Payments Product Lead — Strategy, Growth & Impact

PaymentIQ; Hoofddorp; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

PaymentIQ, a payment processing platform, is seeking a Director of Product to own this product area end to end. You will set direction, lead a small team of product managers, and be accountable for the value these products deliver to merchants and to the business.

You will drive strategy, partner with engineering, and focus on adoption, revenue, and performance at scale across global merchants.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in product management, including 2+ years leading product managers, in payments or FinTech.
• Experience owning high-volume, customer-facing payment products such as 3DS, tokens, API and Checkout.
• Commercial instinct: comfortable owning results and talking to customers and partners.
• Strong grasp of payment flows and of working with payment providers.
• Data-driven prioritisation; able to say no and explain why. A hands-on leader who still writes specs and owns an initiative when needed.
• Curiosity about AI and automation in products and ways of working.
• Clear, structured communicator with leadership, engineering, commercial teams and customers.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy and roadmap for your product area, from discovery through delivery and iteration.
• Lead, coach and grow a team of product managers, with a high bar for quality and ownership.
• Be accountable for the commercial results of your products: adoption, performance and revenue.
• Partner with commercial teams on demos, upsell and new business, turning customer requests into scalable product decisions rather than one-off customization.
• Work closely with engineering on feasibility, sequencing and trade-offs.
• Monitor product health (adoption, usage, error patterns, performance at scale) and drive improvements.
• Manage key external partners and stakeholders.

Skills

Payments/FinTech experience

Team leadership

Strategic roadmapping

Commercial acumen

Data-driven prioritisation

Hands-on leadership

AI/automation interest

Strong communicator

Job description

PaymentIQ, a payment processing platform, is seeking a Director of Product to own this product area end to end. You will set direction, lead a small team of product managers, and be accountable for the value these products deliver to merchants and to the business.

You will drive strategy, partner with engineering, and focus on adoption, revenue, and performance at scale across global merchants.