Staff Product Manager, Payments

Summary

Join Pleo as a Staff Product Manager to lead the development of its payment platform. You will manage multiple teams, shape the direction of payments, and deliver solutions impacting customers. Responsibilities include setting direction, driving results, collaborating with engineering, elevating product management practices, and acting as a thought leader. The ideal candidate possesses deep experience in European financial services, particularly card and account-to-account payments, and excels in communication and collaboration. Pleo offers a variety of benefits, including a Pleo card, lunch, private health insurance, paid time off, remote work options, wellbeing days, access to LinkedIn Learning, paid parental leave, and an equity grant scheme.

Requirements

• Have deep experience in the European financial services sector, particularly in card and account to account payments
• Communicate with clarity and purpose, inspiring teams and aligning stakeholders
• Are comfortable rolling up your sleeves and working through technical and payment challenges with the team's engineers
• Balance big-picture strategy with the ability to zoom in on day-to-day details
• Rely on data and customer feedback to guide decisions and prioritize effectively
• Being able to go into the details of API design, payment messages or whatever is required

Responsibilities

• Set direction: Work with your teams, customers, and leadership to shape the vision for Pleo’s payments platform
• Drive results: Define and track KPIs to measure success, keeping your teams aligned with the company’s goals
• Collaborate deeply: Partner with Engineering Managers and stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery and continuous improvement
• Elevate the craft: Strengthen product management practices at Pleo, helping PMs across the organization grow
• Be a thought leader: Ensure Pleo a trusted name in payments and financial services
• Go deep: Help to dismantle the complexity of payments into viable products and solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Are passionate about developing people and creating an inclusive, collaborative team environment
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment where challenges are opportunities
• Drive to stay hands-on as a senior individual contributor, actively shaping solutions and leading by example
• Raise the bar on the product management craft within the company

Benefits

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us - with catering in our Lisbon, Copenhagen and London offices or a monthly lunch allowance paid directly together with your salary in other markets 🍜
• Private health insurance to ensure you’re fit in body and mind to do your best work
• We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
• For our Product team we offer fully remote options of work - If you would like to work from the office that is fine too
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice
• Wellbeing days - fully paid days off designed for a slower pace, allowing you to take time to recharge and prioritise self-care
• We’re trialling MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and wellbeing support with great success so far ❤️‍🩹
• Access to LinkedIn Learning - acquire new skills, stay abreast of industry trends and fuel your personal and professional development continuously
• Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work 👶
• All of us have a stake in Pleo’s success - ask us about our equity grant scheme