Senior Product Manager, Payments Gateway

Versapay

. Own the gateway strategy and roadmap across card, bank, and alternative payment methods .

Posted 10/28/2026full-timeRemote • CanadaSenior💰 $180,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in payment gateway strategy, including authorization flows, compliance with PCI DSS and regional regulations, and leading engineering teams to optimize payment processing. Proven ability to drive performance metrics such as authorization rates, uptime, and processing costs while managing the transaction lifecycle.

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Payment Gateway ManagementAuthorization Flow ExpertisePCI DSS ComplianceEngineering Team LeadershipMachine Learning Application

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Hard Skills

Payment ProcessingGateway API DevelopmentISO 8583TokenizationChargeback ManagementMulti-Currency ProcessingPayment OrchestrationDecline AnalysisIncident TriageSDK Development

Soft Skills

Entrepreneurial MindsetAction-OrientedComfortable with AmbiguityEffective CommunicationTeam Collaboration

Industry Keywords

FintechPayment MethodsRegional RegulationsCard Brand RulesPSD2/SCA

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the gateway strategy and roadmap across card, bank, and alternative payment methods
Drive authorization and payment success rates, decline and retry performance, uptime, latency, and processing cost
Define gateway APIs, SDKs, hosted payment pages, webhooks, and merchant/MID configuration
Lead evaluation, certification, and launch of processor, acquirer, and network integrations
Translate network specifications and mandates into requirements and maintain compliance with card brand rules, PCI DSS, and regional regulations
Own the transaction lifecycle from authorization through capture, refunds, voids, disputes, chargebacks, settlement, ledger handoff, and reconciliation
Lead engineering teams and oversee execution across pods, including requirements, architecture, reliability, platform design, SDLC, and delivery
Apply ML and agentic approaches to retry optimization, decline analysis, anomaly detection, incident triage, and partner integration support
Serve as the in-house authority on gateway architecture, payment processing, and network rules
Educate product and engineering teams, brief executives, and represent the platform externally with partners and customers

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years in payments or fintech product management
At least 3 years owning a payment gateway, processing, orchestration, or PSP platform end to end
Built or significantly scaled a gateway and shipped gateway capabilities in production
Deep expertise in authorization flows, ISO 8583, tokenization, capture and settlement, chargebacks, interchange, and failover
Measurably improved authorization rates, processing cost, uptime, or latency
Experience across North America and international markets, including multi-currency processing and local payment methods
Knowledge of PCI DSS, PSD2/SCA, card brand rules, and regional regulations
Track record of leading engineering teams or squads through execution
Hands-on experience applying LLMs, ML, or agentic systems to payment workflows
Entrepreneurial, action-oriented, comfortable with ambiguity, and energized by net-new initiatives

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal opportunity employer
Remote work arrangement