Head of Product Darwin

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Head of Product - Darwin (PayTech Domain)
Edenred PayTech - London or Swindon
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About Edenred PayTech
Edenred PayTech operates the core payment systems for the Edenred Group processing over 1.5 billion transactions each year across more than 30 countries. We support various financial products including cards for banks travel fuel employee benefits and retail gifting. We hold e-money licenses in the UK and Belgium and support clients with their own licenses. Currently we are transitioning to a cloud-native REST API platform handling billions of API calls annually and were hiring a Head of Product to lead the Darwin domain.

The role
Youll partner with your Technology counterpart lead a team of Product Managers and Business Analysts define the strategy and roadmap and deliver scalable secure compliant capabilities. You will be the goto leader for your domain - accountable for outcomes budgets and stakeholder relationships - while helping shape a productled culture at Edenred PayTech.

What youll do

• Reporting to the Chief Product Officer you will lead and grow the domain team manage 3-5 Product Managers/Owners and 3-5 Business Analysts (812 people total) including hiring and coaching.

• Define strategy across multiple product subdomains aligning with strategic priorities; secure stakeholder buyin; highlight and deliver against regulatory deadlines.

• Own delivery outcomes and prioritise engineering backlogs plan into PI/quarterly cycles and drive ontime/onscope/onbudget execution with transparent risk and issue management.

• Build scalable secure products to ensure nonfunctional requirements (security resilience operability performance) are defined and met; make solutions operationally supportable.

• Be the expert point of contact and provide clear status roadmap updates risks and escalations to Executive Technology Operations partners and clients.

• Manage budgets and control domain budgets including thirdparty spend; build strong relationships with service providers.

• Champion datadriven decisions to quantify value rationalise business cases and track outcomes with KPIs/OKRs.

• Drive continuous improvement streamline processes enhance monitoring/observability and remove impediments to maximise engineering efficiency.

• Support audits and compliance and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to meet regulatory commitments and deadlines.

What youll bring

• Deep experience in finance or APIfirst technology environments; exposure to payment rails card schemes or emoney is ideal.

• Strong track record in Product/Programme Management leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex platforms.

• Proven success delivering to regulatory deadlines and across complex multistakeholder programmes.

• Expertise in agile product delivery; comfortable with backlog prioritisation PI planning and iterative execution.

• Cloud/SaaS/PaaS experience and familiarity with REST APIs and highscale systems.

• Strong operational mindset: process improvement security monitoring and reliability.

• Datainformed decisionmaking with clear concise reporting.

• Exceptional stakeholder management across executives onshore/offshore teams clients and third parties.

• A selfstarter with a collaborative positive and resilient approach; able to juggle multiple priorities in a fastpaced environment.

• Ability to bridge technical and business contexts empathise with users and challenge constructively using evidence.

• People leadership experience coaching and developing highperforming teams.

How youll work with us

• Team scope: 57 direct reports (812 across the domain)

• Key collaborators: Executive team Heads of Technology and engineering teams crossfunctional Product domain teams Operations group stakeholders and service providers

• Working model: Hybrid. Offices in London Swindon Brussels Bucharest and Mexico City

• Travel: Occasional UK/European travel (typically 13 days); occasional international travel (35 days)

What success looks like

• A clear valuedriven roadmap delivered on time in scope and on budget

• Scalable secure and compliant domain services with strong operational readiness

• Measurable business impact evidenced through KPIs/OKRs

• High stakeholder confidence effective partner management and disciplined budget control

• A motivated highperforming team with a culture of continuous improvement

Diversity and inclusion
Edenred PayTech are an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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