VGS is hiring a
Product Manager

Summary

The job is for a Product Manager at VGS, a payment tokenization company. The role involves managing secure data platform services, collaborating with cross-functional teams, defining product requirements, leading agile development processes, and more. The candidate should have 5+ years of experience in product management, be comfortable with technical subject matter, and have exceptional writing skills.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in product management
• Comfortable with highly technical subject matter, including APIs, CLI, cloud infrastructure, IAM, and batch file processing
• Exceptional writing skills
• High degree of organizational and program management skills
• Deep experience working in agile development teams, with a keen understanding of agile methodologies and best practices
• Highly skilled with hypothesis-driven work planning
• Familiarity with API and cloud-based payment processing solutions
• Able to independently facilitate customer discovery sessions that inform the product strategy
• Able to think big and yet have a strong passion for details
• Able to translate market and client insights into prioritized work for architects and engineers to build
• Experienced in defining clear goals, measuring critical metrics, and driving execution across the organization with data-driven decisions

Responsibilities

• Roadmap Planning: Create and maintain a product roadmap that prioritizes features and enhancements based on customer value, business impact, and resource constraints
• Execution: Put plans to work quickly and with focus on achieving the team’s stated goals
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, design, marketing, sales, and other stakeholders to drive product development from concept to launch
• Requirements Definition: Define detailed product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to guide development efforts
• Product Development: Lead agile product development processes, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release management
• Performance Tracking: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure product success and drive continuous improvement
• Stakeholder Management: Communicate product updates, milestones, and priorities to internal and external stakeholders, including executives, customers, and partners
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and challenges that may impact product delivery or success, and develop mitigation strategies

Preferred Qualifications

Bonus for payments knowledge, including card acceptance and issuing, ACH, RTP, Digital Wallets, and Alternative Payment Methods

Benefits

• Flexible work hours and flexible PTO
• Competitive health benefits
• VGS stock options
• 401k plan, with employer matching 4% and immediate vesting (available only for US employees)
• Life & disability insurance
• Pre-tax flexible spending accounts, dependent and healthcare FSA (available only for US employees)
• Global parental leave program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Home Internet reimbursement
• New hire home office set up allowance
• Professional learning reimbursement