Financial Crime Product Manager

BVNK; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech company in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Financial Crime Product Manager. You will oversee the product lifecycle for financial crime tools, ensuring compliance with global regulations and enhancing detection capabilities. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in product management within the financial sector and strong knowledge of AML and KYC practices. Competitive salary and hybrid working offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Meaningful ownership options

Flexible working hours

Opportunities to travel

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Product Manager.
• Proven experience managing an engineering backlog.
• Strong understanding of financial crime prevention.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a product roadmap for FinCrime tools.
• Own and manage the engineering backlog.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for engineering teams.

Skills

Product Management

Financial Crime Prevention

Agile Methodologies

Communication Skills

Education

Experience in FinTech or Financial Services

Tools

Transaction Monitoring Systems

Case Management Tools

Job description

We believe the next generation of financial services will be powered by stablecoins.

Founded in 2021, our mission at BVNK is to accelerate global money movement.

We’re building stablecoin-native infrastructure so businesses can move value instantly across borders and networks. With global licenses and T1 bank partnerships, we facilitate billions in transactions for enterprise clients like Worldpay, Deel, LianLian Global, and Rapyd.

Our technology is transforming how businesses operate globally by eliminating payment delays, reducing costs, and unlocking trapped capital.

We’re a diverse team spread across EMEA, North America, and APAC, with a shared belief that stablecoins are the new infrastructure layer for financial services, and that BVNK is at the forefront of this shift.

In 2025, we secured strategic investment from Visa, following our $50 million Series B with Haun Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Scribble Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Avenir, and Tiger Global. With the backing of these leading investors, we’re accelerating our growth – and we\u2019re looking for smart, ambitious people to help us build the future of financial services.

We\u2019re incredibly honored to have made Newsweek\'s list of The Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces three years running (most recently in 2025) and to have been recognised by LinkedIn as one of the Top 20 Startups in the UK in 2024.

About this role in the team:

We\u2019re looking for an experienced Financial Crime Product Manager to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end product lifecycle of our financial crime tools and systems, managing the engineering backlog, and driving a roadmap focused on mitigating financial crime risk. This role is crucial to ensuring our technology remains robust, compliant, and ahead of evolving threats like money laundering, fraud, and sanctions evasion.

You will act as the key liaison between the business and our engineering teams, translating complex financial crime requirements into clear, actionable user stories. You will manage the backlog, prioritize tech debt, and champion new features and innovation that directly enhance our ability to detect and prevent illicit financial activity across multiple product lines.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Roadmap: Develop and maintain a clear, prioritised product roadmap for all FinCrime tools and systems. Ensure this roadmap aligns with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and our overall risk strategy.
• Backlog Management: Own and manage the engineering backlog. This includes writing detailed user stories, refining requirements, and prioritising features, enhancements, tech debt, and bugs to ensure a continuous and efficient development cycle.
• Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for engineering teams. Effectively communicate product vision, requirements, and priorities. Work closely with Compliance, Legal, Financial Crime Intelligence, and other business stakeholders to gather requirements and define product solutions.
• Innovation & Enhancement: Proactively identify opportunities for innovation and new features that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our financial crime prevention capabilities. This includes leveraging new technologies like machine learning and AI to enhance our detection models.
• Regulatory & Compliance Expertise: Stay up-to-date with global financial crime regulations (e.g., AML, KYC, Sanctions, and Fraud) and emerging trends. Ensure our products are built and maintained in a way that meets or exceeds these compliance standards.
• Performance Analysis: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for our FinCrime products. Use data and insights to inform product decisions, measure success, and identify areas for improvement.
• Risk & Prioritization: Prioritise work based on a clear understanding of risk, business value, and technical complexity. Make difficult trade-off decisions to balance competing priorities from different business units.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Product Manager, preferably within the FinTech, Financial Services, or a related technology-driven environment.
• Proven experience managing an engineering backlog and working directly with development teams in an Agile or Scrum framework.
• Strong understanding of financial crime prevention, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC), Sanctions Screening, and Fraud Detection.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical and regulatory concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A data-driven mindset and a track record of using data to inform product decisions.
• Experience in a highly regulated industry.
• Familiarity with financial crime tools and platforms (e.g., Transaction Monitoring systems, Case Management tools, Sanctions Screening software).
• Experience with multiple products and complex stakeholder groups.

What you can expect from us

• Fair and competitive salary at every stage of your growth
• Meaningful ownership in the business through our employee option scheme
• Flexible working hours, with hybrid working at its heart
• A culture built on passionate, growth-minded people
• A flexible approach to holiday
• Opportunities to travel to our offices around the world
• An open and creative environment where you can help us define the future of BVNK, its culture, and its opportunity sets

At BVNK, we are focused on building a diverse and inclusive team. While you may not meet all of our requirements, we’d encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of our expectations.