Product Owner, Stablecoin Payments

Aquanow; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquanow in Dubai is seeking a Product Owner for Stablecoin Payments to lead backend product decisions, drive API design, and translate complex architecture into actionable requirements. You will work closely with the engineering team to ship payment features and ensure scalability in a global fintech context.

This role requires hands-on API knowledge, collaboration with compliance and operations, and ownership of a portfolio including stablecoin payments, remittances, crypto payouts, checkout,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 3–5+ years in a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or product management role within payments/fintech or financial services.
• Familiarity with cryptocurrency payment systems, stablecoin settlements, or blockchain-based payment infrastructure and their regulatory nuances.
• Solid understanding of payment processing ecosystems including card networks, bank transfers, FX, and emerging crypto payment rails.
• Demonstrated technical proficiency in reading, writing and evaluating REST API specifications, including authentication patterns, request/response structures, error handling, and webhooks.
• Awareness of global payments regulatory frameworks (AML/KYC, Travel Rule, MSB licensing) across regions.
• Strong analytical mindset with ability to interpret product metrics and translate findings into prioritization decisions.
• Hands-on experience in agile/scrum delivery, backlog management, sprint ceremonies, and stakeholder demos.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own and refine the payments platform backlog with clear acceptance criteria.
• Translate business needs into actionable technical specs for engineering and QA.
• Collaborate with compliance, operations, and BD to shape features for multiple regions.
• Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release planning.
• Serve as day-to-day contact to remove blockers and prioritize work.
• Monitor KPIs and use data to drive prioritization and improvements.
• Ensure regulatory compliance across jurisdictions with Legal and compliance teams.
• Coordinate UAT, product demos, and stakeholder feedback.
• Maintain up-to-date product docs and release notes.
• Evaluate third-party payment rails and crypto settlement infra to stay competitive.

Skills

REST API design

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decisions

JIRA & Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Product Owner, Stablecoin Payments (Dubai)

About us

Aquanow is a trading and technology company powering the next generation of financial services. We're at the forefront of the rapidly evolving digital asset space, empowering businesses to navigate the complexities of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. As a leading provider of infrastructure solutions, we offer innovative services in cryptocurrency trading, liquidity management, and secure digital asset storage. Our platform is built to deliver seamless, scalable, and reliable solutions that cater to the needs of institutional clients and businesses seeking to unlock the potential of digital finance. Aquanow is committed to driving growth and shaping the future of the digital economy by offering unparalleled opportunities for innovation and advancement in the world of digital assets.

With rapid global expansion, we have established offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Dubai, Malaysia, Turkey, and beyond. Our international customer base includes some of the world’s fastest-growing fintech companies and leading financial institutions.

Your Contribution to Our Growth

As a Payments Product Owner, you will play a hands-on role in delivering Aquanow's payment products. You will work deeply alongside our engineering team, owning backend product decisions, driving API design conversations, and translating complex technical architecture into well-structured requirements. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in technical environments and gets energy from working directly with developers to design and ship real product.

Strong API knowledge is central to how you will operate day-to-day. You should be comfortable discussing endpoints, request and response structures, parameters, authentication patterns, and error handling with developers, and contributing meaningfully to how new APIs are designed or enhanced.

You will own a portfolio of payment products that are early in their journey, including stablecoin payments, remittances, crypto payouts, checkout acceptance, and funding flows. On each of these you will partner directly with the tech lead to understand the architecture, make product recommendations, write user stories, and drive delivery from concept through to release. There is real ownership here and a genuine opportunity to shape how these products are built.

Aquanow is a global team and collaboration across time zones is part of how we work. You should expect a few evenings per week to overlap with our Canadian engineering, QA, and product teams.

This is a full-time, permanent position working hybrid out of our Dubai office.

What You'll Do

• Own the product backlog for Aquanow's payments platform, defining, prioritizing, and refining user stories and acceptance criteria to ensure the development team is always working on the highest-value work.
• Translate business requirements from stakeholders into clear, actionable specifications that guide engineering, QA, and design teams through the full delivery lifecycle.
• Partner with business development, compliance, and operations teams to shape payment product features that meet client needs, regulatory requirements, and market demand across global regions.
• Drive sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release planning activities, ensuring delivery milestones are met with quality and on schedule.
• Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for the delivery team, removing blockers, clarifying requirements, and making rapid prioritization decisions to maintain momentum.
• Monitor and report on product performance using defined KPIs, using data to surface improvement opportunities and inform future prioritization.
• Ensure payment products and features meet applicable regulatory and compliance standards across all operational jurisdictions, collaborating closely with legal and compliance teams.
• Facilitate and coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT), product demos, and feedback loops with internal and external stakeholders to validate features before release.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation including product specifications, workflow diagrams, and release notes to support transparency across teams.
• Continuously evaluate third-party payment rails, crypto settlement infrastructure, and emerging industry standards to inform product decisions and keep Aquanow's offerings competitive.

We'd Love to See

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 3-5+ years of experience in a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or product management role within payments, fintech, or financial services.
• Familiarity with cryptocurrency payment systems, stablecoin settlements, or blockchain-based payment infrastructure and their associated operational and regulatory nuances.
• Solid understanding of payment processing ecosystems including card networks, bank transfers, FX, and emerging crypto payment rails.
• Demonstrated technical proficiency in reading, writing and evaluating REST API specifications, including authentication patterns, request/response structures, error handling, and webhooks.
• Awareness of global payments regulatory frameworks (e.g., AML/KYC requirements, Travel Rule, MSB licensing considerations) across relevant operating regions.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret product metrics and translate findings into clear prioritization decisions.
• Hands-on experience working within agile/scrum delivery frameworks, including backlog management, sprint ceremonies, and stakeholder demos.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to both technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Proficiency with product and project management tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, compliance, operations, and sales teams in a collaborative, outcome-driven environment.

At our offices you will find a group of people that embrace diversity and value performance over pedigree. Every day we draw value from the diverse experiences of our team whose backgrounds include top financial institutions, tech companies, and non-traditional backgrounds. Our success comes from identifying exceptional people and providing them with the platform to reach their true potential.

Aquanow is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, qualified veteran status, marital status, gender identity or any other unlawful criterion or circumstance.