Our client is a leading Fintech company with an innovative payment solutions and services. They have built a trusted payment infrastructure that allows digital payment possibility without hassles. They are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Manager Product Engineering and Development. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading and driving product strategy development and operational excellence at the company. This role requires a seasoned product leader with a strong background in fintech artificial intelligence (AI) and digital payments capable of bridging business objectives with cuttingedge technology to create marketleading financial solutions. The ideal candidate will also be responsible for endtoend product lifecycle management ensuring the seamless launch continuous innovation and scalability of our payment platform.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Product Leadership:
- Define and execute a visionary product roadmap that aligns with RoutePay s business objectives and customer needs.
- Drive the development and continuous improvement of fintech and AIpowered payment solutions.
- Identify emerging trends in payments bankingasaservice (BaaS) and AIdriven fintech innovations.
2. Innovation & AI Integration:
- Leverage AI and machine learning to enhance product features personalization fraud detection and automation.
- Foster a culture of experimentation rapid prototyping and iterative development to test and validate new fintech innovations.
3. CrossFunctional Leadership:
- Work closely with engineering design data science compliance risk management marketing and sales teams to align product goals with overall business strategy.
- Act as the primary advocate for product vision across internal and external stakeholders.
4. Technical & Platform Expertise:
- Possess deep technical knowledge in APIs microservices architecture cloud computing cybersecurity and blockchain applications in fintech.
- Ensure platform scalability security and regulatory compliance to support future growth.
5. Project & Agile Product Management:
- Utilize Agile Scrum and Lean methodologies to ensure timely and efficient product delivery.
- Define OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) and KPIs to measure product performance and business impact.
6. CustomerCentric Experience & Market Fit:
- Implement datadriven decisionmaking using customer analytics A/B testing and user behavior insights.
- Optimize UI/UX for superior customer engagement and retention.
7. Risk & Compliance Management:
- Oversee regulatory compliance (CBN PCIDSS GDPR AML/KYC) and proactively mitigate operational risks.
- Implement AIdriven fraud detection and security measures to safeguard financial transactions.
8. Scalability & Continuous Improvement:
- Drive global expansion strategies and partnerships with banks fintech startups and technology vendors.
- Continuously refine the productmarket fit based on competitive analysis and market trends.
Requirements
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering Business or related field.
- 810 years of progressive experience in product development roles within the Fintech industry with a focus on payment platforms and technology solutions.
- Strong understanding of AI/ML applications in fintech open banking and payment security.
- Experience working with banks regulators and thirdparty payment processors.
- Proven leadership in managing complex fintech platforms digital wallets APIs or embedded finance solutions.
- Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to inspire motivate and develop highperforming teams in a dynamic and fastpaced environment.
- Excellent communication presentation and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively at all levels of the organization.
- Project management certification (e.g. PMP) and experience with agile methodologies are highly desirable.
- Strategic thinker with a customercentric approach datadriven decisionmaking skills and a passion for driving continuous product innovation growth and market success.
- Problemsolving orientation with a proactive and resultsdriven attitude.
- Adaptability to a dynamic and rapidly evolving fintech landscape.