Product Manager (Cards & Payments)

Product Managers are the architects of product offerings and the key drivers of product line success and adoption by the merchant and partners. They drive the vision & strategy of the product line and its delivery and execution across the organization. We are launching exciting and innovative products in the payment space.

The Product Manager, Enterprise Payments will be part of a team responsible for defining a comprehensive strategy to expand its payments processing footprint globally. The Product Manager will be responsible for interfacing with acquirers and processing partners and defining the integration to the partners.

The Product Manager will work closely with the development organization in delivering requirements, tracking execution and in commercializing the payments products in-market. The Product manager has direct P&L responsibility and any initiatives developed for that gateway by performing a cost and ROI analysis.

Specific Responsibilities will also include:

• Maintain, communicate, and execute against a prioritized product roadmap for an integrated payment processing strategy for Visa Acceptance Solutions
• In-depth knowledge of payments environments of Brands/ Issuers/ processors / Acquirers/ PayFac models is a necessity
• Understanding of mandates and compliance and prior knowledge and experience in digesting and interpreting Brands technical letters to anticipate future changes or steps we need to take to keep compliant.
• Knowledge and experience in reading Processor specs with emphasis on Major card schemes Base specs
• Experienced in creating/developing and setting up the boarding apparatus or for new features on existing platforms
• Interface with key processing clients, identifying and recommending the right processing partners
• Produce detailed product and functional requirements that will drive product development, testing and deployment
• Provide analytical insight and assistance to Sales with strategies to drive merchant revenues and transaction growth.
• Evangelize Visa Acceptance Solutions processing capabilities and work closely with Sales and Support to drive product market launches and merchant acquisition.
• Experience in dealing and addressing groups or merchants in contentious discussions

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

7 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

• 7 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 5 or
• more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
• 7+ years of experience required with 4+ years proven in Payments.
• Demonstrated experience in card processing and establishing connections to payment processors.
• Applicable Knowledge and experience of EMV, P2PE, understanding of POS hardware connectivity to payment gateways.
• Strong understanding of merchant needs in an omni-channel environment.
• Ability to identify, document and prioritize use cases and product functionality requirements for the execution of a cohesive product offering
• Proven record of designing and delivering solutions in partnership with sales, business development, technology and support teams for successful end to end product launch
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, exceptional interpersonal skills and the proven ability to influence and communicate effectively across regional and functional lines
• Ability to work independently within a complex and often ambiguous environment, to drive fact-based recommendations to stakeholders and to juggle multiple initiatives at once
• Solid interpersonal skills with a high level of self-motivation and initiative
• Demonstrated ability to work with large, cross functional (e.g. product, business development, sales, strategy, marketing) and cross-regional teams in a complex, highly matrixed organization to determine business and customer needs and to build solutions to meet those needs.