Product Manager - 529 Prepaid

Vestwell•Austin, TX

1d•$135,000 - $145,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Vestwell Government Savings is building a full recordkeeping platform and saver experience for a prepaid tuition 529 program, where families purchase tuition credits at current rates rather than investing in a portfolio. The Product Manager will own defined functional areas of this greenfield build, working from discovery and requirements through testing and launch, with guidance from senior product leads. The role involves close collaboration with engineering, QA, design, operations, servicing, relationship management, marketing, and other partners. It offers the opportunity to develop expertise in a complex financial product and expand scope as the program grows. The position is based in the New York City, Austin, or King of Prussia office and is part of Vestwell’s hybrid in-office operation.

Requirements

At least 3 years of Product Management experience.
Strong business and systems analysis skills.
Ability to thoroughly understand and document business and functional requirements and business use cases.
Experience in the software development lifecycle in an Agile environment.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, project-oriented environment and meet deadlines under tight time constraints.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively across Product, Engineering, QA, and Operations.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience with SQL and data integrations, such as APIs, JSON, XML, or file-based integrations.

Nice To Haves

FinTech or financial services experience, especially in recordkeeping, payments, or other transaction-based systems.
Experience with 529, ABLE, or other government savings programs.
Experience building internal or operational tools.
Comfort using AI tools in day-to-day Product Management workflows.

Responsibilities

Understand goals and stakeholder needs for assigned areas and translate them into buildable features with clear intended impact.
Conduct discovery and write business requirements, functional requirements, and use cases.
Partner with engineering to break requirements into stories with clear acceptance criteria.
Provide iterative feedback to the development team, identify bugs, and help resolve them.
Complete functional testing and provide product sign-off when features are ready for production release.
Keep senior product leads informed about progress, risks, and open questions, and present options when tradeoffs require a decision.
Work with operations, servicing, and client teams to ensure features work in day-to-day operations.
Use data to validate assumptions and investigate issues.
Build working relationships across teams involved in delivery.