VP - Payment Product Manager

Barclays•New York, NY

4d•$155,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Join Barclays as a VP - Payments Product Manager, where you will maximize the value of Barclays' real-time payments portfolio by defining a clear product vision, developing and prioritizing the product roadmap, and delivering innovative payment solutions that support the evolving needs of Corporate Banking clients. You will be accountable for the end-to-end lifecycle management of Barclays' instant payment capabilities, including The Clearing House RTP Network and the Federal Reserve's FedNow Service. You will serve as the voice of the customer and business while working closely with Product, Technology, Operations, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Financial Crime, Treasury Services, Sales, and industry stakeholder to support broader payment modernization objectives.

Requirements

Deep understanding of RTP, FedNow, ACH, Wire, and broader domestic payment ecosystems.
Considerable knowledge of real-time payment operating models, payment processing, liquidity management, and treasury workflows.
Knowledge of payment messaging standards, APIs, ISO 20022 XML, and modern payment architectures.
Understanding of fraud prevention, sanctions screening, and financial crime controls within instant payment environments.
Financial services experience with knowledge of Corporate Banking and Transaction Banking products.
Understanding of Agile methodologies, design thinking, and product management frameworks.
Excellent communication skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with RTP, FedNow, faster payments, or payment modernization programs.
Experience working with payment schemes, market infrastructures, or financial market utilities.
Experience with APIs, embedded finance, digital channels, and next-generation payment technologies.
SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) certification.
Project and change management expertise.
Understanding of operational resiliency, third-party risk, and business continuity frameworks.

Responsibilities

Provision of SME expertise on specific products and services to customers and colleagues, including features, functionalities, benefits, limitations, risks and compliance.
Identification of market trends, new features, regulatory requirements and potential risks, and analysis of data obtained from sales figures and, customer feedback, to support the product development process, and communicate key findings to relevant stakeholders to improve product offerings.
Response to customer inquiries, resolution of issues, and provision of guidance on product usage.
Presentation of the advantages and features of the product to potential customers, building trust and encouraging adoption.
Assistance with the development and execution of marketing materials for the product, such as brochures, presentations, and online content.
Participation in training sessions and workshops to share product knowledge and expertise with colleagues and other stakeholders.
Participation in events, conferences, and other networking opportunities to showcase the product and generate interest.
Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
If an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
Accountable for the end-to-end lifecycle management of Barclays' instant payment capabilities, including The Clearing House RTP Network and the Federal Reserve's FedNow Service.
Serve as the voice of the customer and business while working closely with Product, Technology, Operations, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Financial Crime, Treasury Services, Sales, and industry stakeholder to support broader payment modernization objectives.