Sr. Product Manager, Payments Platform & Growth

19109 SPEEDPAY RD; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

ACI Worldwide is seeking a Senior Product Manager for Core Payment Infrastructure & Platform Expansion to define strategy, roadmaps, and delivery across gateway integrations, certifications, and network expansions. You will lead cross-functional teams to modernize the platform with API-first, cloud-native approaches, driving improved authorization, scalability, and merchant experience.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, Compliance, and external partners to deliver innovative payment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, CS, Engineering, IS, or related field.
• 7+ years of Product Management experience in payments/fintech.
• Experience managing payment gateways, processors, acquiring relationships, networks, or infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of payment ecosystem, tokenization, and Card-Not-Present (CNP) payments.
• Experience leading large-scale software initiatives with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, communication, presentation, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for payment infrastructure and ecosystem expansion.
• Design and deliver next-generation payment infrastructure using microservices and event-driven orchestration.
• Lead the onboarding and certification of new gateways, processors, and network capabilities.
• Drive features for routing, tokenization, orchestration, and payment optimization.
• Lead cross-functional teams from Product, Engineering, QA, Architecture, Compliance, and Operations.
• Present roadmap progress and business outcomes to executives and establish dashboards for platform health.

Skills

Product management

Payments knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/CS/Engineering/IS

Job description

ACI Worldwide is seeking a Senior Product Manager for Core Payment Infrastructure & Platform Expansion to define strategy, roadmaps, and delivery across gateway integrations, certifications, and network expansions. You will lead cross-functional teams to modernize the platform with API-first, cloud-native approaches, driving improved authorization, scalability, and merchant experience.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, Compliance, and external partners to deliver innovative payment