Manager, Payments Strategy

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Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $50 billion in assets.

Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.

About the role:

We're seeking a Manager, Payments Strategy with a strong software development background to drive our strategic direction in payments. The ideal candidate combines hands-on experience building backend systems with a strategic mindset, ready to apply their technical expertise to this area. You'll be crucial in bridging the gap between our technical teams and product vision, ensuring innovative and efficient payment solutions.

Reporting to the Director of Payments Strategy and Partnership Development, you'll support Wealthsimple's expansion into new payment products and growth initiatives. Your technical background will be invaluable in evaluating technologies, optimizing processes, and ensuring robust, scalable, and compliant payment systems. Experience with ISO standards, real-time payments, or open banking is highly advantageous. This role offers the perfect opportunity for a software developer looking to transition into technical product management in fintech payments.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead cross-functional initiatives to enhance payment capabilities, leveraging technical expertise to assess and implement payment technologies that drive efficiency and innovation.
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and finance teams to evaluate and implement payment solutions for payment products and features, ensuring alignment with company goals, scalability, and regulatory requirements while facilitating clear communication between stakeholders.
• Analyze and optimize payment processes and workflows, focusing on technical efficiency, scalability, and user experience.
• Evaluate and integrate new payment technologies and third-party solutions, utilizing your understanding of software architecture and staying abreast of emerging industry trends.
• Act as a technical subject matter expert on payment systems, providing guidance to other teams and translating complex concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to strategic discussions and business cases for new payment products or features, bringing a unique technical perspective while ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards.

Skills and experience we’re looking for

• Payment Systems & Financial Technology Expertise: Strong technical understanding of payment infrastructure, transaction processing, and financial technology systems. The ideal candidate has experience evaluating, optimizing, and implementing payment solutions, working closely with engineering teams to enhance system capabilities. Familiarity with ISO20022, ISO8583, MT/MX, and other financial processing standards is advantageous.
• Payments Expertise & Regulatory Knowledge: Strong understanding of payment regulations, compliance requirements, and industry trends in the fintech sector.
• Strategic Thinking & Innovation: Ability to develop long-term payment strategies, supported by data analysis and financial modeling. Strong analytical skills to identify emerging trends and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Project Management & Leadership: Proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional projects and leading diverse teams. Capacity to build strategic partnerships within the payments ecosystem.
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent verbal and written communication abilities to articulate complex payment concepts clearly to various audiences, including technical teams and executives. Effective collaboration with diverse stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to navigate challenges in the payments landscape and translate strategies into business value.

Why Wealthsimple?

🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance

📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work

🌴 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days

📚 Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively 

🛫 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year 

🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)

💖 Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year

We’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

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DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. 

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.