# Program Launch Manager at Cardless

- Company: Cardless
- What the company does: Build credit into your product experience. Run it end to end with modular APIs, pre-built components, analytics, and full-service infrastructure. Backed by Pear VC.
- Company website: https://www.cardless.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $145K to $180K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-20
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cardless/1cb09d16-b7dd-446d-bbff-670dd966c158
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cardless-program-launch-manager/

## About the role

Manage and execute the launch process and associated trackers on a daily basis: daily standups, partner syncs, and executive updates. Everyone should always know what's on track, what's at risk, and what you need from them. Find blockers early and clear them yourself where you can - and when you do need to escalate, come with a proposed answer.

## What they're looking for

- 2–6 years in roles where you shipped complex cross-functional work: launch or program management, operations, consulting, banking, or early-stage startup operating roles
- You have run at least one project where five or more parties had to deliver on the same date, and you were the person accountable for the whole thing
- Enough fintech, payments, or financial services exposure to know the terminology and what's what. You don't need to be an expert in underwriting or compliance or card fulfillment on day one - but you do need the curiosity to become one
- Detail oriented to an extreme: You read everything, and you notice when something doesn't add up - a date that quietly moved, a number that doesn't match the tracker, a requirement nobody actually closed out
- Calm when things break: Something always breaks close to launch. You re-plan, tell everyone what changed, and keep the room steady

Tags: Operations