FI & FinTech Payments Product Manager

Barclays UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in London seeks a FI & Fintech Payments Product Manager to drive cost optimization across global banking operations. You’ll manage a multi-million Correspondent Banking Charges budget while leading strategic initiatives to enhance our Global Currency Clearing product. The role requires strong stakeholder management and a data-driven approach to decision-making. Ideal candidates will have experience in payments or fintech and excellent Excel skills.

Qualifications

• Clear understanding of key commercial drivers related to revenue.
• Ability to interpret and analyze performance data.
• Proven experience in collaborating with various teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Correspondent Banking Charges and recovery models.
• Lead strategic initiatives and build innovative monitoring tools.
• Partner with stakeholders to strengthen controls.

Skills

Experience with profit and loss (P&L)

Advanced Excel capability

Data-driven mindset

Stakeholder management skills

Job description

Join us as a FI & Fintech Payments Product Manager, driving high-impact work in our FIG Payments team and shaping how we manage and optimize costs across global banking operations. You will oversee a multi-million Correspondent Banking Charges cost base and scale the recovery model across regions. You will also lead Strategic Initiatives, building innovative monitoring tools and supporting the rapid growth of our Global Currency Clearing product. The role puts you at the center of end-to-end product management, turning complex challenges into actionable solutions. You will partner with stakeholders across the business to strengthen controls and deliver measurable improvements. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of global payments and drive real change in a fast-evolving environment.

Essentials Skills/ Qualifications:

• Experience working with revenue and profit and loss (P&L), including a clear understanding of key commercial drivers

• Advanced Excel capability, with_EFFECTive data to support analysis and informed decision-making

• Data-driven mindset, with the ability to interpret, analyse, and draw insights from performance data, and comfort running proofs of concept through to launch

• Proven stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align Product, Compliance, Finance, and Operations teams across regions

Desirable Skills / Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience within payments and/or fintech, or related digital or product management experience

• Knowledge of global payments and treasury products

• Understanding of the regulatory environment faced by payments or financial services businesses

This role is based in London.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Purpose of the role

To develop and manage the success of specific financial products and services, providing in-depth expertise on a particular product line, bridging the gap between product development, marketing, sales, and customer service omin.

Accountabilities

• Provision of SME expertise on specific products and services to customers and colleagues, including features, functionalities, benefits, limitations, risks and compliance.
• Identification of market trends, new features, regulatory requirements and potential risks, and analysis of data obtained from sales figures and, customer feedback, to support the product development process, and communicate key findings to relevant stakeholders to improve product offerings.
• Response to customer FCι0 inquiries, resolution of issues, and provision of guidance on product usage. .
• Presentation of the advantages and features of the product to potential customers, building trust and encouraging adoption. tõttu.
• Assistance with the development and execution of marketing materials for the product, such as brochures, presentations, and online content.
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• Participation in training sessions and workshops to share product knowledge and expertise with colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Participation in events, conferences, and other networking opportunities to showcase the product and generate interest.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L –_field and speech back yen.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments eache and guide team mergh before conducted dreamed.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with others of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information may include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because it contains sensitive or the audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.