Product Manager, Card & Wearable Payments

IDEMIA; Courbevoie; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IDEMIA Secure Transactions in Courbevoie, France, seeks an experienced Product Manager to drive the strategy, development and industrialization of card and wearable payment products. You will own the product vision end-to-end from roadmap definition to first customer delivery, collaborating with R&D, sales and partners.

This role sits at the intersection of innovation, payment standards and market strategy, covering smart cards, contactless wearables and related innovations.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in engineering, business, or related field.
• 3–5 years in product management, ideally in payment technology or smart card domains.
• Understanding of card structures, NFC/contactless protocols and payment ecosystems.
• Strong analytical mindset with ability to translate technical constraints into business value.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the product vision and multi-year roadmap for PVC smart cards and payment wearables.
• Lead build-vs-partner analysis; identify and develop strategic partner relationships.
• Collaborate with engineering, industrialisation, delivery, sales and customers to turn strategy into executable plans.
• Drive end-to-end product execution from concept through qualification and mass production.
• Manage component lifecycle and coordinate maintenance and support activities.
• Ensure product compliance with ISO 7810/7816, EMVCo, Visa/Mastercard and oversee certifications.
• Support pricing, training, presentations to prospects, and RFP/RFI responses.

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional collaboration

Payment technology

NFC / contactless

Stakeholder communication

Education

Master's degree in Engineering or Business

Job description

IDEMIA Secure Transactions in Courbevoie, France, seeks an experienced Product Manager to drive the strategy, development and industrialization of card and wearable payment products. You will own the product vision end-to-end from roadmap definition to first customer delivery, collaborating with R&D, sales and partners.

This role sits at the intersection of innovation, payment standards and market strategy, covering smart cards, contactless wearables and related innovations.