Principal Product Manager - APAC Direct Payments
Core
Lead the strategy and execution of integrating and optimizing national payment schemes (e.g., NPP, FAST, InstaPay, Zengin) across the APAC region to enable seamless cross-border money movement.
Role type
Principal Product Manager (Payments Infrastructure)
Builds
Direct integrations with national payment schemes and optimized payment flows for APAC customers
Domain
Fintech / Cross-border payments / APAC regional markets
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Payments product strategy, multi-stakeholder project management, data-driven decision making, SQL, technical system integration, regulatory navigation, operational excellence
Preferred skills
Experience with payment scheme integrations, fintech background, launching products across multiple countries, working with distributed teams
Technologies
SQL, payment scheme APIs, observability tools
Responsibilities
Define multi-year roadmap for payment scheme functionality, lobby regulators and scheme operators for changes, manage technical integrations with engineering leads, monitor integration performance via data, implement improvements for reliability and cost-efficiency
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic scope