Sr Director, Product Management, Crypto

PayPal; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

PayPal seeks a senior product leader to establish a unified vision for a crypto and stablecoin portfolio, guiding strategic development with cross-functional teams while balancing innovation, regulatory requirements, and profitability.

The role shapes the roadmap, prioritizes customer and merchant experience, and uses on-chain data and market analysis to drive data-driven decisions. You will manage a team of product managers in a fast-evolving digital asset environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive fintech and crypto/digital asset expertise.
• Experience leading product strategy across crypto and stablecoin products.
• Ability to balance innovation with regulatory requirements and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Establish a shared vision across the company for a crypto/stablecoin product portfolio.
• Lead product strategy development with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Shape the architectural roadmap balancing design, implementation, regulation, time-to-market and profitability.
• Champion customer and merchant experience in product requirements.
• Define metrics and standardize analytics, market research and competitive analysis.
• Oversee portfolio profitability and budget decisions.
• Lead execution mechanisms and report to senior leadership.

Skills

Fintech & crypto expertise

Leadership

Product strategy

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

This job focuses on establishing a unified vision for PayPal's crypto and stablecoin product portfolio and leading its strategic development with cross-functional teams. It shapes the roadmap to balance innovation, regulatory requirements, and profitability while prioritizing customer and merchant experience across digital asset products. The position uses metrics from usability studies, on-chain data, and market analysis to inform decisions and standardizes workstreams for data-driven insights. It also oversees product profitability and manages a team of product managers to enhance collaboration in a dynamic, fast-evolving digital asset environment.Essential Responsibilities:Establish a shared vision across the company for a portfolio of products, or platform products enabling development & scalability, with a deliberate and cohesive strategy.Leads product strategy development, and develops a clear, executable view of the product portfolio strategy with cross-functional stakeholders.Shapes the architectural roadmap and balances innovative design and technical implementation, while balancing regulatory requirements, time-to-market, meeting customer needs and product profitability.Champions the customer experience and prioritizes customer needs in product requirements and decision making.Defines and uses metrics that inform the success of products including usability studies, research and market analysis.Standardizes workstreams to include analytics, customer discovery, market research and competitive analysis to drive data-driven decision-making.Responsible for product portfolio profitability, including budgetary decisions.Leads operational mechanisms that drive execution and accountability including Product Reviews, Operating Reviews, and Business Reviews. Interfaces with senior leadership as needed.Maximizes efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the standard.Minimum Qualifications:12+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.5 years of experience leading othersRole-Specific Experience & CapabilitiesDeep fintech and crypto/digital asset expertise required, with demonstrated experience building and scaling products in regulated financial services and digital asset environments.Experience leading product strategy and roadmaps across crypto and stablecoin products, including areas such as stablecoins, custody, on/off-ramps, payment rails, network expansion, and digital asset infrastructure.Strong working knowledge of stablecoins, crypto infrastructure, and the regulatory landscape governing digital assets, with the ability to balance innovation, regulatory requirements, time-to-market, and product profitability.Deep understanding of customer and merchant needs for digital asset products, including trust, transparency, and ease of use.Experience using on-chain and transaction data, customer insights, market research, and competitive analysis to inform product strategy and decision-making.Experience managing portfolio economics and investment tradeoffs across areas such as network, liquidity, and infrastructure.Demonstrated ability to lead across Engineering, Compliance, Legal, Marketing, and Risk, and communicate portfolio strategy, performance, and priorities to senior leadership.