships capabilities roadmap, defining what Tala needs to build to support embedded lending at scale (APIs, partner-facing tooling, configurable credit modules, on-chain lending infrastructure) and and drive this in close collaboration with core product, engineering, and data science teams
Contribute to Tala’s Partnerships product strategy: how the embedded lending product evolves, what partner-facing capabilities need to be built, and how risk signals compounds in value as the ecosystem grows

What You'll Need

8-12+ years in product management, with a strong track record in fintech or embedded finance in emerging markets; experience with externally-integrated or partnership-dependent products is essential
Strong credit product instincts. Ability to assess whether a partner flow supports a specific product, design the right configuration, and write specs that engineering and risk can execute against
Deep understanding of digital money flows in emerging markets and the credit products that map to them: BNPL, earned wage access, revenue-based advances, remittance bridges, and stablecoin-denominated credit
Fluency with crypto and stablecoin product structures, including on-chain lending mechanics, USDC-denominated credit flows, and stablecoin corridor dynamics