Payments Lead: Scale Growth with Fast, Secure Payouts

Kalshi; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kalshi is seeking a Payments Lead to own the full lifecycle of payments—from strategy to hands-on execution. You’ll manage deposits, withdrawals, PSP integrations, and provider relationships to ensure payments are reliable, fast, and delightful for users across our growing platform.

You’ll sit at the intersection of product, operations, engineering, compliance, and growth, building dashboards, tracking KPIs like authorization rates and latency, and steering compliance with KYC/AML and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in payments, fintech, or product operations.
• Strong understanding of PSPs, acquirers, processors, and settlement processes.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects with engineering, compliance, and growth.
• Proven negotiation and vendor management skills with PSPs and banks.
• Analytical and technical proficiency to model economics and analyze data.
• Bias toward action with ability to switch between strategy and hands-on work.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the payments roadmap: prioritize and drive initiatives that improve payment success, speed, and user experience in coordination with Engineering and Growth and other parts of the organization.
• Manage PSPs and financial partners: negotiate terms, oversee performance, and troubleshoot operational issues with processors, banks, and other partners.
• Optimize conversion and payouts: continuously improve the deposit and withdrawal experience, authorization rates, and settlement times through data‑driven experimentation.
• Monitor and analyze payment health: build dashboards, track KPIs (authorization rates, declines, chargebacks, latency), and identify root causes.
• Ensure compliance and regulatory alignment: Partner with Legal/Compliance to handle KYC, AML, and CFTC‑related obligations in the payments flow.
• Manage fraud prevention and response: manage fraud tools and policies, ensuring a balance between risk control and user experience. Monitor fraud and compliance health.
• Be hands‑on: dive into payment ops workflows, test new integrations, reconcile issues, and own execution when needed.

Skills

Payments leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Payments ecosystem

Vendor management

Data analysis

Operational excellence

Job description

Kalshi is seeking a Payments Lead to own the full lifecycle of payments—from strategy to hands-on execution. You’ll manage deposits, withdrawals, PSP integrations, and provider relationships to ensure payments are reliable, fast, and delightful for users across our growing platform.

You’ll sit at the intersection of product, operations, engineering, compliance, and growth, building dashboards, tracking KPIs like authorization rates and latency, and steering compliance with KYC/AML and