Senior Product Manager - Payments

Pleo; England; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company is seeking a Senior Product Manager for its Payments team in the UK. This role involves shaping the vision for payment solutions, setting measurable KPIs, and solving complex challenges in the financial services sector. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in European payments, strong communication skills, and a hands-on approach. This position offers a competitive salary along with various benefits including private healthcare, holiday options, and mental health support.

Benefits

Own Pleo card

Catered meals or lunch allowance

Comprehensive private healthcare

25 days holiday + public holidays

Remote working options

Purchase additional days off

Free mental health support

Access to LinkedIn Learning

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Deep experience in account to account payments and e-money accounts.
• Ability to inspire teams and align stakeholders.
• Comfortable working through technical payment challenges.

Responsibilities

• Set direction for Pleo’s payments platform vision.
• Define and track KPIs to measure the team's success.
• Collaborate with Engineering Managers for smooth delivery.

Skills

Experience in European financial services

Clear communication

Problem-solving

Data-driven decision making

Hands-on approach

Job description

About the role

The Payments platform is the backbone of not just our product but our company. Our payment solutions cover card transactions, wallet top ups, invoice payments, reimbursements, and more.

Our goal is straightforward: to create payment experiences that customers love. Every transaction matters, and we’re here to make them seamless, reliable, and impactful.

We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our Payments team at Pleo. In this role, you'll lead one of the payment engineering teams, helping us deliver solutions that make a real difference to our customers.

What you’ll be doing

As Senior Product Manager, you will:

• Set direction: Work with your teams, customers, and leadership to shape the vision for Pleo’s payments platform.
• Drive results: Define and track KPIs to measure success, keeping your teams aligned with the company’s goals.
• Solve complex problems: Tackle highly complex technical and business problems, considering a broad set of factors including risk, compliance, partner constraints, systems architecture, and customer experience.
• Collaborate deeply: Partner with Engineering Managers and other stakeholders within Pleo to ensure smooth delivery and continuous improvement.

What you bring

You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

• Have deep experience in the European financial services sector, particularly in account to account payments, e-money accounts and financial ledgers space.
• Communicate with clarity and purpose, inspiring teams and aligning stakeholders.
• Are comfortable rolling up your sleeves and working through technical and payment challenges with the team's engineers.
• Balance big-picture strategy with the ability to zoom in on day-to-day details.
• Rely on data and customer feedback to guide decisions and prioritise effectively.
• Being able to go into the details of API design, payment messages or whatever is required.
• Are passionate about developing people and creating an inclusive, collaborative team environment.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment where challenges are opportunities.
• Drive to stay hands-on as an individual contributor, actively shaping solutions and leading by example.

Who you’ll be working with and reporting to

You’ll report directly to our Product Director and work closely with the other teams in Payments. You’ll also partner with teams across Pleo to deliver lots of exciting new products and features for our customers.

How you’ll develop in this role

In your first 3–6 months, you’ll:

• Map and validate the end-to-end customer journey and system flows for all payment products at Pleo.
• Define and align the product strategy for your team.
• Deliver and refine your roadmap continuously.
• Work closely with engineers to continue optimising ways of working.

As you grow, you’ll have the chance to:

• Scale your impact across other teams in Payments.
• Build and mentor other product managers within Payments or Pleo.
• Play a key role in shaping Payments group strategy and how Payments contribute to the company growth target.

The Package

The annual salary for this position varies based on your location:

• United Kingdom: £85,575 - £94,365
• Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands: €97,500 - €107,500
• Spain, Portugal: €88,500 - €97,500

The role can be based in any of the locations where we have a legal entity, including: Denmark, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, the UK & the Netherlands.

We can hire either remotely, hybrid or in office but you need to be physically based in any of those countries (even if working remotely).

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role in any of the listed locations you find in the job info so you will need to have a valid right to work.

We’re happy to share more about our approach to pay and this range during your first call with us!

Show me the benefits!

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us for your work days - enjoy catered meals or receive a lunch allowance based on your local office 🍜
• Comprehensive private healthcare - depending on your location, coverage options include Vitality, Alan or Médis
• We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
• For our Team, we offer both hybrid and fully remote working options
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice
• We use MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and well‑being support with great success so far ❤️🩹
• Access to LinkedIn Learning - acquire new skills, stay abreast of industry trends and fuel your personal and professional development continuously
• Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work 👶