Principal Product Manager

Paysafe; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Holiday buy/sell option

Private health insurance

Dental insurance

Income protection

Life assurance

Wellbeing room and facilities

Breakfast and snacks

Employee discounts

Charity days

Six employee-led equality communities

Job summary

Paysafe is seeking a Principal Product Manager for Global Local Payment Methods to shape Paysafe’s strategy across geographies and consumers. You will lead the expansion of local payment options, improve merchant acceptance and ensure scalable, commercially viable capabilities in priority markets.

You'll partner with Engineering, Partnerships, Compliance and Sales to define requirements, prioritise opportunities, and deliver measurable improvements in conversion and revenue across multiple

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product management in payments, fintech or related fields.
• Strong experience with Local Payment Methods and alternative payment methods.
• Experience expanding payment products into new geographies.
• Understanding of consumer payment behaviour, merchant acceptance and checkout conversion.
• Experience with third-party payment providers alongside partnerships teams.
• Ability to build roadmaps and deliver cross-functional initiatives.
• Commercial acumen across revenue, pricing, provider economics.
• Understanding of settlement, reconciliation, refunds, disputes, risk and APIs.
• Strong stakeholder management across product, tech, platform and commercial.

Responsibilities

• Define the global product strategy and roadmap for Local Payment Methods.
• Prioritize new payment methods and geographic expansion.
• Translate merchant needs into integration, settlement, and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable launches.
• Mentor and guide Product Managers and Owners.
• Assess provider relationships and optimize commercial partnerships.
• Ensure APIs, reporting and reconciliation support scalable operations.
• Anticipate risks and shape mitigation plans.

Skills

Local Payment Methods

Alternative Payments

Consumer Payments

Merchant Payments

Regional Payment Ecosystems

Payment Geography Expansion

Third-Party Providers

Partnerships & Commercial

Product Strategy

Roadmaps

Revenue & Pricing

APIs & Platform

Settlement & Reconciliation

Disputes & Risk

Stakeholder Management

Cross-functional Leadership

Delivery & Execution

Education

Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science or Business

Job description

Job Description Paysafe is a global payments platform powering the experience economy,witha strong focus on the iGaming, video gaming,e-commerce, retail,traveland hospitality sectors. With 30 years of expertise in payment technology, Paysafe helps businesses and consumers lift every experience through seamless, secure payment solutions, including card payments, digital wallets such as Skrill, eCash solutions like PaysafeCard, and a suite of local payment methods. With approximately 2,900 employees across12countriesand annualized transactional volume of $167 billion in 2025, Paysafe connects people and businesses worldwide through innovative digital payment experiences. Further information is available at www.paysafe.com.

Job Description Paysafe is a global payments platform powering the experience economy,witha strong focus on the iGaming, video gaming,e-commerce, retail,traveland hospitality sectors. With 30 years of expertise in payment technology, Paysafe helps businesses and consumers lift every experience through seamless, secure payment solutions, including card payments, digital wallets such as Skrill, eCash solutions like PaysafeCard, and a suite of local payment methods. With approximately 2,900 employees across12countriesand annualized transactional volume of $167 billion in 2025, Paysafe connects people and businesses worldwide through innovative digital payment experiences. Further information is available at www.paysafe.com.

It starts here. Have a global impact on the world of payments.

The Principal Product Manager for Global Local Payment Methods is a senior strategic product role responsible for shaping Paysafe’s global approach to locally relevant payment methods across consumer and merchant environments.

The role focuses on expanding Local Payment Method coverage across existing and new geographies, improving payment choice and merchant acceptance, and ensuring Paysafe delivers scalable, commercially viable capabilities in priority markets.

Working closely with Engineering, Architecture, Platform, Delivery, Commercial, Partnerships, Compliance, Risk, Operations, Finance and Legal, the role defines product strategy, prioritises market opportunities, and supports third-party provider optimisation alongside the Partnerships team.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Product Leadership

• Define the global product strategy and roadmap for Local Payment Methods.
• Prioritise new payment methods, geographic expansion and platform capability enhancements.
• Identify consumer payment trends, merchant needs, regulatory considerations and market opportunities.
• Build business cases demonstrating commercial value, customer impact and strategic fit.
• Ensure Local Payment Methods support conversion, market reach, customer experience and commercial performance.

Market Expansion and Geographic Growth

• Assess new geography opportunities based on consumer behaviour, merchant demand, regulation, provider availability and commercial potential.
• Define product requirements to support market entry and regional expansion.
• Work with regional, commercial, platform, delivery and operational teams to ensure launches are scalable and supportable.
• Establish repeatable frameworks for evaluating and prioritising payment method expansion globally.

Consumer And Merchant Experience

• Deep understanding of consumer and merchant needs across the full payment journey.
• Champion local payment choice, convenience, trust and checkout relevance.
• Translate merchant needs into requirements for integration, settlement, reconciliation, refunds, reporting, disputes and support.
• Use data, customer insight and merchant feedback to improve conversion, payment success, cost efficiency and operational performance.

