Principal Product Manager, Checkout & Payments

Holafly; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 25 days

5% pension contribution

€3000 medical coverage

Self development budget €500

Hybrid/Remote-first culture

Job summary

Holafly is seeking a Senior Product Manager to own the end-to-end checkout and global payments stack, maximizing conversion, revenue and trust. By balancing transaction success against cost and risk, your leadership will impact our global P&L and scale international payment capabilities.

You will build and lead a dedicated payments/checkout squad, manage PSP/fraud vendor relationships (Stripe, Adyen), and drive PCI-DSS, PSD2/SCA compliance in partnership with Legal/Compliance.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years in Product Management with 3+ years scaling checkout, payments or fintech.
• Proven track record of improving conversion or authorization metrics at scale.
• Hands-on experience with PSPs and core payment mechanics.
• Strong quantitative fluency with SQL or analytics tools.
• Commercial acumen to build ROI-focused business cases with Finance.

Responsibilities

• Set the vision and strategy for global payments and fraud.
• Own the end-to-end payments stack and PSP/fraud vendor relationships.
• Drive checkout conversion and payment acceptance as a key metric.
• Define risk/fraud approach and ensure regulatory compliance (PCI-DSS, PSD2/SCA).
• Build and lead a payments/checkout squad to optimize conversions.
• Collaborate with Finance, Commercial and Engineering to improve payments.

Skills

Product Management

Checkout scaling

PSP integrations

SQL / analytics

ROI analysis

Tools

Stripe

Adyen

Job description

Company Overview

Holafly is a high-growth scale-up revolutionising how businesses and travellers connect to the internet abroad. Since 2018, we’ve empowered travellers in over 200 destinations worldwide with secure and reliable eSIM solutions. With a team of 600+ professionals across multiple countries, we are scaling globally to support travellers with seamless, unlimited data connectivity.

Company Overview

Holafly is a high-growth scale-up revolutionising how businesses and travellers connect to the internet abroad. Since 2018, we’ve empowered travellers in over 200 destinations worldwide with secure and reliable eSIM solutions. With a team of 600+ professionals across multiple countries, we are scaling globally to support travellers with seamless, unlimited data connectivity.

We’re not just connecting people,we’re enabling freedom and peace of mind, ensuring our users stay connected from the second they land, wherever their journey takes them.

The Role

You will own Holafly's end-to-end checkout experience and underlying global payments stack to maximize conversion, revenue, and trust. By balancing transaction success against cost and risk, your leadership will directly impact our global P&L and scale our international payment capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the vision and strategy that ensures Holafly has competitive advantage in global payments and fraud.
• Own the end-to-end payments stack and PSP/fraud vendor relationships ensuring the right partners, right integrations and right commercials.
• Drive checkout conversion and payment acceptance as an owned, accountable metric
• Set and defend Holafly's approach to risk / fraud.
• Ensure checkout and payments meet PCI-DSS, PSD2/SCA, and relevant regional regulatory requirements, partnering with Legal/Compliance.
• Build and lead a dedicated payments/checkout squad to run continuous conversion optimisation in parallel to major strategic initiatives.
• Partner with the wider business, including Finance, Commercial and Engineering to build a payments and fraud engine that is market leading.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years in Product Management, with 3+ years scaling checkout, payments, or fintech domains.
• Proven track record of moving metrics across conversion funnels or authorization rates at scale.
• Deep hands-on experience with modern PSPs (e.g., Stripe, Adyen) and core payment mechanics.
• Strong quantitative fluency with SQL or analytics tools to drive evidence-led decisions.
• Commercial acumen to build and defend ROI-focused business cases with Finance leadership.

Nice to Have

• Experience managing fraud-vs-conversion trade-offs and expanding payment methods internationally.
• Prior experience in high-growth scale-ups within telecom, eSIM, or travel sectors.

Benefits & Perks

• Full flexibility to support your ideal work-life balance.
• Hybrid/Remote-first culture with autonomous ownership.
• Global, diverse environment built on psychological safety and transparency.
• 25 Days of PTO
• 5% pension contribution
• € 3000 for Medical/Health coverage
• Self development budget of € 500