Global Payments Implementation Lead

Uber Technologies Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Uber is seeking a Sr. Manager, Payment Implementations to lead strategy and execution of complex payment initiatives across markets and products.

This role sits at the intersection of Payments, Product, Engineering, Operations and external partners, ensuring new capabilities are implemented reliably and efficiently. You will own end-to-end payment processing changes, including market launches, processor integrations, and other initiatives that transform how Uber processes payments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of payments, fintech, or financial services, with a meaningful portion in partnership, business development, or commercial roles.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with the global payments ecosystem — card networks, acquiring, digital wallets, APMs, and regulatory landscape.
• Experience leading complex technical payment implementations at a global scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead payment implementations end to end, translating requirements into implementation plans and launching.
• Own card payment launch readiness, including payment configuration, processor and setup dependencies and production rollout.
• Drive PSP and processing implementations, partnering with Payment Partnerships, Product, and Engineering to operationalize new processor capabilities.
• Establish scalable implementation processes, playbooks, controls, and launch standards that allow Uber to deliver payment changes consistently across products and markets.
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering to define technical requirements, prioritize dependencies, develop test strategies, and ensure appropriate observability and operational readiness before launch.
• Coordinate across Payments and business teams, bringing together Payment Partnerships, Payment Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and other stakeholders to resolve dependencies and deliver against launch timelines.
• Identify and mitigate implementation risk, anticipating processing, operational, regulatory, and customer-experience issues before changes reach production.
• Provide senior-level subject-matter expertise on payment processing and implementation decisions, helping stakeholders navigate tradeoffs between reliability, cost, customer experience, and implementation complexity.
• Drive complex initiatives through influence, establishing clear ownership and decision-making across teams and ensuring cross-functional programs remain on track from initial requirements through launch.

Skills

Analytical and problem-solving

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Tools

3DS

Network tokenization

Apple Pay

Google Pay

Multi-processor architectures

Job description

Uber is seeking a Sr. Manager, Payment Implementations to lead strategy and execution of complex payment initiatives across markets and products.

This role sits at the intersection of Payments, Product, Engineering, Operations and external partners, ensuring new capabilities are implemented reliably and efficiently. You will own end-to-end payment processing changes, including market launches, processor integrations, and other initiatives that transform how Uber processes payments.