Lead Product Manager

About

Swan is Europes embedded banking specialist. We empower software companies to embed banking features like accounts cards and payments directly into their products under their own processes over 1.5 billion in monthly transactions for more than 150 companies - like Pennylane Indy Agicap Libeo and Lucca. Founded in 2019 the company has received growth capital from leading investors such as Lakestar Accel Creandum Bpifrance and Eight Roads. Swan is a principal member of Mastercard and a licensed financial institution regulated by the French banking authority (ACPR).

Our mission

Banking belongs in business software

Many software companies already serve small businesses incredibly well: helping them send invoices run payroll manage inventory and more. Theyre on a mission to become the central hub for managing every aspect of business life.

But when it comes to financial workflows theres still a gap. Too many critical tasks like managing cash flow tracking payments or reconciling accounts happen outside the software across spreadsheets email threads banking portals.

Its a missed opportunity. Business software shouldnt just record financial activity it should run it.

To learn more about us: About Swan ; Our story.

Job description

The Payment Group at Swan leverages industry knowledge payments expertise and general insight to build and operate the API-based banking products and the platform that power cash collection cash storage and money movements for all Swan financial products.

Ultimately the group is working toward a future in which all the complexities of handling money are hidden from Swans partners and end-customerswhether thats adopting new payment methods reconciling various entries (technical accounting and cash) integrating with banks and financial partners globally or addressing regulatory obligations.

Within this Group the Payment Product team sits at the intersection of Strategy Go-To-Market Compliance Design and Tech. The team oversees all stages of the product lifecyclefrom discovery to salewhile aligning with the companys global strategy and core objectives. The Payment Product team consisting of Lead Product Managers and Product Managers ultimately owns the payment product roadmap.

As the Card Issuing & Credit Lead Product Manager you own the Card Issuing and Credit product area and report to the VP Product & OperationsPayment. You embody our vision of building the best Card as a Service and Credit offer for SMBs in Europe.

As a manager-coach and individual contributor you support a small and highperforming team of Product Managers while bringing deep subjectmatter expertise. You:

• Set and drive a focused dataled roadmap aligned with company KPIs and outcomes
• Grow revenue impact by increasing adoption activation usage and retention across your domain
• Partner closely with GTM Data Compliance Payment Operations Design Docs and Engineering and bring insights from partners endcustomers and providers into your strategy
• Stay on top of market dynamics and the competitive landscape to inform decisions
• Run an efficient qualityfirst delivery framework to ship on time
• Hire coach and develop Product Managers. Set clear goals give actionable feedback and foster an inclusive highbar culture
• Align stakeholders and evangelize your products. Own relationships with key financial providers (card networks card processors card manufacturers lending providers etc.)
• Act as Product Manager on priority areas from owning a squad to leading strategic projects

Preferred experience

Youre a great match if:

• Bring 510 years of product management experience in payments financial infrastructure or developer platforms with exposure to issuing card programs and ideally lending
• Demonstrate strong people management and coaching skills: hire and develop Product Managers set clear goals align squads and stakeholders give actionable feedback and raise the quality bar consistently
• Think strategically and execute with discipline
• Engage enterprise customers confidently and lead highstakes strategic conversations
• Be technically fluent and partner closely with engineering on APIs and platform design
• Communicate complex payments and card strategies clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Fluency in English; French is a plus
• Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other and we leave our egos at the door.

Its okay if you dont tick all the boxes dont let imposter syndrome prevent you from applying!

Swan is committed to providing a caring work environment for all employees regardless of age sex disability sexual orientation race religion or belief.

When it comes to recruitment were interested in your work experience skills and overall personality. Because diversity makes the workplace stronger and is necessary for Swans success we are intensifying efforts to incorporate concrete actions to help us improve in this area.

About Swan

Perks of being a Swanee:

• Holidays : 25 days RTT
• Meal Vouchers: We provide a Swile card to cover your meals on work days.
• Transport: Monthly mobility package for accordance with the company agreement for sustainable mobilities you can now use your mobility package to pay for alternative commuting modes.
• Health insurance (mutuelle): Alan. This is Swans health and welfare insurance.
• Sports: Thanks to our partnership with Classpass and Gymlib you can enjoy advantageous discounts on subscriptions. They offer a wide range of sports activities as well as wellness activities.
• Well-being support: access to Moka Care for mental health and wellness.
• Hybrid remote policy: We offer the possibility of working from home for 2 days per week.
• Offsite: Once a year we gather to reconnect deep-dive into big topics and relax.
• This isnt a perk it should be the rule but diversity and inclusion are important at Swan. Were working hard to get better every day.

Our values:

Swans core values guide our actions daily. Individually they may seem obvious but together they form a unique culture.

Simplicity: Leonardo Da Vinci said: simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. If somethings convoluted or confusing we work extra hard to break it down. - Making complex things simple is what we do.

Long Term: We always play the long game whether its to support our partners in their growth journey or make tangible commitments to climate action.

Excellence: We are a team of experts who consistently go all out to create pixel-perfect banking services and exceed our partners expectations whatever it takes.

Be Human: We believe in the power of kindness and the importance of acting with integrity. But embracing our humanity extends beyond interpersonal interactions it means caring about greater issues that affect our planet.

You can find out more about our culture.

Recruitment process

• 30-minute interview with a Talent Acquisition Specialist
• 1 hour interview with the VP Product & Operations - Payment
• Take-home project/business case
• 30-minute presentation of the business case to the VP Product & Operations - Payment and the Chief Product Officer followed by a 30-minute interview with the Chief Product Officer
• Meet the team