Product Lead

latitude-global; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early-stage equity

Comprehensive benefits (medical, etc.)

Unlimited PTO and 10 holidays

Flexible remote work within the United

Job summary

Latitude-global is seeking a founding Product Lead to build modern infrastructure for global money movement in a fintech startup. The role is hands-on today, with the expectation to grow into leading a product organization as the company scales, shaping payment rails, regulation, and digital assets direction.

The candidate will own the roadmap across payment corridors, run discovery with technical buyers, and shape platform surfaces such as payment orchestration and APIs, collaborating with

Qualifications

• 6+ years of product experience with senior or lead ownership of a technical product with real users
• Domain expertise in at least one of: cross-border payments and FX, domestic payment rails (ACH, RTP, SEPA, SPEI, PIX, UPI, InstaPay/PESONet or equivalents), crypto and stablecoin infrastructure and on/off-ramps, treasury and ledgering, or identity, fraud, and compliance
• Track record shipping API-first or developer-facing products to technical buyers
• Comfort operating in regulated environments, treating compliance and legal constraints as design inputs rather than obstacles
• Technical fluency sufficient to lead meetings with engineers on API specs, payment failure modes, idempotency, and reconciliation
• Strong written communication for specs, decision memos, and launch notes, plus a collaborative, kind, and high-achieving mindset suited to a small, fast team

Responsibilities

• Own and defend the product roadmap across payment corridors, rails, and platform capabilities, setting direction and prioritization for the engineering team and customers
• Run discovery directly with technical buyers (integrating engineers and operators) and translate findings into precise, build-ready specifications
• Shape core platform surfaces including payment orchestration, ledgering, payout and collection flows, partner integrations, and public APIs
• Partner with engineering, compliance, and banking partners to turn regulatory and scheme changes into product decisions with clear tradeoffs and timelines
• Scope and manage partner-facing integrations with banks and financial institutions, negotiating capability gaps and holding partners to commitments
• Set the bar for how the team writes specs, runs launches, communicates roadmap, and makes decisions

Job description

Role overview

This is a founding Product Lead role at an early-stage fintech building modern infrastructure for global money movement. The position is hands-on and individual-contributor focused today, with the expectation that the person will grow and eventually lead a product organization as the company scales. The right candidate will balance near-term shipping with long-term bets on where payment rails, regulation, and digital assets are headed over the next several years.

Responsibilities

• Own and defend the product roadmap across payment corridors, rails, and platform capabilities, setting direction and prioritization for the engineering team and customers
• Run discovery directly with technical buyers (integrating engineers and operators) and translate findings into precise, build-ready specifications
• Shape core platform surfaces including payment orchestration, ledgering, payout and collection flows, partner integrations, and public APIs
• Partner with engineering, compliance, and banking partners to turn regulatory and scheme changes into product decisions with clear tradeoffs and timelines
• Scope and manage partner-facing integrations with banks and financial institutions, negotiating capability gaps and holding partners to commitments
• Set the bar for how the team writes specs, runs launches, communicates roadmap, and makes decisions

Requirements

• 6+ years of product experience, including senior or lead ownership of a technical product with real users
• Domain expertise in at least one of: cross-border payments and FX, domestic payment rails (ACH, RTP, SEPA, SPEI, PIX, UPI, InstaPay/PESONet or equivalents), crypto and stablecoin infrastructure and on/off-ramps, treasury and ledgering, or identity, fraud, and compliance
• Track record shipping API-first or developer-facing products to technical buyers
• Comfort operating in regulated environments, treating compliance and legal constraints as design inputs rather than obstacles
• Technical fluency sufficient to lead meetings with engineers on API specs, payment failure modes, idempotency, and reconciliation
• Strong written communication for specs, decision memos, and launch notes, plus a collaborative, kind, and high-achieving mindset suited to a small, fast team

Nice to have

• Background at a payments platform, PSP, money transmitter, or bank technology provider
• Experience taking a product from early design partners through repeatable go-to-market
• Experience hiring or building out a product function
• Fluency with AI-assisted workflows and modern product and engineering tooling

Benefits and work setup

• Base salary range of $175,000 to $240,000, commensurate with experience, plus meaningful early-stage equity
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance with generous company contributions, plus a 401(k)
• Unlimited PTO and 10 paid federal holidays
• Flexible remote work within the United States

Equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive workplace; applicants must be authorized to work in the US