Clara is the leading spend management platform for companies in Latin America. Our end-to-end solution includes our locally-issued corporate cards, a Bill Pay product, financing solutions, and our highly-rated software platform; already being used by thousands of the most successful companies across the region.
Clara is backed by top global and regional investors such as GGV Capital, Coatue, DST Global Partners, General Catalyst, monashees, Acrew Capital, Kaszek, Citius, Canary, Citi Ventures, Picus Capital, Avid Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Endeavor Catalyst, Goldman Sachs, Accial Capital, and prominent angel investors.
We are looking for an Associate Product Manager who will:
- Conducting research into the needs of our customers regarding cash management, payments, receivables, and investments.
- Support the analysis of market trends and benchmark competitor strategies to identify opportunities for innovation and differentiation.
- Help develop and articulate a vision for the product that aligns with the company's strategic goals.
- Contribute to the creation and maintenance of a product roadmap that considers both short-term outputs and long-term vision.
- Work with senior product managers to translate customer needs and business objectives into detailed requirements and prototypes, collaborating with engineering, design and other stakeholder teams.
- Engage with engineering, design, marketing, sales, and customer support teams to deliver product features to market in a timely fashion.
- Assist in identifying opportunities to improve execution capacity and support the product development squad through customer feedback and product metrics monitoring.
- Facilitate communication with stakeholders on product progress updates and decisions to foster understanding across the organization.
- Help define and track key product performance metrics.
- Support the analysis of product performance and participate in optimization efforts to enhance user satisfaction, engagement, and financial results.
- Collect feedback from customers and other departments to aid in continuous product improvement.
Our requirements for this position are:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Computer Science, or related field.
- 1+ year of work experience in a product management role or similar capacity, preferably within a tech-focused environment.
- Interest in fintechs or digital banking products. Previous experience in fintechs is a plus.
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability, being proactive into solving problems.
- Strong organization, project management skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams.
- Proactive and eager to learn from others and take on responsibilities.
- Bias for action.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with team members.
- Fluent in Portuguese and English.
- Based in Brazil (remote).
Additional Skills & Pluses
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a strategic mindset.
- Quick learner, adaptable to changes and willing to shift directions as needed.
- Familiarity with the financial needs of companies and the ability to contribute to creative and critical product feature discussions.
- Innate curiosity and an ability to thrive in an ambiguous and rapidly changing startup environment.
- Organizational skills to help create clear documents and presentations.
- Some understanding of front-end and back-end concepts.
- Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies is a plus.
- Spanish proficiency is a plus.
The way we do things is as important as what we do. That is why we operate on a set of carefully-identified values. They are what we expect from ourselves and each other in our day-to-day.
We value
* Clarity - Open and direct communication
* Simplicity - Pare things down to the essential
* Ownership - We're all owners and act like it
* Pride - Make quality products we're proud of
* Always Be Changing (ABC) - Continuous self-improvement
* Inclusivity - Every voice counts; we value each other for our shared mission and contributions
We are
* Shaping business finances in Latin America
* Driven by our 6 core values
* Proud of our inclusive and caring culture
* Certified as Top LinkedIn Startup
We offer
* Competitive salary & a robust stock ownership plan
* 100% flexible work model
* A set of benefits that are adaptable to your needs & way of life
* Opportunities for growth in a fast-paced environment
* A chance to shape B2B payments in Latin America and increase the region’s economic competitiveness