Third-Party Provider and Commercial Support

• Work with the Partnerships team to assess and optimise Local Payment Method provider relationships.
• Provide product, market and performance insight to support provider selection, negotiations and ongoing management.
• Evaluate provider capabilities across coverage, reliability, cost, settlement, reporting, compliance, technical quality and merchant relevance.
• Identify opportunities to improve provider performance, economics and operational outcomes.

Cross-Functional Collaboration and Delivery

• Collaborate with Engineering, Architecture, Platform, Delivery, Commercial, Partnerships, Sales, Account Management, Compliance, Risk, Operations, Finance and Legal.
• Align stakeholders around product priorities, roadmap decisions, platform dependencies and delivery plans.
• Partner with Platform and Delivery teams to translate strategy into executable initiatives, milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Guide Product Managers, Product Owners and delivery teams on epics, features, dependencies and success measures.
• Anticipate technical, operational, regulatory, platform and commercial risks, and shape mitigation plans.

Technical, Platform and Delivery Leadership

• Partner with Engineering, Architecture, Platform and Delivery teams to define scalable capabilities for Local Payment Method integration and expansion.
• Ensure requirements support consistent APIs, reporting, reconciliation, settlement, refunds, exception handling and operational visibility.
• Promote reusable, resilient and compliant platform capabilities that reduce time to market for new payment methods and geographies.
• Ensure initiatives are planned, sequenced and governed effectively across teams, systems and stakeholders.
• Challenge technical, platform and delivery assumptions to support long-term scalability, reliability and commercial sustainability.

Thought Leadership and Mentorship

• Act as a senior subject matter expert for Local Payment Methods across Paysafe.
• Mentor Product Managers and Product Owners across payment method, gateway, acquiring, wallet and market expansion initiatives.
• Raise product management standards through structured prioritisation, clear business cases and measurable outcomes.
• Represent Paysafe with clients, partners and industry stakeholders where required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or educational degree in Computer Science, Business or a related discipline, or experience in lieu of education.
• 10+ years of product management experience in payments, fintech, merchant acquiring, digital wallets, banking or B2B/B2B2C platforms.
• Strong experience with Local Payment Methods, alternative payment methods, consumer payments, merchant payments or regional payment ecosystems.
• Proven experience supporting payment product expansion into new geographies.
• Strong understanding of consumer payment behaviour, merchant acceptance, checkout conversion, payment economics and operational requirements.
• Experience working with third-party payment providers, ideally alongside partnerships or commercial teams.
• Ability to define product strategy, build roadmaps and deliver complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong commercial acumen across revenue opportunity, cost models, pricing, provider economics and investment return.
• Good understanding of settlement, reconciliation, refunds, disputes, risk, compliance, APIs and platform architecture.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align product, technology, platform, delivery and commercial teams.

What You Bring

• A clear strategic vision for Global Local Payment Methods.
• Deep understanding of how consumers pay locally and how merchants use payment choice to improve conversion and reach.
• Experience expanding payment capabilities into new markets.
• Strong commercial judgement to support provider optimisation with Partnerships.
• A collaborative leadership style across Product, Platform, Delivery, Technology, Commercial and Operations.
• Practical delivery focus, turning complex market and technical requirements into executable plans.
• High ownership, accountability and a track record of measurable business impact.

A Snippet Of What You’ll Get In Return

• Make your day work for you with our flexible working hours.
• You decide what your holiday looks like with the option to buy or sell your holiday and carry over up to 5 days into the next year.
• Enjoy social events on our roof top terrace with views onto St Pauls Cathedral.
• Our fully equipped facilities include showers, hairdryers and straighteners and fresh towels.
• Start your day with a free breakfast, fresh fruit and snacks.
• Take a breather in our dedicated wellbeing room.
• Spend time with those important to you with our enhanced paid family policies.
• Test our products Skrill and Neteller. Upon joining we will award you £50 into each wallet.
• Enjoy our discounts on memberships via vitality including, gyms, leisure centres, yoga/Pilates across the country.
• Need a new Laptop or TV? We offer support purchasing Apple and LG products via Stormfront technology.
• Join our six employee-led equality communities and help foster a workplace that celebrates diversity and create opportunities to collaborate and learn.
• Give back to the community with four paid charity days.
• Kickstart your weekend early with our summer hours during the months of June, July and August with a 3pm finish every Friday.
• Let’s not forget, we also offer: Private health insurance (pre-existing conditions are included) & dental insurance, income protection, life assurance and more.

What To Expect Next

• Phone screen with Talent Acquisition.
• Introductory video call with the Hiring Manager.
• Video interview with members of the team.
• In-person competency interview with the Hiring Manager and final HR interview with Talent Acquisition.

If you’re successful joining the team, you’ll be meeting our CEO in person during our new joiners breakfast in London – a great opportunity to network with your peers.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Paysafe is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to providing a work environment of mutual respect to everyone without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.