About Our Client:

Our client is a publicly traded, global leader in the payments industry, at the forefront of fintech innovation and global money movement solutions.

Role Overview:

The Payments Product Director will define and drive the product strategy and roadmap for payments capabilities, working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to shape the future of fintech and global money movement products.

Ideal Candidate:

The Ideal Candidate will bring experience in at least one of the following:

• Merchant acquiring systems and eCheck/ACH
• Open banking platforms
• Money remittance services
• Working in the payments group at a High-risk Card Not Present (CNP) Enterprise Merchant
• CNP payment gateway
• Hands on experience with Payment processor integrations

What You Will Do:  

• Manage a team of 4-5 direct reports and oversee a broader team of 15-25 professionals.
• Define the product strategy and roadmap for payments capabilities.
• Collaborate with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and regional leaders on forward-looking fintech and money movement products.
• Launch and enhance payments capabilities that improve the end-to-end customer experience.
• Lead both upstream product definition and downstream product development.
• Collect insights from customers and key stakeholders to propose solutions that drive organizational KPIs.
• Define and document product requirements, features, and functionality while considering trade-offs.
• Partner closely with engineers, marketing, sales, customer success, risk, and finance teams to deliver delightful products.
• Prioritize and manage the product roadmap, balancing new enhancements with product optimizations.
• Oversee the product development lifecycle, ensuring alignment with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, and Infosec teams to meet deadlines.
• Analyze product effectiveness using data-driven methods and adjust strategies as needed.
• Coordinate global go-to-market execution with operations and marketing teams.
• Build and lead a high-performing, data-driven product management team focused on KPIs and OKRs across the customer engagement journey.
• Build trust and influence across teams, stakeholders, and the global organization.

What You Bring:

• 10+ years of experience as a Product Manager, with a background in Financial Services preferred.
• Proven ability to develop and implement successful product strategies, including strong cross-functional leadership skills.
• Excellent collaboration and negotiation skills, with experience working across various seniority levels and functions such as product, design, technology, marketing, compliance, and sales.
• Experience in building and leading high-performing teams, developing talent, and serving as a role model for global cross-functional teams.
• FinTech product development experience, particularly in omnichannel environments (retail and digital), is a plus.
• Strong business writing, numerical analysis, presentation, and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated, with a “roll-up sleeves” attitude and the ability to prioritize critical deadlines.
• Experience working with global teams across different countries and cultural backgrounds.
• Familiarity with lean and agile methodologies.
• Strong team player who can manage workloads under pressure and tight deadlines.
• People leadership experience 

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