Staff Product Manager, Payment Foundations

Linktree is on a mission to empower anyone to curate, grow, and monetize their digital universe. They are seeking a seasoned Staff Product Manager, Payment Foundations to lead the strategy and execution for their billing platform and global payment optimization, enabling the next phase of growth.

Responsibilities:

• Own the Payment Foundations roadmap, developing a clear product vision, success metrics, and priorities aligned with company revenue and growth targets
• Collaborate with leadership, finance, and go-to-market teams to translate business strategy into a sequenced plan spanning billing enablement, localization, and payment optimization
• Identify opportunities to unlock new revenue through flexible pricing models, international expansion, and cost efficiency improvements
• Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle for payment and billing initiatives—from discovery and technical design through launch, iteration, and scale
• Drive billing platform evolution to support new pricing and packaging models, add-ons, and scalable subscription management
• Bring localized payment methods to high-growth international markets, improving checkout conversion for users who prefer region-specific payment options
• Partner closely with engineering, design, data, and finance teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions on time
• Own global Checkout Success Rate and Payment Authorization Rate as core metrics, using data to continuously improve performance across markets
• Monitor transaction data, evaluate gateway strategies, and lead experiments to reduce friction, improve conversion, and lower processing costs
• Manage dunning flows, tax compliance, and payment collection optimization to reduce involuntary churn and operational overhead

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred
• 5–8 years of experience in product management with a deep focus on payments systems, billing infrastructure, or subscription platforms
• Proven track record of owning and scaling billing and payment solutions in a consumer-facing SaaS environment
• Strong understanding of payment processing ecosystems: gateways, payment rails, authorization optimization, dunning, and tax compliance
• Demonstrated success improving checkout conversion and payment success rates through data-driven experimentation
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across engineering, finance, and leadership
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while managing multiple high-priority initiatives
• MBA or advanced degree