Director, Product Management (Card Issuing)
Nium provides global real-time payments infrastructure for businesses, banks, fintechs, marketplaces, payroll providers, and travel companies.
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About Nium Pte. Ltd.
Nium is a global payments infrastructure company that enables businesses and financial institutions to collect, hold, convert, and disburse funds across borders. Its offerings include multi-currency accounts, global payouts, foreign exchange, beneficiary account verification, physical and virtual card issuance, stablecoin-backed cards, the Nium Portal, and APIs for payment integration. Nium serves banks, money transfer operators, marketplaces, payroll providers, spend-management companies, creator-economy platforms, airlines, hotels, and online travel agencies.
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About the Role
You will own the product vision, strategy and roadmap for a global card issuing platform serving travel, payroll and procurement clients. You will weigh customer value, commercial impact, technical complexity and regulatory requirements, partner with Engineering through the full product lifecycle, and evaluate product economics with Commercial and Finance. You will also lead and coach a team of Product Managers and align global stakeholders up to senior leadership.
Requirements
- Degree in computer science, business or related field, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years in product management, including managing product managers
- Significant experience in card issuing, card processing or payment platforms, with strong knowledge of the card payment lifecycle
- Strong technical understanding of issuing platforms, APIs, authorisation, clearing, settlement and transaction processing
- Track record of taking products from idea to adoption with ownership of commercial outcomes
- Experience launching products across multiple regulatory jurisdictions
- Experience working with external customers to define product requirements
- Proven ability to influence and align global, cross-functional stakeholders
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong analytical and commercial judgment, with ability to build and defend business cases
Responsibilities
- Own the product vision, strategy and roadmap for the global Card Issuing Platform
- Define and prioritise product investments by weighing customer value, commercial impact, technical complexity and regulatory requirements
- Lead the full product lifecycle from discovery to delivery, launch and optimisation
- Partner with Engineering to build scalable, reliable card issuing capabilities
- Set objectives and metrics for adoption, customer experience, reliability and commercial impact
- Work with Commercial teams to understand customer requirements, market trends and competitive positioning
- Evaluate product economics with Commercial and Finance, including interchange, scheme fees and processing costs
- Partner with Partnerships teams on scheme capabilities
- Lead, coach and develop Product Managers
- Work with Engineering, Compliance, Risk, Operations and regional teams to meet technical, regulatory and operational requirements
- Support new market launches, integrations and platform enhancements
- Communicate strategy, progress and trade-offs to senior stakeholders
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Performance bonuses
- Equity for specific roles
- Recognition programs
- Medical coverage
- 24/7 employee assistance program
- Generous vacation including year-end shutdown
- Flexible hybrid working (3 days per week in the office)
- Role-specific training
- Internal workshops
- Learning stipend
- Company-wide social events, team offsites and team bonding activities