Head of Payment Product

What You’ll Be Driving:

• Setting the vision and overall product strategy for the organization in collaboration with executive leadership;


• Ensuring that the product strategy aligns with the company's broader business goals and long-term vision;


• Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of product managers and other professionals within the product management function;


• Fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the product team;


• Making strategic decisions about resource allocation, prioritization, and portfolio optimization;


• Collaborating with C-level executives, marketing, sales, engineering, and other key stakeholders to ensure alignment between product initiatives and company strategies;


• Conducting comprehensive market analysis to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive positioning;


• Refining and communicating product positioning and differentiation strategies;


• Maximizing the financial performance of the product portfolio and ensuring a positive return on investment;


• Driving a culture of innovation within the product team, identifying and capitalizing on market opportunities;


• Maintaining a forward-thinking approach to emerging technologies and industry trends;


• Serving as a key advocate for customers within the organization;


• Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers to understand their needs and incorporate feedback into product development;


• Identifying and mitigating potential risks related to product development and market changes;


• Overseeing the entire product lifecycle, from ideation to retirement;


• Providing regular reports on the performance of the product portfolio and key metrics;


• Determining the direction of development of major products and the company;


• Creating and launching new major products that solve new customer problems or focus on new segments or projects involving 4 or more departments including compliance and regulation;


• Identifying gray spots and problems in the organization, takes responsibility for their solutions.

What Makes You a GR8 Fit:

• 5+ years as a Product Manager, 2+ years as Lead Product Manager;


• Defines metrics at the company level, determines the division of responsibility for metrics between departments and teams, finds gaps;


• Ensures constant and high growth of metrics due to smooth work and launches of new projects in its departments;


• Plan/vision for the development of large products for 12 - 24 months;


• Determines the company's strategy together with other directors;


• Responsible for the balance of resources within the department and the company as a whole;


• Ensures productive work with other company functions;


• Responsible for risks, relations with partners/clients and regulators;


• Resolves difficulties between departments, balances areas of responsibility;


• Creates (or disbands) new teams and groups as necessary;


• Manages 5 PMs, some of whom are Lead Product managerds. Hired or developed at least one Team Leader or higher.


• Provides feedback and supports other departments;


• A clear plan for how to grow the department(s) over the next 12 months, including balance between different departments;


• Initiates and implements cultural changes in the company. Changes in the structure of commands and functions.