Marqeta is hiring a
Director, Product Management, Remote - United Kingdom

Summary

The job is for a Director, Product Management position at Marqeta in EU/UK. The role involves driving product strategy, partnering with business leaders, influencing prioritization, and coordinating cross-functional teams. The candidate should have 8+ years of experience in tech industry, strong fintech background, creativity, clear communication skills, technical acumen, operational ability, and bias for action. The role can be performed remotely within the UK or from their London office.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience leading Product Management functions in the tech industry
• Demonstrated track record of shipping technically complex products and/or platforms in complex ecosystems at scale
• Strong fintech background with payments and/or financial services knowledge – ideally in issuing, with ISO8583, card brand, and digital wallet areas
• Creativity and customer empathy to translate features or functions into user flows, experiences, or value propositions that can generate new products
• Clear communication and persuasion skills, actively listening and translating between cross-functional stakeholders to highlight the most critical or impactful messages and influence prioritization and direction
• Operational ability to execute on plans
• Experience working with engineering teams, understanding tradeoffs and balancing quantitative and qualitative information to prioritize ruthlessly
• Technical acumen, curiosity, and familiarity with new technologies, APIs, programming languages, and databases

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire others with a compelling product vision and roadmap, driving alignment and seeking consensus among leadership, peers, and teams
• Partner with regional business leaders to articulate a vision, strategy, and roadmap to win the market
• Coordinate with product and engineering leaders across the organization to ensure the EU/UK roadmap is being effectively executed
• Serve as a product architect to evangelize features and understand nuanced needs, helping influence prospect and customer discussions directly
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to ensure our approach meets regulatory requirements and expectations
• Translate nuanced technical concepts into business and customer outcomes, clearly communicating impacts with non-technical audiences
• Write and consult on requirements, designs, and specifications for highly technical payment capabilities, promoting interoperability and scale
• Identify critical metrics to assess success and performance of products, in ways that resonate with the business
• Seek solutions to complex problems, driving action and accountability

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building infrastructure, APIs, tooling within a growth-startup environment
• STEM or business undergraduate. MBA, MS, or equivalent a plus
• Experience building new business lines from inception to delivery and growth

Benefits

• Premium Private Medical and Dental coverage
• Generous time off program with additional ‘Floating Holiday days’
• Retirement savings program with company contribution
• Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
• Annual development stipend to support our people growth and development
• Family-forming benefits and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
• Wellbeing programs i.e Modern Health, HealthKick and more