Principal Product Manager, Payments

TrueML

77d • $160,000 - $220,000

About The Position

This is a pivotal opportunity to shape the future of payments at TrueML Products. As the Principal Product Manager for Payments, you will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for our core payments platform. You will be instrumental in creating a seamless, secure, and intuitive payment experience that helps consumers on their path to financial health. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, influencing decisions at the highest levels and setting the standard for product excellence across the organization.

Requirements

• 10+ years of product management experience, with at least 5+ years specializing in the payments domain at a platform or infrastructure level.
• Recognized as a subject matter expert in the global payments ecosystem, including the full payment lifecycle and major payment methods.
• Mastery of the regulatory and compliance landscape (PCI DSS, Nacha).
• A track record of influencing without direct authority, using data and compelling narratives to align senior leaders and multiple teams around a single vision.
• Exceptional ability to create clarity from ambiguity, developing sophisticated, data-backed business cases and financial models for multi-million dollar initiatives.
• Experience partnering directly with Architects and Principal or Staff-level engineers on complex architectural and platform-level decisions.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the 3-5 year product vision and strategy for TrueML's entire payments platform, creating the north star that aligns executive leadership and guides multiple product and engineering teams.
• Serve as the company’s foremost expert and strategic advisor on payments, monetization, and the FinTech landscape.
• Tackle the most ambiguous and complex challenges facing the business, such as new market entry or responding to disruptive technologies.
• Lead 0-to-1 initiatives and the long-term architectural evolution of the payments platform, partnering with engineering to design for scale, resilience, and future business needs.
• Define and analyze the key business outcomes and performance metrics for the payments platform.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees