Director of Product

Overview

Recruitment Consultant - Marketing & Insights. This role involves leading the full product strategy for a cross-border fintech platform within a major messaging platform, focusing on scaling wallet infrastructure, deepening open banking integrations, and expanding payment capabilities across APAC, EMEA, and Europe.

Location: London (Hybrid, 3 days/week) or Flexible within Europe
Reports to: VP of Product
Team: 5 PMs (UK, Philippines) + indirect cross-functional reports

This isn’t just another product leadership role. It’s a chance to build the next-generation fintech layer at scale, with startup energy and global impact.

The product is in a critical phase: scaling wallet infrastructure, expanding open banking integrations, and broadening payment capabilities across multiple regions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own and deliver product roadmap across wallet, P2P, QR, merchant and API features
• Align product vision with regulatory requirements, user needs, and commercial targets
• Drive launches into new geographies (Europe, APAC, EMEA)
• Expand product features to support merchant tools, card networks, and open banking
• Work hand-in-hand with engineering, legal, compliance, marketing, and data
• Balance innovation with complex regulation and infrastructure constraints
• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing global product team
• Coach PMs at varying levels across the UK, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia

Who We’re Looking For

Must-Have Experience

• 7+ years in product leadership roles (Director or above)
• Proven success in fintech, digital wallets, payments, or open banking environments
• Experience launching products across multiple markets with regulatory oversight
• Deep familiarity with compliance, fraud, and financial security in B2C fintech

Nice to Have

• Exposure to early-stage fintech scale-up
• Experience working with issuer/acquirer integrations or merchant services
• Understanding of Visa/Mastercard enablement, fraud systems, or financial APIs

You’ll Thrive If You Are

• Commercially minded – you use metrics to make decisions, not assumptions
• Comfortable in ambiguity – you see structure where others see complexity
• A strong communicator – equally credible in boardrooms and sprint planning
• Experienced leading remote, global, and cross-functional teams

This is a rare opportunity to lead fintech innovation inside a product with global scale and startup energy.

If you’re ready to own the future of mobile payments in a truly international environment, apply via the link on this page or by sending your CV to

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Analyst
• Industries: Technology, Information and Media, and Financial Services

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