Vice President, Product Management – Payment Platform

Company Description

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Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.

What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you! 

Who we are: 

Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, delivering high-stakes, high-value payments across the global education, healthcare, travel and B2B industries.

Today, we’ve digitized payments for more than 4,000+ global clients in more than 140 currencies across 240 countries and territories around the world.  And, we’re just getting started!

With over 1,200+ global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 offices world-wide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.

Job Description

The Opportunity:
We are seeking an exceptional VP of Product Management to lead our Payment Platform team. This role is an opportunity to shape Flywire’s Payment Platform into a best-in-class offering, enabling global scale, enhancing automation, and driving revenue through innovation. This role will report into the Chief Payments Officer. This payments executive will own the strategy and execution across critical domains:

1. Payment Gateway – Enabling global payment acceptance and disbursement, supporting a variety of payment methods across regions.
2. Transaction Services – Managing the end-to-end money movement across Flywire, including FX currency conversion for cross-border transactions.
3. Payment Services – Developing pricing, hedging, and risk management services to optimize cost efficiency and payment performance.
4. Checkout Experience – Designing a seamless, high-converting payment experience across payment methods globally. This includes complex bank transfers, cards, and alternate payment methods.
5. Payment API – Building the abstraction layer for all payment flows (acceptance, payouts, etc.) to power both internal applications and external partners/clients.

What You’ll Do

• Define & execute the Payment Platform strategy – Aligning product vision with business growth, scaling for global expansion, and improving monetization.
• Lead a global product team – Build and manage a team of product leaders, including those responsible for Payment Gateway, APIs, and Transaction Services..
• Drive platform scalability & resilience – Ensuring our payment infrastructure is reliable, flexible, and optimized for cost efficiency.
• Partner across engineering, finance, compliance, partnerships, and GTM teams – Working cross-functionally to develop innovative, enterprise-grade payment solutions.
• Shape and influence Flywire’s external payment strategy – Partner with network strategy and partnerships team to build and maintain connections with payment providers, banks, and technology partners.
• Optimize conversion & customer experience – Enhancing the checkout flow to drive higher success rates and better payment experiences.
• Mentor and scale a world-class team – Recruiting, developing, and growing product leaders within the Payments organization.

Qualifications

What We're Looking For:

• Proven payments industry experience – you’ve led payment method or platform teams at financial technology or financial services companies with a focus on customer experience and scaling payment platforms.
• 10+ years of product leadership experience
• Hands-on leader – you can inspire and lead high-performing teams while also rolling up your sleeves to dive into details when needed. You’re not just a strategist—you thrive on execution and making an impact.
• You understand payment acceptance, disbursements, FX, treasury, and payment APIs.
• Track record of building and integrating complex platforms – You’ve led teams that built APIs, modular payment services, or scalable money movement infrastructure.
• Customer-obsessed & data-driven – you excel at using data, experimentation, and insights to drive payment performance and user experience.
• Strong technical acumen – while not an engineer, you’re fluent in payments architecture, API design, and payment system resiliency.
• Strategic & execution-oriented – you can define a vision, align stakeholders, and execute ruthlessly.
• Stakeholder management – you have proven experience of effectively managing senior internal and external stakeholders
• Global mindset – experience working with international teams and solving cross-border payments challenges.

Additional Information

Why Join Us?

• Innovate and drive massive impact – Own the product vision for Flywire’s PaymentPlatform, a core pillar of our growth.
• Global scale – Work on multi-region payments infrastructure, handling billions of dollars in transactions.
• Collaborate with the best – Partner with payments experts, engineers, and business leaders.
• Executive & Board exposure – Play a key role in regular strategic meetings with Flywire’s executive team and have the opportunity to engage with Flywire’s Board of Directors on payment strategy and innovation.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation, including Restricted Stock Units 
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flying Start - Our immersive Global Induction Program (Meet our Execs & Global Teams)
• Work with brilliant people that will keep you on your toes, learn more about their journeys by checking out #InsideFlywire on social media
• Dynamic & Global Team (we have been collaborating virtually for years!)
• Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga/Pilates/HIIT Classes) with Global FlyMates 
• Be a meaningful part in our success - every FlyMate makes an impact
• Competitive time off including FlyBetter Days to volunteer in a cause you believe in and Digital Disconnect Days!
• Great Talent & Development Programs (Managers Taking Flight – for new or aspiring managers!)

Submit today and get started!

We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet with different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, Peers on the team, senior stakeholders that you will partner with, and a skills assessment. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for any questions.

Flywire is an equal opportunity employer. With over 40 nationalities across 14 different offices diversity, gender equality, and inclusion are at the core of our people agenda. We believe our FlyMates are our greatest asset, and we’re excited to watch our unique culture evolve with each new hire.