Technical Program Manager

At Acorns, our mission is to look after the financial best interests of the up-and-coming, beginning with the empowering, proud step of micro-investing. How do we accomplish our mission? Our values.

Lead With Heart - With compassion, integrity, and tenacity, inspire yourself and others to move past all previous thresholds of possibility

Make Bold Decisions - We are creating a new world. Be optimistic, adventurous, and courageous. Leap fearlessly into the future

Always Build Trust - Say what you mean, mean what you say, and do what you say you’re going to do. We are all owners. We are one team

Never Stop Growing - Change IS the constant. Stay hungry and curious. Be relentless in the pursuit of progress

Find a way - Never settle, no excuses, nothing is impossible. Just make it happen

Our values guide us, and our mission drives us. Come join us and help deliver financial wellness for the whole family, putting the tools of wealth-making into everyone’s hands.

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Technical Program Manager, Trade and Risk Platform | Acorns

Acorns is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead the evolution of our Trade and Risk Platform. In this role, you will ensure new product launches provide the highest quality customer experience while maintaining a robust risk posture and scaling our systems for global use.

Acorns is a remote-first organization, offering the flexibility to work remotely while providing optional access to office space in Irvine, CA.

What you will do at Acorns:

• Infrastructure Strategy: Collaborate with Trading Operations, Risk, and Data Science to define and execute the trade, risk, and operations roadmap, ensuring Acorns’ day to day trading is able to scale and Acorns’ risk platform is dynamic to enable net new product opportunities.

• Customer Experience Optimization: Improve on the day to day trading experience and lead improvements for the product experience directly related to risk and trading in order to deliver a high quality customer experience while inserting “Smart Friction” to keep Acorns’ customers safe.

• Risk Workflow Orchestration: Build and manage tools that empower Risk Operations teams to update rules and manage queues independently, reducing the need for constant engineering support.

• Vendor Management: Lead the evaluation and implementation of third-party trading, risk and operations tools improve operational efficiency and unlock new capabilities for the company and product.

• Operational Efficiency: Treat "Operations as a Customer" by driving AI workflow strategies and tools that help scale the existing team's value and efficiency.

What you will bring to Acorns:

• Experience: 4+ years of Program Management experience, specifically within Fintech, Risk, Financial Operations, or Payments.

• Technical Savvy: A deep understanding of APIs, SQL, and the mechanics of Machine Learning decisioning engines. You understand how risk and operations systems interact at a technical level.

• Customer Obsession: A mindset that prioritizes both the Acorns customer and our internal operations team, with the ability to build a risk platform that reflects our brand.

• Agile Mastery: The ability to articulate complex trade-offs to stakeholders, and you have a “builder” mindset capable of leading agile teams.

• Scientific Approach: Expertise in data analysis and the ability to articulate using data the tradeoff between enhancing risk postures against adding friction to the customer experience.

• Hunger to deliver game-changing products.

• Exceptional drive and precision in delivery.

• A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission.

• Optimistic about the potential of societal change.

You are not expected to have experience with all listed requirements. If you feel passionate about Acorns' mission, vision, and values, please apply.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and stock options

• A comprehensive benefits package for you and your family

• Flexible work location, hours, and paid time off

• 401(k) matching

• Monthly Acorns account contribution & GoHenry account for your family

• Mindfulness and Financial Wellness resources, Headspace and Addition Wealth

• Acorns Career Development Program (Ongoing training sessions, development plans, development check-ins, Cornerstone’s online training platform)

• Roots Leadership Program for Emerging Leaders

• Community week onsite gatherings and various virtual events

• Talented and motivated team members who care deeply about one another, our mission, and our customers.

• The rare opportunity to create a new world. We inspire one another every day to do meaningful work that solves big societal challenges.

About Acorns:

Acorns is a financial wellness app that helps everyday people and families save and invest money for the long term. Since 2014, Acorns has grown into a global company with multiple life-stage products serving the needs of kids, teens, adults, and parents. Named one of Time’s “World’s Best Brands of 2024,” Acorns has helped over 14 million people save & invest over $25 billion dollars, much of it from spare change and small amounts.

Compensation Information:

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $150,000 and $170,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including equity grants, and discretionary cash bonus awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered.

Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time.

Work Authorization:

Acorns participates in E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. For more information about E-Verify, please visit www.e-verify.gov.