Product Owner, Payments

Tyler Technologies; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Great workplace culture

Opportunities for professional growth

Job summary

A leading public sector software company is seeking a Product Owner for Payments to define and drive the product vision and roadmap for their payment processing platform. Responsibilities include collaborating with product management, engineering, and compliance to ensure successful product delivery. Ideal candidates will have experience in local government financial dealings and customer-facing roles. Strong project management and analytical skills are essential. This role offers competitive benefits and a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working with local government financial departments.
• Experience with payment collection solutions.
• Strong project management skills.
• Understanding of agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive product vision for payment processing platform.
• Work cross-functionally to deliver on product vision.
• Guide development and testing of new features.

Skills

Project management

Customer-facing experience

Software development understanding

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Job description

Product Owner, Payments

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Tyler Technologies is a leader in public sector software and payment solutions, helping governments and municipalities streamline services and enhance citizen engagement. Our Payments Product group provides secure, innovative, and scalable payment processing solutions that power financial transactions across diverse public sector verticals.

Location

Overland Park, Kansas | Troy, Michigan

Responsibilities

The Product Owner, Payments Checkout, will help define and drive the product vision and roadmap for our payment processing, settlement, and disbursement platform. This role will work cross-functionally with product management, engineering, support, compliance, and others to deliver on our processing and revenue management product vision. The ideal candidate has a strong background in transaction-based software products, experience with customer-facing roles and familiarity with accounting, finance, or payment systems.

• Prioritize problems to solve
  • Evaluate incoming requests, requirements, and suggestions
  • Maintain a backlog of planned development work
  • Organize releases of product features
  • Validate priorities and plans with stakeholders
• Design solutions to problems
  • Communicate requirements as epics and stories
  • Consult with designers on mockups and prototypes
  • Consult with engineers on technical solutions
  • Validate designs and requirements with stakeholders
• Deliver solutions to the market
  • Guide development and testing of new features
  • Document features and functionality for future reference
  • Demonstrate and train features for stakeholders
  • Validate features with early adopter clients
• Drive adoption of solutions
  • Measure adoption and usage in the target market
  • Assist in sales demonstrations, webinars, and proposals
  • Advocate through marketing campaigns and community messaging
  • Participate in Tyler conferences and events

Qualifications

• Experience working with local government financial or receivable departments
• Experience with payment collection solutions
• Experience working in a customer-facing role, preferably in gathering requirements for software development
• Strong project and task management skills
• Understanding of the software development life cycle, especially agile methodologies
• Understanding of software design principles, especially user-centered design
• Proficiency communicating in written, verbal, and presentation form
• Track record of demonstrating analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, owning features, strong time management skills and the ability to manage multiple work tasks effectively
• Ability to excel in the following capacities: independently as a sole contributor, as an integrated contributor in a team setting, and as active participant in a cross functional setting
• Ability to travel to client sites, conferences, and Tyler offices, as needed

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Requisition Number: 2026-8220

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