Product Manager (Cards) - Engine by Starling

Dubizzle Limited; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech company is seeking a Product Manager to oversee subdomains in the Cards area, ensuring product development and client engagement. Candidates should have at least 2 years of experience in product management, preferably in FinTech, and knowledge of card payment systems. The role involves cross-functional collaboration and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

33 days holiday including public holidays

Life insurance at 4x salary

Private Medical Insurance

Incentives refer a friend scheme

Perkbox membership

Qualifications

• 2+ years of direct Product manager/owner experience, ideally in FinTech.
• Experience in card payments: Visa/Mastercard, and compliance.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of a best-in-class card product.
• Contribute to the overall card roadmap.
• Work cross-functionally with engineers and designers.

Skills

Problem solving

Client-facing communication

Technical understanding

Mobile UX knowledge

Managing priorities

Tools

APIs

Job description

Hybrid Working

We have a Hybrid approach to working here at Engine - our preference is that you're located within a commutable distance of one of our offices so that we're able to interact and collaborate in person.

About the role

In this role within Engine’s Product & Technology function, you’ll run one or more subdomains in the Cards area, ensuring successful product development throughout, as well as having oversight and involvement in the creation of new cards features. You’ll also work closely with the wider cards product team, including contributing to the broader cards roadmap. You’ll have touch points with our existing and future clients to ensure we support them effectively.

You’ll enjoy problem solving, getting to the detail, and understanding how clients can make the best use of our product, whilst designing ways to improve it. Your work will span product strategy, client-facing requirements gathering & solution design, and product ownership in an Engineering context.

What you'll get to do

• Take ownership of a best-in-class card product by scoping out breakthrough features, and owning the end-to-end delivery of your sub-domain(s) in close alignment with the Product and Engineering domain leaders.
• Contribute to the overall card roadmap with inputs from your subdomain(s)
• You’ll work cross-functionally with engineers, designers, document writers, and QA to drive the design and delivery of improvements to the product that align with the vision of the business, taking into account existing and potential clients.
• You’ll confidently and independently prioritise incoming tasks and clearly communicate ‘the what’ and ‘the why’ of each decision to both internal and external stakeholders.
• You’ll manage deadlines and be responsible for proactively raising delivery risks that may impact our client projects.
• You’ll develop a close relationship with our Delivery and Customer Success teams, taking the lead on assessing feature requests and client requirements as a key input into overall feature and roadmap definition.
• You’ll work closely with our Business Development team by helping the team understand Engine’s capabilities in your domain and joining early-stage Sales conversations as an SME.
• You will be responsible for being the champion of the feature, telling different teams and clients about the product, and adapting your style of communication and materials to different stakeholders

You’ll enjoy problem solving, getting to the detail, and understanding how clients can make the best use of our product, whilst designing ways to improve it. Your work will span product strategy, client-facing requirements gathering & solution design, and product ownership in an Engineering context.

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Your background

• 2+ years of direct Product manager/owner experience, ideally in FinTech or with a regulated lender
• You have owned and delivered new features, projects or products from start to finish and have gathered clear learnings on what went well and what didn’t. You’ve then ensured the successful in-life maintenance of the feature (or project) going forward.
• Strong preference that you have experience in card payments: Visa/Mastercard, card payment regulatory compliance, 3DS, mobile wallets, card processing.
• Experience working across different regions and jurisdictions is a plus
• You are comfortable leading multiple workstreams on the go as well as presenting existing and new capabilities internally and externally to clients.
• You have experience working directly with APIs.
• You have a keen eye for mobile UX and a good understanding of market trends in the cards world.
• You have experience of rapidly understanding problems and presenting solutions in a structured and informative manner that facilitates decision making.

Your skills

• You’re able to manage competing priorities, whilst keeping sight of the big picture and driving towards an end goal.
• You are intellectually and technically curious and enjoy learning what things do and how they work.
• You have a knack for understanding technical concepts and enjoy getting into the details with engineering and design.
• You have good communication skills that will be required to work with both internal and external stakeholders.
• You’re comfortable handling ambiguity and working in a flat structure.
• You proactively take accountability for important and strategic activities.

Interview process

Interviewing is a two way process and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you! Our interviews are conversational and we want to get the best from you, so come with questions and be curious. In general you can expect the below, following a chat with one of our Talent Team:

• 45 minute with someone from the team
• 1 hour with two more people from the team including our Technical Product Director
• 45 minutes with two of the senior leadership team

• 33 days holiday (including public holidays, which you can take when it works best for you)
• An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
• Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a yearSalary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
• Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr Mrs Smith and Peloton
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Incentives refer a friend scheme
• Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing

You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway. We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.

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