Senior Product Manager – Payments

• Own roadmap execution, backlog prioritization, and release planning.
• Translate business requirements into epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Proactively manage risks, dependencies, and blockers to ensure on-time delivery.

Stakeholder & Team Collaboration

• Partner with business, engineering, architecture, QA, and operations teams.
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, and product reviews.
• Provide regular communication on progress, risks, and delivery status.

Payments Domain Leadership

• Serve as the payments SME across card payments, ACH, RTP, FedNow, digital wallets, settlement, reconciliation, and fraud controls.
• Ensure solutions align with business needs, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Support testing, UAT, release readiness, and production support.
• Drive Agile best practices and continuous improvement across the product lifecycle.

Skills Required:

• 8+ years of Product Management/Product Owner experience.
• 5+ years of Payments domain experience.
• Strong experience with Agile delivery, backlog management, and roadmap execution.
• Hands-on experience with Jira for backlog management, sprint planning, reporting, and release tracking.
• Deep understanding of payment transaction lifecycles and payment operations.
• Proven ability to work independently, take ownership, and proactively drive execution.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in banking, fintech, payment processors, or enterprise payment platforms.
• SAFe, CSPO, PSPO, or similar Agile certification.
• Knowledge of PCI-DSS, NACHA, RTP, FedNow, and ISO 20022.