Vice President, Product (Payments & Money Movement)

Accountabilities

• Own the strategy, roadmap, and execution of the Payments & Money Movement portfolio, aligning product investments with business priorities and customer needs.

• Lead, mentor, and develop experienced product leaders and their teams, fostering accountability, autonomy, and strong execution.

• Oversee payment acceptance and processing capabilities across cards, ACH, digital wallets, cash, and emerging payment methods.

• Advance payment orchestration and routing capabilities, including Smart Switch, to optimize payment performance across processors, payment rails, and methods.

• Lead products supporting payment risk management, compliance, configurable business rules, and financial controls.

• Guide the development of money movement capabilities, including disbursements, funding, clearing, settlement, billing, pricing, and client and collector reconciliation.

• Oversee APIs and platform access capabilities that enable clients, partners, and internal products to integrate securely and extend payment functionality.

• Partner closely with Engineering leadership to scale, modernize, and transform a complex, high-volume transaction platform.

• Drive platform investments that improve reliability, scalability, operational efficiency, payment performance, and unit economics.

• Generalize and standardize core capabilities to support existing and future business verticals without relying on bespoke solutions.

• Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, Operations, Risk, and Compliance to ensure systems and processes support increasing transaction volume and operational complexity.

• Work with Product, Engineering, and Revenue teams to translate platform improvements into measurable client outcomes, revenue opportunities, and business value.

• Balance near-term delivery with long-term modernization, enabling faster launches of new payment methods, products, capabilities, and markets.

• Contribute to the broader product strategy and operating model as a key member of the Product Leadership Team.

• Establish clear success metrics and improve execution, accountability, and outcomes across the portfolio.

Requirements:

• 12+ years of product management experience, including substantial experience in payments, fintech, or financial infrastructure.

• 7+ years of progressive product leadership experience, including responsibility for multiple product teams and senior product leaders.

• Deep understanding of payment processing and money movement, including gateways, acquiring, routing, card and ACH processing, settlement, reconciliation, or disbursements.

• Proven experience scaling, modernizing, or transforming complex, high-volume transactional platforms.

• Demonstrated success leading products and teams through significant growth, such as increasing transaction volumes, expanding platform capabilities, entering new markets, or developing new revenue streams.

• Strong track record partnering with senior Engineering leaders on technically complex platform investments, architectural evolution, and transformation initiatives.

• Ability to balance execution of a critical existing business with strategic investments in platform modernization and future growth.

• Strong commercial judgment and business acumen, with the ability to connect product strategy and investment decisions to revenue growth, operating economics, and client value.

• Experience developing effective product leaders and building teams that operate with increasing accountability and autonomy.

• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across Product, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Revenue.

• Ability to translate complex technical capabilities into clear product strategies, measurable outcomes, and business impact.

• Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience with multi-processor or multi-rail payment orchestration.

  • Background in payment optimization, routing, or gateway products.

  • Experience across both pay-in and pay-out or disbursement capabilities.

  • Familiarity with payment risk, compliance, and financial controls.

  • Experience working in regulated financial services environments.

  • Track record of leading products through significant scaling or platform modernization.

  Benefits:

  • Annual base salary:$275,000–$325,000 USD, with actual compensation depending on experience, qualifications, skills, and work location.

  • Stock options through a growth-company equity program, with standard vesting over four years and a one-year cliff.

  • Competitive benefits package, including premium medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% employee premium coverage.

  • Company-sponsored life and disability insurance.

  • 401(k) retirement plan.

  • Flexible time off, with team members typically taking approximately three to four weeks annually.

  • 13 scheduled company holidays.

  • Paid parental bonding leave, sick leave, jury duty, bereavement leave, and Volunteer Time Off.

  • $50 monthly communication stipend for phone and internet expenses.

  • $250 work-from-home setup stipend.

  • Reimbursement for home-office peripherals, including monitors up to $400 and keyboards and mice up to $200.

  • Opportunity to influence a foundational payments portfolio within a growing technology organization.

  • Fast-paced, professional work environment with opportunities for leadership development, product innovation, and meaningful business impact