Fyst

About the role

We are building a production-ready payment orchestration platform from scratch: smart routing, conversion-optimised cashier, and 50+ PSP/acquiring/provider integrations. The product is at launch stage, the team is strong, and we’re looking for a startup-minded Lead Product Manager who can own product strategy and execution end-to-end and take the platform from 1 → 10.

This role requires deep, practical knowledge of card acquiring and modern payment ecosystems. You will define what we build next, why it matters, and how we measure success — driving outcomes across conversion, approval rates, cost of payments, risk, and platform reliability.

You will operate as a true partner to senior leadership, with full ownership and accountability for product outcomes.
 

What you’ll do

• Own product strategy, positioning, and roadmap for the orchestration platform, cashier, routing logic, and provider integrations.
• Build and run a clear product operating system: discovery → prioritisation → delivery → measurement (OKRs, rituals, dashboards).
• Translate acquiring and PSP domain knowledge into concrete product decisions: routing rules, retries, cascading, failover, BIN/geo logic, MCC nuances, and 3DS strategies.
• Drive core payment performance metrics: approval rate, conversion, auth rate, soft-decline recovery, chargebacks, fraud, latency, uptime.
• Lead end-to-end product discovery with merchants, partners, and internal stakeholders (Sales, Ops, Risk, Compliance, Finance).
• Define product requirements and specifications (PRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria) and ensure high-quality delivery with Engineering and QA.
• Own provider integration strategy: prioritisation, standardisation, connector quality, certification, monitoring, and operational readiness.
• Partner with Risk and Compliance on flows impacted by KYC/KYB, AML, sanctions, PSD2/SCA, data retention, and auditability.
• Collaborate with Growth and Commercial teams on pricing, packaging, merchant onboarding, activation, and retention.
• Leverage AI tools to optimise product workflows (discovery, analysis, prioritisation, delivery, and documentation), delivering measurable efficiency and quality gains across the product lifecycle.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing product team, ensuring strong execution, clear ownership, and continuous improvement in delivery outcomes.
  
   

What we’re looking for
 

Must-have

• Strong hands-on understanding of card acquiring: authorisation flows, clearing & settlement, dispute lifecycle, and scheme rule fundamentals.
• Solid knowledge of PSP and payment stack concepts: gateways, orchestration, tokenisation, webhooks, reconciliation, reporting.
• Proven experience as a Product Lead / Head of Product / Group PM in fintech, payments, or a closely adjacent domain, with clear ownership of outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to design and evolve products using metrics (conversion funnels, approval optimisation, cost vs performance trade-offs).
• Proven experience using AI tools to optimise workflows, improve decision-making, or accelerate delivery — with concrete examples of impact.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to align Sales, Compliance, Risk, and Engineering around clear priorities and trade-offs.
• Excellent written communication: crisp specs, structured thinking, and clear decision logs.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong self-management — comfortable operating with high autonomy, minimal supervision, and senior-level accountability.

• Experience delivering products through effective people management, not just individual contribution.
   

   

Nice-to-have

• Experience building or scaling payment orchestration platforms, gateways, cashiers, or routing engines.
• Knowledge of alternative payment methods (A2A, wallets, local methods) and cross-border, multi-currency setups.
• Experience managing provider integrations at scale (50+), connector frameworks, and integration QA practices.
• Familiarity with PSD2/SCA, 3DS2 optimisation, fraud tooling, and chargeback prevention.

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON

• Design and development of the core banking system and Internet acquiring service within the financial ecosystem
• Participation in product architecture design and query optimization
• Data handling: synchronization, transmission, and processing
• Implementation of new business logic in applications
• Work with metrics: integration, optimization, and monitoring. 

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE

• At least 4-5+ years of experience in backend development, including 2+ years of production experience with Golang
• Deep knowledge of Golang and its ecosystem
• Solid understanding of multithreaded systems and concurrent programming principles
• Strong knowledge of SQL and experience working with relational databases
• Proven experience in developing and maintaining microservice architectures
• Strong understanding and practical application of software development principles: SOA, SOLID, KISS, DRY
• Experience in architectural design and readiness to propose and implement technical solutions
• Familiarity with Clean Architecture principles and Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Experience in fintech is a plus, but not required 
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English

OUR TECH STACK

• Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, DynamoDB, Kafka, RabbitMQ, gRPC 

WHAT WE OFFER

• An opportunity to make something great even greater, you can be the reason why we grow, develop, and become the best fintech company on the market!
• Career prospects - we are young, we have huge ambitions, and it is important that our employees grow with us 
• Work with coworkers who are passionate about their business
• Compensation that will fully correspond to the competence and knowledge, with yearly performance reviews
• Remote type of work

• 20 days of vacation time; bank holidays; Sick leaves; Additional birthday day off

   

You can find out more about our team, our values, and the unique ways we celebrate our successes here: https://fyst.com/culture 

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