Product Managers with Debit Payments/Open Banking domain

Description

The company is a global consulting firm that uses digital technology and creative thinking to build solutions for banks, financial services firms and technology companies.

Its services cover AI, consulting, digital, cloud and DevOps, data and software engineering.

Its FinLabs research group builds modernization tools such as AI, blockchain, data science models, digital underwriting and mobile-first apps.

The firm has operated for 20+ years and employs 17,000+ people in 58 offices across 22 countries.

This role sits within a team working on payment modernization, money movement and open banking delivery.

The job is for Product Managers in the debit payments and open banking domain.

Responsibilities

• Own the product backlog for open banking and payments programs and manage delivery from start to finish.
• Turn business goals into user stories and product requirements with clear acceptance criteria, working with product managers and stakeholders.
• Set, rank and maintain the backlog so it matches business priorities and program dates.
• Partner with architecture and engineering to build payment solutions that scale and meet compliance rules.
• Run Agile events: sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Gather and assess business requirements.
• Coordinate business, operations, compliance, risk and technology teams to ship releases.
• Support building and improving open banking features, the Payment Hub and money movement tools.
• Monitor progress and dependencies, reduce risks and report status to stakeholders.
• Improve delivery processes and the customer experience over time.

Requirements

• Debit Payments Product Manager: support the rollout of debit card payment features in the Payment Hub, including bringing some card repayment functions in-house.
• Strong knowledge of debit and card payments.
• Experience starting and leading new programs.
• Strong skill at coordinating stakeholders and executing work.
• Open Banking Product Manager: lead the enterprise open banking rollout.
• Deep open banking experience and industry knowledge.
• Strong program leadership and management of stakeholders across functions.
• Experience running enterprise-wide work across business, architecture, engineering and operations teams.
• Able to set strategy, create governance and drive delivery to a 2027 completion target.
• Able to build consensus and lead change across the enterprise.
• Payments Product Owner: support day-to-day delivery for open banking and related payments work.
• Prior Product Owner experience in financial services, including open banking.
• Solid payments background in areas such as ACH, wires, account validation, payment hubs and money movement.
• Able to turn business needs into work items for delivery teams and work closely with product managers, architects and engineers.
• Strong Agile backlog management and user story writing skills.
• Preferred, but not required: experience at major banks, fintechs or payment processors.
• Preferred, but not required: exposure to enterprise open banking rollouts and payment transformation programs.
• Preferred, but not required: knowledge of cloud-based payment platforms and API management solutions.

Conditions

Base salary varies by geography and other factors.

For a hire in Alpharetta, GA, the base salary is $110k - $115k/year plus benefits, as required by law.

The company is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, and hiring decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications.

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Possibility to work abroad across 58 offices in 22 countries.
• 10 days paid annual leave, plus sick leave and national holidays.
• Maternity and paternity leave plans.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance and long- and short-term disability cover (varies by region).
• Retirement savings plans.
• Higher education certification policy.
• Commuter benefits (varies by region).
• Training focused on skills, technical knowledge and personal development.
• On-demand access to 5000+ curated online courses at no cost.
• Coaching from experienced colleagues in the FinLabs and Center of Excellence groups.
• Work on advanced projects for leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurers.
• A flat, approachable organization.
• A diverse, friendly and global work culture.