Product Manager
The Product Manager, Payments at Confidential Client leads the development and scaling of innovative financial technology products focused on payment solutions. This role requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-centric, data-driven products while managing product strategy, execution, and stakeholder communication in a fast-paced environment.
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👉 Important disclosure: CareerTakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, a Financial Services company.
Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the CareerTakes platform.
What You’ll Do
You will lead product efforts for Payments at our confidential client, owning strategy and execution for payment-related products and features that serve both customers and internal partners. The role requires partnering closely with Engineering, Data, Finance, Design, Legal, Sales, and Operations to deliver secure, compliant, and scalable payment solutions.
- Define and drive product strategy and roadmap for Payments, aligned to business goals and KPIs.
- Lead discovery, requirements gathering, and prioritization for payments features from ideation through launch.
- Translate customer and stakeholder needs into clear product requirements, acceptance criteria, and success metrics.
- Collaborate with engineering squads to balance trade-offs and ensure high-quality, timely deliveries.
- Monitor product performance using data and business insights; iterate rapidly to optimize outcomes.
- Coordinate Go-to-Market activities and communicate launch plans to stakeholders across the organization.
- Ensure payment products comply with applicable financial regulations and internal controls; partner with Legal and Compliance on risk mitigation.
- Mentor and influence cross-functional teams to build trust, alignment, and strong execution discipline.
- Use AI and data-driven approaches where appropriate to enhance product experiences and operations.
What We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate has payments or fintech product experience, strong technical fluency, and a track record of shipping measurable product outcomes in regulated environments.
- 4+ years product management experience (payments, fintech, or financial services preferred).
- Proven experience building payment products or payments integrations (e.g., card processing, ACH, wallets, gateways).
- Strong analytical skills; experience defining and tracking product metrics and running experiments.
- Technical aptitude to partner with engineering on architectural decisions and trade-offs.
- Demonstrated ability to break down ambiguous problems, prioritize effectively, and deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; comfortable presenting to senior leadership.
- Experience with Agile development processes and managing a product backlog.
- Knowledge of payments compliance and financial services regulations is a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
Compensation & Employment Details
- Base salary range: $138,000 - $160,000 per year.
- This role may be eligible for additional compensation such as a bonus.
- Employment type: Full-time.
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area (onsite or hybrid arrangements as determined by the confidential client).
Employment offers will be based on experience, skills, and local market factors and will comply with applicable state wage and employment laws where the role is posted.
Other Important Information
- Final hiring decisions are made by the confidential client; CareerTakes supports the process as a third-party recruiter.
- Employment may be subject to verification checks and applicable pre-employment screenings, consistent with federal and state law.
- The confidential client will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities during the hiring process upon request.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
CareerTakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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