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.