Vice President, Product (Payments & Money Movement)

paynearmeinc; United States; Remote; USD 275,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options with 1-year cliff and 4‑

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

401k plan

$50 monthly communication stipend

$250 WFH setup stipend

Reimbursement for monitor, keyboard, &

Flexible time off

Volunteer time off

13 holidays

Paid parental bonding leave

Sick leave, jury duty, bereavement

Job summary

paynearmeinc is seeking a VP of Product to lead the strategy, roadmap, and execution for a Payments and Money Movement portfolio within a multi-vertical payments platform. Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, this role oversees payment acceptance, orchestration, risk/compliance, disbursements, settlement, reconciliation, and the APIs exposing these capabilities to clients and partners.

You will guide experienced product leaders across payments, trust, money movement, and API capabilities,

Qualifications

• 12+ years of product management experience in payments/fintech/financial infrastructure.
• 7+ years of progressive product leadership across multiple teams and senior leaders.
• Expertise in gateways, acquiring, routing, card/ACH processing, settlement, reconciliation, or disbursements.
• Proven track record scaling or transforming a high-volume transaction platform.
• Experience partnering with senior engineering leaders on complex platform investments.
• Strong commercial judgment linking product strategy to revenue and client value.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, roadmap, and execution for Payments and Money Movement portfolio.
• Lead and develop product leaders across payments, trust, money movement, and API capabilities.
• Partner with engineering to scale and modernize the transactional platform.
• Evolve smart switching, routing, and orchestration across processors and rails.
• Generalize core capabilities for reuse across verticals.
• Work with Finance, Risk, Compliance to meet operational needs as volume grows.

Skills

PM experience

Product leadership

Payments expertise

Platform scaling

Cross-functional partnership

Commercial judgment

Job description

Role overview

Lead the product strategy, roadmap, and execution for a payments and money-movement portfolio at the heart of a multi-vertical payments platform. Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, this VP-level role spans payment acceptance, orchestration, risk and compliance, disbursements, settlement, reconciliation, and the APIs that expose these capabilities to clients and partners.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, roadmap, and execution for the Payments and Money Movement portfolio, balancing near-term delivery with platform modernization.
• Lead, coach, and develop experienced product leaders and their teams across payments, trust, money movement, and API capabilities.
• Partner with engineering leadership to scale and modernize the underlying transactional platform.
• Drive the evolution of smart switching, payment routing, and orchestration across processors, rails, and payment methods.
• Generalize core platform capabilities so they can be reused across current and future verticals without bespoke solutions.
• Work closely with Finance, Accounting, Operations, Risk, and Compliance to ensure the platform supports operational needs as transaction volume and complexity grow.

Requirements

• 12+ years of product management experience, with significant work in payments, fintech, or financial infrastructure.
• 7+ years of progressive product leadership, including responsibility for multiple teams and senior product leaders.
• Deep payments expertise spanning gateways, acquiring, routing, card and ACH processing, settlement, reconciliation, or disbursements.
• Demonstrated success scaling, modernizing, or transforming a complex, high-volume transaction platform.
• Track record partnering with senior engineering leaders on technically complex platform investments.
• Strong commercial judgment connecting product strategy to revenue, economics, and client value.

Benefits and work setup

• Base salary range of $275,000 to $325,000 USD, plus stock options with a one-year cliff and four-year vesting.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% for employees), plus life and disability insurance and a 401k plan.
• $50 monthly communication stipend, $250 WFH setup stipend, and reimbursements for a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
• Flexible time off (typical usage around three to four weeks per year), volunteer time off, 13 scheduled holidays, paid parental bonding leave, sick leave, jury duty, and bereavement support.