Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Payments product strategy, including card processing, APMs, cross-border/local acquiring, settlement flows, and gateway orchestration.
• Lead discovery and research efforts to deeply understand merchant needs, regulatory mandates (e.g. 3DS2, SEPA, PSD2, UPI), and region-specific behaviors.
• Build on Token lifecycle management (vaulting, card updates, network tokens), Payments Risk and Compliance capabilities.
• Define merchant-facing tooling for observability and configurability across their payment stack.
• Look across all Recurly products, features, and functionality to create innovative solutions that solve problems or realize opportunities holistically.
• Take big ideas and break them down into deliverable chunks of functionality that prioritize items with the highest ROI first.
• Work cross functionally and collaboratively with leaders on Technology, Marketing, Sales, and Customer teams to drive successful product launches and execute on go-to-market strategies.
• Be an exceptional communicator, both written and oral.
• Quantify your impact through KPIs and metrics and hold yourself accountable to the outcomes you are trying to achieve.
• Evangelize payments vision internally and externally, and mentor others across the Product organization on how payments connect to value and growth.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience delivering products on payments and/or in the fintech industry, including 0-1 successful product launches.
• Deep understanding of card processing, authorization + capture, settlements, and local acquiring.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with proven experience implementing and managing payment workflows.
• Working knowledge of global risk and compliance mandates and end-user experience.
• Experience enabling or integrating alternate payment methods (APMs) and e-wallets.
• Strong understanding of tokenization, fraud signals, chargebacks, and payment retries.
• Ability to lead discovery and roadmap initiatives that tie directly to merchant ROI.
• Excellent communication skills and executive presence.
• Working knowledge of ML services and concepts in payments.
• Strategic, structured thinker who thrives on ambiguity and scales product direction with confidence.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of ownership to drive product success.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match.
• Company equity and flexible time off.
• Employee assistance program and commuter benefits.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Tuition reimbursement.