Product Manager - Payments

Job Description Soldo is the proactive spend management solution that frees progressive businesses to accomplish more. We free finance with a uniquely proactive approach to managing decentralised spending. By combining a powerful spend management platform, user-friendly app, and versatile payment methods, Soldo automates expense admin to eliminates the inefficiency in managing business spending. We’re both a financial services and a software company - with our own platform proactively managing decentralised spend, allowing organisations to empower employees to spend when and where it's needed, keeping productivity high while avoiding month-end surprises. Founded in 2015 by Italian digital innovator Carlo Gualandri, we have grown to become one of Europe’s fastest growing fintech companies. Today, we’re over 350 employees strong, with offices in the UK, Italy and Ireland. With four offices in London, Dublin, Rome and Milan, we’re helping over 25,000 organisations across 31 countries to end slow, messy, and inefficient spending, bringing financial agility and control over every expense. We’re looking for people with big ambitions, cool heads, sharp minds, and warm hearts. Soldo could be the right place, right size and the right time, for you to come and join us, as we grow together. What's in it for you: Competitive salary Private healthcare for you and your family Pension scheme Flexible working options including working from home or our Marylebone office 60 days’ work anywhere, even outside the UK if you want 25 days off a year, plus public holidays as well as Christmas Eve and New Years' Eve, 2 volunteering days and an extra day off on your birthday Genuine career development opportunities, including our mentoring scheme, your own annual £500 learning budget Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing portal The Role We are on the lookout for a proactive Product Manager who will contribute to the strategy and execution for one or more product areas. This role is perfect for someone who is customer-centric, analytically minded, and has a knack for organizing complex tasks effectively. The ideal candidate thrives in cross-functional collaboration and possesses a deep passion for product development. Your ability to communicate clearly across various organizational levels will be critical in translating complex concepts to both technical and non-technical team members. Responsibilities: • Contribute to the development of product strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and market positioning. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Design, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service to deliver innovative solutions. • Understand user needs and market trends to enhance product user flows and contribute to strategic product differentiation. • Support technical team members by providing insights into product architecture and contributing to innovation in product development. • Help craft and refine product narratives, adjusting communication styles to different audiences within the organization. • Assist in creating agile processes for decision-making and delivery of product solutions, ensuring operational excellence. • Support the tracking of key performance indicators (KPIs), contributing to the assessment of project success and overall company growth. • Engage in user research activities to help identify customer pain points, validate hypotheses, and test product features. • Conduct user research to understand customer pain points and utilize market trends to inform product development. • Facilitate team efficiency by grooming the product backlog and defining user stories for technical implementation. • Monitor product performance post-launch and iterate to enhance functionality. We're looking for someone who must have: • Foundational Product Management Experience: With a strong background in product management, you have honed your skills within the B2B, Fintech, and SaaS sectors, contributing effectively to product strategy and roadmap development. • Strategic Planning and Execution: You've successfully engaged in crafting and executing product strategies, demonstrating a clear alignment with business objectives and market demands. • Analytical and Market Insight: Your strong analytical skills have enabled you to perform in-depth market research, capturing industry trends and customer feedback to refine product direction and user experience. • Collaborative Efficiency: You excel in partnering with cross-functional teams, ensuring cohesive communication and collaboration that drive product initiatives to fruition. • Technical Knowledge and Application: You possess a solid understanding of technical architectures in complex web and mobile platforms and are adept at leveraging this knowledge in product development. • Data Literacy: Your decisions are informed by data; you're adept at interpreting metrics to guide decision-making and to gauge the success of product initiatives. • Process Optimization: You bring an operational mindset, with proven experience in enhancing processes and managing product-level KPIs for continuous improvement. • User-Centric Research: Your approach to product management is rooted in user research, identifying customer needs and testing product hypotheses to ensure relevance and value. • Problem-Solving Creativity: Working closely with design and engineering teams, you have a track record of creatively solving problems to deliver user-centric solutions. • Mentorship and Team Growth: While fostering team collaboration, you also contribute to the professional growth of your peers, sharing knowledge and mentoring within the product space.