Product Manager, Payments

Role Overview

• Define the roadmap for their platforms (with a global standpoint)
• Provide a clear vision to the SCRUM teams and execute on the roadmap with clear milestones for business and engineering
• Communicate the strategies and trade-offs to the VP and CEO
• Work cross-functionally, align understanding in real-time with engineering, architecture, stakeholders, and other various teams throughout the software development lifecycle

Requirements

• BS Computer Science or equivalent, MS Computer Science/MBA preferred
• 8+ of product management experience in the FinTech payments sector (2-3 years as a software engineer highly valued).
• A strong background in mobile payments (QR payments) is a must
• Experience with Acquiring services (merchant side) preferred, but Issuing (user side), including mobile apps, also valued
• Experience with Core Banking services e.g. mobile wallets
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment deals well with ambiguity and focuses on driving impact
• Demonstrated ownership of defining and executing world-class consumer/B2B products in a high-velocity environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience in high-level business discussions and low-level technical discussions
• Experience in managing end to end app release cycles, from product discovery, design, development, UAT, QA, post-release monitoring, analytics, and reporting
• Strong user experience sensibilities and appreciation for minimal interface design
• Deep understanding of analytics, business intelligence, and data warehousing tools, user research, and business cases to drive decisions and improve products
• Experience launching A/B tests, and know how to learn and iterate from all tests (winning or not)
• Wheel continues to maintain its commit5+ years of relevant work experience that can span software development, marketing, product marketing, product management, sales engineering, operational roles, or strategy consulting
• At least 2-3 years of product marketing or other go-to-market strategy work experience, preferably in a technology company
• Experience working with technical products is preferred; direct experience with software development may be helpful but is not required

Benefits

• Recent investment of +$30M of “growth capital” from Private Equity / Hedge Fund sponsor
• Long-term strategic partnership with Citibank powering a multi-billion dollar credit portfolio
• Compelling pipeline of New Business Development initiatives, focused on SYW 5321 Card Externalization (“loyalty-card as a service”)
• Proprietary, best-in-class loyalty and data technology platform built to power $10+ billion of partner business
• A sizable (9 million active) yet hyper local member base of active shoppers
• A valuable rewards currency, with more new places to burn – from gift cards to sports media to parking, car wash, electrical vehicle charging to crypto and ETFs
• A multi-tender, proprietary “wallet” with rewards, gift cards, and credit
• Platform can be white-labeled and quickly integrated into existing retail and loyalty systems