Senior Project Manager, Innovation Programs (Carbon Platforms)

Aspiration is in the business of fighting the climate crisis. We help people and businesses build sustainable impact into what they do every day by making it easy, automated, and powerful -- whether it is in the ways people spend and save their money or the ways businesses engage their customers and employees. Across our initiatives--from our debit and credit cards to our global scale reforestation and carbon credit projects--the estimated cumulative climate impact of the Aspiration community thus far is the equivalent of taking every car in the state of Wyoming off the road for a year. With more than 7 million members, over $550 million in funding to date, and a commitment to plant one billion trees by 2030, Aspiration is not only a certified B Corporation but has been named to the “Best for the World” list of the top five percent of highest scored certified B Corporations five times in a row.
Our Core Values are Aspiration’s guiding principles: Action: We take initiative. We are doers, not bystanders.Boldness: We don’t tinker, we transform.Customer-Centered: Our customers are at the core of our business. Delivering for them is our North Star.Diligence & Dedication: We do what we say we’re going to do, when we say we’re going to do it.Entrepreneurial: Act like an entrepreneur not an employee, generate results for the company and customers everyday.
As Senior Project Manager, Innovation Programs (Carbon Platforms) at Aspiration, you will be responsible for managing the build of carbon asset management and climate services platforms to support our growing Aspiration Sustainable Impact Services partnerships. The ideal candidate will have a background in asset management or brokerage data platforms. 

What You'll Do

• Manage a portfolio of innovation projects focused on critical improvements to Aspiration operating systems used to originate and manage carbon assets.
• Responsible for leading ideation, validation and design of new capabilities and products to support a rapidly scaling enterprise business
• Manage internal and external teams focused on ongoing discovery and MVP design / prioritization
• Ensure cross-functional integration of high level design requirements between backend operating data systems and customer-facing services.
• Manage initial ideation, validation and product design of partner portals to support Aspiration business development and capital markets goals 
• Represent your projects in respect of progress, status updates, risks, issues and provide periodic reporting to the Chief Innovation Officer and other  business leaders
• Coordinate with other members of the Innovation project management team and internal and external product managers in relation to dependencies across technical areas
• Track and drive deliverables against dates

What You'll Bring

• 8+ years of experience in asset management / brokerage data platforms, content distribution platforms
• Relevant experience in product management, project management or program management
• Ability to drive decision making in a collaborative team environment
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects concurrently
• A primal obsession with our customer’s financial success
• Startup/tech company experience a plus

What You'll Get

• Work for a mission-driven company to transform the lives of millions by building a better, values-oriented financial firm.
• Opportunity to be part of and to contribute to ESG, as a steward of social and environmental change.
• Participation opportunities in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion employee activities and events
• Robust benefit offerings, including medical, dental, vision and 401k.
• Parental Leave expansion (12 weeks of paid leave over the course of a year)
• Pet Insurance and other voluntary benefit plan offerings
• Unlimited vacation time and 80 hours of sick time annually
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Work from home setup and equipment reimbursement
• Semi - annual performance reviews
• Employee Referral Bonus Program

Aspiration is proud to be an ESG company.  We are an equal opportunity workplace. Diversity at Aspiration is not just compliance-driven. Diversity is our compass to drive equitable practices; to celebrate individuality; and to foster the uniqueness within each of us that makes our products, services, and culture better than most. Yes, we are proud to be a DEI company and we encourage everyone, inside and outside of Aspiration, to show up as you are and as you want to be, every day.
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