Staff Product Manager, Payments

Jobgether

4d • $212,000 - $250,000

About The Position

In this high-impact role, you will own and evolve the end-to-end payments and checkout experience across mobile and web platforms, supporting a large-scale consumer marketplace processing over $1B in annual GMV. You will shape the strategy, roadmap, and execution for a mission-critical ecommerce engine, ensuring seamless, secure, and high-converting transactions. Working cross-functionally with Engineering, Design, Data, Finance, Operations, and Risk, you will optimize payment performance while balancing fraud prevention and user experience. This is a senior individual contributor position with significant influence, offering the opportunity to drive measurable business outcomes at scale. If you thrive in complex, infrastructure-heavy product environments and enjoy turning data into action, this role offers both ownership and impact.

Requirements

• 6–10 years of product management experience, with substantial ownership of payments, checkout, or ecommerce platforms.
• Proven experience managing payment service providers, payment orchestration layers, or fraud solutions in high-scale consumer environments.
• Strong understanding of checkout optimization, authorization rate improvement, and fraud versus conversion tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated success operating as a senior individual contributor, driving both strategy and execution across cross-functional teams.
• Comfort working with technical, infrastructure-heavy systems and collaborating closely with engineering teams.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience leveraging data, experimentation, and A/B testing to guide decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to balance customer experience, business performance, risk, and compliance considerations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in consumer marketplaces, high-GMV ecommerce, global payments, or alternative payment methods is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end payments and checkout ecosystem across mobile app, mobile web, and desktop web, optimizing for conversion, speed, reliability, and trust.
• Define and execute the payments product strategy and roadmap, continuously improving checkout performance through experimentation and data-driven iteration.
• Expand and optimize payment method offerings to meet customer expectations and maximize successful transaction rates.
• Manage and optimize relationships with backend payment infrastructure partners, including payment service providers (PSPs), orchestration platforms, and fraud prevention vendors.
• Partner with Risk and Operations teams to design fraud mitigation systems that protect the business while minimizing customer friction.
• Analyze transaction performance metrics, including authorization rates, failure modes, and fraud trends, to inform strategic decisions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure the ecommerce platform remains scalable, resilient, and aligned with growth objectives.
• Take full ownership of outcomes across the payments funnel, driving continuous performance improvements.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $212,000 – $250,000 USD, based on experience and market benchmarks
• Equity package and performance-based growth opportunities
• Flexible paid time off (PTO)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• 401(k), HSA, and pre-tax savings programs
• Family-forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
• Monthly event credits ($1,200 annually)
• Wellness programs, company off-sites, and team meet-ups
• Inclusive, diverse, and collaborative work environment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed