Product Manager
Light
About Light
Light is a Smart Financial Platform (an SFP; not ERP, read our manifesto) set to make it easy, efficient, and transparent for multinational tech companies to manage their finances.
Come join one of Europe's strongest FinTech teams with people from Pleo, Juni, Google, X, AWS, Spotify, Klarna, etc., who are building a new category.
Visa sponsorship available for exceptional candidates
This Product Manager role is focused on...
Owning product strategy and execution for a core area of Light — from 0→1 to scale.
Turning complex financial workflows into intuitive, AI-powered experiences.
Partnering with Engineering, Design, and Data to ship beautiful, high-impact products fast.
Translating ambiguity into structure — defining clear priorities, metrics, and direction.
Working directly with CFOs, controllers, and finance teams to uncover insights and shape new automation.
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Making crisp, high-quality decisions — balancing velocity, precision, and impact.
You’ll thrive here if you…
You move fast, think deeply, and take ownership.
You have a founder’s mindset — equally comfortable with spreadsheets, sketches, or specs.
You thrive in structured chaos and get energy from solving hard problems.
You want to build a category-defining product with people who expect excellence.
Your qualifications could be
3–5 years of experience in one or more of the following:
Founding or operating at an early-stage startup
Management consulting (MBB or equivalent)
Investment banking, private equity, or strategy roles
Product/Engineering/Design in a high-growth startup
And the traits you’d have would be:
Exceptionally structured thinking — you cut through complexity fast.
Strong analytical instincts; you think in systems and numbers.
Clear communication and crisp written thinking.
Bias for action — you’d rather test than theorize.
Curiosity about how finance, automation, and AI intersect.
Bonus points
Experience in B2B fintech, accounting, or payments.
Exposure to automation, data-heavy products, or ML-powered workflows.
Working cross-functionally in small, high-output teams.
Technical fluency — you can talk APIs and workflows with engineers.
What success looks like in your first 6–12 months
🧭A sharp, insight-driven roadmap aligned with Light’s mission.
🚀Key features shipped that simplify and speed up finance operations.
📊 Metrics-driven decision-making embedded in your product area.
🤝 Engineering and Design teams love working with you because things move.
💡 You’re known as a force multiplier — adding clarity, speed, and structure everywhere you go.
Hiring process
Chat with our Chief of Staff (30 min)
Take-home product challenge
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Interview with future teammates (Engineering & Design)
Discussion of challenge + culture fit
Meet other leaders or colleagues
Offer
Tips to stand out
Show how you’ve created clarity or structure from scratch.
Share examples of real outcomes — not just shipped features.
Walk us through your decision frameworks and tradeoffs.
Quantify your impact — adoption, growth, efficiency, or time saved.
The good stuff
In addition to being part of a great team and working in a really fun and innovative environment, we offer:
💸 Competitive salary + stock options in our fast-growing start-up
🍼 Paid parental leave
🏝 25 days of annual leave + public holidays in the UK
🥳 Regular socials and company Starsite off-sites (last time was Southern France and next one is in Spain in October)
🚀 A huge opportunity for career growth as you will help shape a market-defining product
The famous last words
Working at Light means you are embarking on an exciting journey to reshape the future of multinational financial operations. Our cheat-code is that we have built something like this before and are now doing it again, only better. Our goal is to make global finance effortless and empower companies to make informed decisions.
If you are passionate, ambitious, want to help build one of Europe’s strongest teams and have fun while doing it, then we would love to hear from you at careers@light.inc.
🚀 Join the rocket ship while it is taking off 🚀