Embedded Payments Product Manager - Vice President

You enjoy shaping the future of product innovation as a core leader, driving value for customers, guiding successful launches, and exceeding expectations. Join our dynamic team and make a meaningful impact by delivering high-quality products that resonate with clients. As a Product Manager within Embedded Payments, you are an integral part of the team that innovates new product offerings and leads the end-to-end product life cycle. As a core leader, you are responsible for acting as the voice of the customer and developing profitable products that provide customer value. Utilizing your deep understanding of how to get a product off the ground, you guide the successful launch of products, gather crucial feedback, and ensure top-tier client experiences. With a strong commitment to scalability, resiliency, and stability, you collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products that exceed customer expectations. Job responsibilities: - Collaborate with Product, Technology, Design and Analytics partners to develop and deliver product and platform strategies from 0-1 - Own and manage the product delivery lifecycle from ideation to production. - Define product goals, with clear requirements and KPIs that can be converted into user stories and process flows for the development team and other stakeholders - Work closely with developers and testers to ensure the team correctly translates requirements into working technical designs, test plans and scripts to serve customer needs - Conduct pre-release reviews which could include regression testing and quality assurance to certify the release as production ready - Manage product backlog creation and grooming, support agile product delivery, launch and go to market for product, production support, issue & defect resolution and prioritization - Monitor performance against goals, identify and scope implementation paths for needed enhancements, and create remediation plans when needed - Collaborate with a team of cross-functional partners to ensure a strong risk and controls environment (e.g., Risk, Controls, Legal, Compliance) Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills: - 7+ years of experience in financial services and/or product management - Deep experience in the financial technology or payments industry, with a strong understanding of payment flows, digital wallets, and money movement. - Proven track record of driving change and delivering results within large, highly matrixed organizations; adept at navigating ambiguity and structuring complex problems. - Exceptional stakeholder management and collaboration skills; able to influence and align cross-functional and executive teams. - Demonstrated leadership in building scalable platforms and driving customer-centric innovation. - Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership. - Strong knowledge of APIs, engineering practices, and the product development lifecycle using Agile methodologies. - Experience managing risk and controls at scale. - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or comparable field of study. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills: - Candidates with Fintech background or payment platform experience strongly preferred. - Demonstrated prior experience working in a highly matrixed, complex organization