Product Director - Payment & Banking

P2P; Dubai; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a visionary Product Director to lead their Cash team. This role is pivotal in transforming how users interact with money, focusing on US partners and requiring a deep understanding of US banking regulations. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with engineers, designers, and marketers to deliver innovative solutions. With a strong emphasis on user empathy and data-informed decision-making, this position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of fintech products and enhance customer experiences. If you're passionate about leading impactful projects and driving change, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in fintech product management.
• Strong understanding of US banking regulations and practices.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain the team’s roadmap and communicate milestones.
• Deliver complex projects by defining features and managing the backlog.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver first-in-class features.

Skills

Fintech Product Management

US Payment Systems Knowledge

Technical API Understanding

Data-Informed Decision Making

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Job description

Our Product Management team drives product initiatives from inception through execution, launching products/features across our global footprint. We collaborate closely with engineers, designers, analysts, marketers, and other cross-functional team members to ship remarkable features and products.

About the role:The Cash team deals with money movement and transfers. We work with banks, fintechs, wallets to enable our users to move money seamlessly into and out of our platform.

We are looking for a seasoned and hands-on Product Director who has the vision, drive and ability to own, create, implement and manage an industry-changing platform that helps change the way users deal with money.

This role in particular is focused on US partners and hence an in-depth understanding of US banking regulations and practices is a huge advantage.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Work closely with the business to create, maintain and communicate the team’s roadmap, milestones, and dependencies with strategic priorities in mind
2. Deliver complex projects by defining features, writing product specifications, conducting user studies, iterating on feedback, reviewing QA test plans, prioritizing bug fixes, managing the backlog, and ultimately shipping products/features in a timely manner
3. Interview and interact with customers to build empathy, ensuring that their needs are met
4. Prioritize initiatives and projects appropriately and weigh tradeoffs that must be made
5. Work closely with teams such as design, frontend, and backend to deliver features that are first-in-class
6. Constantly understand market development and dynamics to ensure our products and features are best-in-class
7. Represent the team in communication with cross-functional teams

Job Requirements:

• At least 10 years of fintech product management experience, domain knowledge in US payment systems and cash clearing networks a huge advantage
• Good aptitude for understanding technical APIs and translating them to how they impact user stories is preferred
• Hands-on and astute attention to detail especially in settlement flow design
• A data-informed work style, viewed through a compassionate lens of the user
• A passion for building delightful customer-facing products and experiences
• Strong work ethic and willingness to go the extra mile to meet tight delivery timelines and goals where necessary
• Ability to manage C-level stakeholders and clearly articulate prioritization decisions and considerations
• Demonstrated leadership, taking ownership and producing results
• The ability to collaborate well with designers, engineers, QA, Marketing, compliance, growth
• Bring humility to your work and how you work with others