Product Manager (Cards) - Engine by Starling

Starling; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday plus public holidays

Extra day off for your birthday

Salary sacrifice and company-enhanced pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Life insurance 4x your salary

Paid volunteering time

Job summary

A leading FinTech company is seeking a Product Manager (Cards) to oversee innovative card features and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have over two years of product management experience in the FinTech sector and a strong understanding of card payment systems. This position offers a hybrid working model and a comprehensive benefits package, including annual leave and medical support.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of direct Product Manager/owner experience in FinTech or with a regulated lender.
• Experience in card payments, regulatory compliance, and mobile wallets.
• Ability to lead multiple workstreams and present to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the card product by scoping new features and managing delivery.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams to improve the product.
• Engage with Delivery and Customer Success to assess feature requests.

Skills

Product management experience

Card payments knowledge

Communication skills

Problem-solving ability

Job description

Product Manager (Cards) - Engine by Starling

At Engine by Starling we are on a mission to find and work with leading banks around the world who have the ambition to build rapid growth businesses on our technology.

Engine is Starling’s software‑as‑a‑service (SaaS) business, the technology that was built to power Starling and two years ago we split out as a separate business.

Hybrid Working
We have a hybrid approach to working here at Engine – our preference is that you are located within a commutable distance of one of our offices so that we can interact and collaborate in person.

About The Role
In this role within Engine’s Product & Technology function you will run one or more subdomains in the Cards area, ensuring successful product development throughout and having oversight and involvement in the creation of new cards features. You will also work closely with the wider cards product team, including contributing to the broader cards roadmap and having touch points with our existing and future clients to ensure we support them effectively.

What You’ll Do

• Take ownership of a best‑in‑class card product by scoping out breakthrough features and owning the end‑to‑end delivery of your sub‑domain(s) in close alignment with the Product and Engineering domain leaders.
• Contribute to the overall card roadmap with inputs from your sub‑domain(s).
• Work cross‑functionally with engineers, designers, document writers and QA to drive the design and delivery of improvements to the product that align with the vision of the business.
• Prioritise incoming tasks and clearly communicate the why of each decision.
• Manage deadlines and proactively raise delivery risks that may impact client projects.
• Develop a close relationship with our Delivery and Customer Success teams, taking the lead on assessing feature requests and client requirements as a key input to overall feature and roadmap definition.
• Work closely with our Business Development team by helping the team understand Engine’s capabilities in your domain and joining early‑stage sales conversations as an SME.
• Champion feature delivery and adapt communication and materials to different stakeholders.

Requirements

• 2+ years of direct Product Manager/owner experience, ideally in FinTech or with a regulated lender.
• Owned and delivered new features or products from start to finish, ensuring successful in‑life maintenance.
• Experience in card payments: Visa/Mastercard, card payment regulatory compliance, 3DS, mobile wallets, card processing.
• Experience with APIs and mobile UX insights for the cards world.
• Comfortable leading multiple workstreams and presenting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to rapidly understand problems and present structured solutions.>

Key Skills

Manage competing priorities while keeping sight of the big picture.

Intellectual curiosity and love of learning what things do and how they work.

Good communication skills for internal and external stakeholders.

Comfortable handling ambiguity in a flat structure.

Proactive accountability for important and strategic activities.

Interview Process

• 45 minutes with a team member.
• 1 hour with two more people including the Technical Product Director.
• 45 minutes with two senior leaders.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday plus public holidays.
• Extra day off for your birthday.
• Additional leave that can be bought or sold.
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year.
• Salary sacrifice and company‑enhanced pension scheme.
• Life insurance 4x your salary and group income protection.
• Private medical insurance with mental health support and cancer care.
• Family‑friendly policies and incentives.
• PerkBox membership.
• Access to Cycle to Work, gym partners, EV leasing.

Engine by Starling is an equal opportunity employer and we are proud to foster diversity and inclusion. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and experiences.