Senior Director of Product Management (Payments)

Location: US - Foster City, CA. Hybrid office arrangement requiring at least 3 days in the office; travel 5–10% of the time. Work hours vary according to department needs.

Salary: $240,000–$420,000 USD per year, with potential sales incentive payments where applicable. Bonus and equity may also be available.

Company

hirify.global is a global payments technology company connecting consumers, merchants, financial institutions, governments, fintechs, processors, and technology partners across more than 200 countries and territories.

What you will do

• Define and execute the multi-year strategy, roadmap, investment priorities, governance, and business cases for the Access portfolio.
• Lead modernization of APIs, cloud connectivity, onboarding, gateways, integration platforms, and network-access capabilities while reducing technical debt and migration risk.
• Expand scheme-agnostic access to domestic rails, non-hirify.global schemes, localized payment ecosystems, and value-added services through reusable multi-rail integration models.
• Develop commercialization, go-to-market, migration, activation, adoption, pricing, and revenue-growth strategies with Pricing, Finance, Regional Product, and Commercial teams.
• Apply AI, automation, analytics, and intelligent workflows to portfolio planning, product management, reporting, decision-making, and operational efficiency while following governance, privacy, risk, and responsible-AI principles.
• Lead and develop Product Managers, establish product-management standards, and collaborate with Technology, Architecture, Operations, Client Services, Commercial, and Regional Product organizations.

Requirements

• At least 12 years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree, 10 years with an advanced degree, or 5 years with a PhD.
• At least 12 years of relevant experience in product management, platform strategy, payments, financial technology, network services, or a related field, including complex product-portfolio leadership.
• At least 15 years of experience in payments, financial services, fintech, network platforms, enterprise technology, or adjacent industries.
• Experience defining and executing multi-year product strategies, investment roadmaps, and modernization programs for enterprise-scale platforms.
• Strong knowledge of payments ecosystems, including issuers, acquirers, processors, fintechs, gateways, payment networks, domestic schemes, and technology partners.
• Experience leading products or platforms involving connectivity, APIs, cloud-based integration, onboarding, gateways, network access, or complex B2B infrastructure.
• Experience translating client, market, regulatory, operational, and technology requirements into portfolio priorities, investment decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• Experience developing business cases, making investment trade-offs, leading platform migrations, and managing client impact, operational risk, dependencies, adoption, and technical debt.
• Commercialization experience covering go-to-market planning, pricing, adoption, migration, activation, or revenue growth; plus strong executive communication and presentation skills.
• Experience leading and developing product-management teams and working across global, matrixed organizations with Technology, Architecture, Operations, Client Services, Finance, Pricing, Risk, Regulatory, and regional product functions.
• Ability to establish outcomes across adoption, migration, revenue, resiliency, operational efficiency, scalability, and client experience.
• Experience evaluating partnerships and ecosystem opportunities that expand platform reach or enable additional networks and value-added services.
• Familiarity with AI, automation, analytics, or intelligent workflows applied to product management, portfolio planning, operations, and decision-making.
• Strong judgment and executive presence, including decision-making amid competing priorities, incomplete information, and complex dependencies.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Nice to have

• 15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree, 12 years with an advanced degree, or 9 years with a PhD.
• MBA or another relevant advanced degree.

Culture & Benefits

• Office-based work in Foster City with at least 3 days per week in the office.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, life insurance, paid time off, and a wellness program.
• The position may be eligible for bonus, equity, and potential sales incentive payments.
• Work includes collaboration across global, cross-functional hirify.global organizations and leadership development for Product Managers.