Product Manager
Role Overview
This role is for a hands-on Project Manager with strong Product Management skills, working in a small early-stage fintech environment. You will transform vague ideas into clear requirements, user flows, wireframes, and prioritized backlogs, while also coordinating sprints and releases. Working directly with the CTO and engineering team, you will own backlog refinement and delivery plans, making practical decisions to drive product development forward.
Perks & Benefits
This is a full-time remote role working EST hours, offering the flexibility to work from anywhere. You'll be part of a small, collaborative team where your work has direct impact on product direction. The role provides opportunities for career growth in a fast-paced fintech startup, with a focus on product and project management. While not explicitly stated, typical remote benefits include flexible scheduling and a chance to work with a global team.
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Russian-speaking, hands-on Project Manager with strong Product Management skills to join a small, early-stage fintech environment. You will work directly with the CTO, engineering team, and business stakeholders to turn incomplete business ideas into clear product requirements, user flows, wireframes, prioritized backlogs, and executable delivery plans. This is a full-time role working EST hours. Fintech experience is preferred.ResponsibilitiesTurn vague or incomplete business requests into clear requirements, user flows, low-fidelity wireframes, user stories, acceptance criteria, backlog items, and delivery plans.Own backlog refinement and prioritization based on business value, urgency, risk, dependencies, and engineering effort.Plan and coordinate sprints and releases while managing scope, blockers, risks, dependencies, and changing requirements.Work closely with the CTO, engineers, and business stakeholders to clarify requirements, resolve product and technical tradeoffs, make practical decisions, and keep key changes documented.Strong software Project Management experience with hands-on Product Management or Business Analysis skills, including requirements discovery, prioritization, user stories, acceptance criteria, backlogs, sprints, dependencies, and releases.Proven ability to turn vague business ideas into clear requirements, user flows, low-fidelity wireframes, and executable plans using Figma, Balsamiq, Miro, FigJam, Whimsical, or similar.Comfortable working directly with CTOs and engineers, discussing technical constraints, challenging assumptions, and making product decisions in a fast-changing early-stage environment.Strong written and spoken English; stable employment history, typically 2–3+ years per company, or credible explanations for shorter engagements.Fintech, payments, banking, B2B SaaS, financial operations, or other regulated-industry experience is strongly preferred.Please mention the word **EXTOLL** and tag RMmEwMTo0Zjk6YzAxMzo3ZjU5Ojox when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMmEwMTo0Zjk6YzAxMzo3ZjU5Ojox). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.