Product Manager
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About the Role
A next-generation digital bank seeks an experienced Product Manager to own the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of payments, embedded finance, and API products. The role involves leading cross-functional teams in a regulated financial environment.
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Responsibilities
- Own the product strategy and roadmap for payments, digital enablement and embedded finance initiatives
- Lead the development of next generation payment capabilities, including cross border payments, multi currency solutions and emerging payment technologies
- Drive the design and delivery of API products and Banking as a Service capabilities for enterprise clients, fintechs and strategic partners
- Define product requirements, user journeys, acceptance criteria and delivery priorities in collaboration with engineering teams
- Identify new embedded finance opportunities across institutional banking, treasury and financial infrastructure
- Help design a seamless digital onboarding experience that balances exceptional customer experience with regulatory compliance
- Champion the adoption of AI enabled capabilities across onboarding, compliance, fraud prevention and operational efficiency
- Build strong relationships across Product, Engineering, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Legal and Commercial teams
- Develop business cases, measure product performance and continuously optimise products using customer feedback and data
- Manage third party technology partners and ensure successful product delivery
Requirements
- 8–12 years' experience in Product Management within banking, fintech or payments
- Proven experience delivering complex digital products in a regulated financial environment
- Strong understanding of payment ecosystems including SWIFT, SEPA, ISO 20022 and modern payment infrastructure
- Experience with APIs, Open Banking, Banking as a Service or embedded finance platforms
- Knowledge of digital onboarding, KYC, AML and financial crime processes
- Experience working closely with software engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle
- Strong commercial mindset with the ability to prioritise opportunities based on customer value and business impact
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
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The Opportunity
- Our client is an ambitious, next generation digital bank redefining how institutional and commercial clients access, move and manage money.
- Built on a modern technology stack and operating within a highly regulated financial environment, the bank is investing heavily in digital transformation, embedded finance and AI driven banking capabilities.
- This is an opportunity to join at a pivotal stage of growth and play a key role in shaping the future of banking products across payments, APIs, Banking as a Service (BaaS) and digital onboarding.
- We're looking for an experienced Product Manager to own the strategy, roadmap and delivery of several business critical initiatives.
- Working closely with Technology, Operations, Compliance, Risk and senior leadership, you'll drive innovative products that enhance the client experience while meeting the highest regulatory and security standards.
- This is a highly visible role with significant ownership and the opportunity to influence the future direction of a rapidly growing financial institution.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the product strategy and roadmap for payments, digital enablement and embedded finance initiatives.
- Lead the development of next generation payment capabilities, including cross border payments, multi currency solutions and emerging payment technologies.
- Drive the design and delivery of API products and Banking as a Service capabilities for enterprise clients, fintechs and strategic partners.
- Define product requirements, user journeys, acceptance criteria and delivery priorities in collaboration with engineering teams.
- Identify new embedded finance opportunities across institutional banking, treasury and financial infrastructure.
- Help design a seamless digital onboarding experience that balances exceptional customer experience with regulatory compliance.
- Champion the adoption of AI enabled capabilities across onboarding, compliance, fraud prevention and operational efficiency.
- Build strong relationships across Product, Engineering, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Legal and Commercial teams.
- Develop business cases, measure product performance and continuously optimise products using customer feedback and data.
- Manage third party technology partners and ensure successful product delivery.
What We're Looking For
- 8–12 years' experience in Product Management within banking, fintech or payments.
- Proven experience delivering complex digital products in a regulated financial environment.
- Strong understanding of payment ecosystems including SWIFT, SEPA, ISO 20022 and modern payment infrastructure.
- Experience with APIs, Open Banking, Banking as a Service or embedded finance platforms.
- Knowledge of digital onboarding, KYC, AML and financial crime processes.
- Experience working closely with software engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.
- Strong commercial mindset with the ability to prioritise opportunities based on customer value and business impact.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience within digital banks, challenger banks or fintech organisations.
- Knowledge of stablecoins, tokenised assets or emerging payment technologies.
- Exposure to AI applications within financial services.
- Experience working with institutional or corporate banking clients.
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as ADGM, FSRA, FCA, DFSA or MAS.
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