We are seeking a VP of FinTech, Product & Engineering to lead our product and engineering efforts for FinTech within the organization. This is a high-impact, senior leadership position responsible for driving the development, scaling, and optimization of our FinTech product suite, including embedded payment processing on global scale, FX and DCC, invoicing, merchant cash advance and many future payment and financial services as part of our SaaS solutions for the hospitality industry.
As the VP of FinTech, Product & Engineering for FinTech, you will lead a team of 60+ professionals across product and engineering, steering our organization towards building innovative and global financial products for the hospitality industry. This role is essential to our continued high growth and a key role on our wider product and engineering leadership team, reporting directly to the Chief Product and Technology Officer.
Key Responsibilities
- Vision and Strategy: Drive the end-to-end vision and strategy for the FinTech product portfolio, focusing on scaling and innovation in areas like embedded global payments, and vertical SaaS financial services.
- Leadership and Team Development: Lead and inspire a cross-functional team of product managers and engineers, ensuring alignment on goals, priorities, and delivery timelines. Act as a member of organizational-wide product and engineering leadership team.
- Business Impact: Drive business growth by identifying new product opportunities and optimizing existing products. Work closely with the executive team to ensure that product initiatives align with revenue targets and other key business metrics. Continuously measure and report on the performance of products and their impact on the company's goals.
- Product Development and Execution: Oversee the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from ideation and discovery through delivery and iteration. Ensure that products are delivered on time and with significant impact both on the customer and the business.
- Cross-Functional collaboration: Ensure that our products are developed cross-functionally with effective and impactful go-to-market strategies and financial plans in place.
- Scalable architecture: Ensure our technological architecture is tightly aligned to our product strategy and will scale with the future needs of the business.
Preferred Experience
- Strong FinTech Expertise: Proven experience in building and scaling FinTech products, particularly in global payments, FX, payroll, and factoring. Previous exposure to EMI (Electronic Money Institution) licensing or other similar regulated environments is highly desirable.
- Embedded FinTech: Understanding of embedded FinTech solutions and products within vertical SaaS platforms.
- Product and Engineering Leadership: Strong background in product and/or engineering leadership, with hands-on experience owning and driving products from concept through execution in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Global Perspective: Experience working with global payments infrastructure, including connections to acquirers and PSPs. Exposure to both European and US markets is highly valued.
- Organizational Leadership: Track record of successfully leading large teams (50+ members), building high-performing product and engineering organizations, and navigating complex organizational and infrastructural challenges.
Cultural Fit
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: Driven to lead and build from scratch, not just maintain or optimize.
- Ambitious and Fast-Paced: Thrives in a high-speed, constantly shifting environment and takes ownership of challenges.
- Visionary and Strategic: Able to think big and translate a vision into actionable strategies.
- Hands-on Leadership: Willing to roll up sleeves and lead by example, inspiring teams through change and uncertainty.
