Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. PayJunction is seeking a Product Manager to own their platform infrastructure and compliance portfolio. This role requires a strong technical Product Manager with solution architecture knowledge to manage processor certifications, PCI DSS compliance, and to partner with the platform architect on critical initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Drive Enterprise Hierarchies M2-M3 to completion, partnering with the platform architect to define data models, account structures, and system dependencies, then translating those decisions into implementation-ready specifications
- Own all processor certification work with full accountability for external deadlines you cannot negotiate
- Manage PCI DSS compliance requirements and translate them into actionable engineering work
- Build and maintain a quarterly product backlog that sequences platform work based on external deadlines, dependencies, and cost of delay
- Lead backlog refinement sessions, ensuring platform stories have unambiguous acceptance criteria that reflect processor specifications and compliance requirements
- Own external processor relationships, be the single point of contact for certification requirements and timeline management
- Coordinate cross-domain dependencies (Hierarchies enables merchant structures and partner account growth)
- Present platform roadmap to leadership showing how infrastructure work connects to company revenue and growth objectives
Skills
- 7+ years as a Product Manager with platform/infrastructure product ownership in payments or fintech
- Direct experience with processor certifications or payment network integrations (TSYS, Fiserv, Visa/MC mandates, EMV)
- Experience delivering specification-driven, compliance-governed products with hard external deadlines
- Experience with data architecture or multi-tenant platform design, you will partner with a solution architect on the most complex data modeling initiative at the company
- Track record of partnering with solution architects or senior engineers to define system design, then owning the product specification that results from those sessions
- 3+ years working with Agile/Scrum teams
- Deep understanding of payment processing flows (authorization, settlement, processor interconnections)
- CS degree, technical degree, or demonstrated technical depth (coding bootcamp, technical certifications)
- Experience at a payment processor, bank, or fintech infrastructure company
- Experience with PCI DSS, SOC2, or similar compliance frameworks
- Terminal/hardware product lifecycle experience
- Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, or similar backlog tools
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision paid 100% by company for you and your dependents
- 401k with 6% match
- FSA and Dependent Care FSA
- Long-term & short-term disability coverage for you paid 100% by company
- 8 paid company holidays per year
- 2 paid floating holidays per year
- 1 paid volunteer day per year
- Paid Time Off
- Annual learning stipend
- Home office equipment stipend
- Quarterly “fun budgets” for team bonding events
- Opportunity to be part of a company that is changing a whole industry
- Opportunity for growth within the company
- Opportunity for remote, in-office, or hybrid work
- Company-provided equipment for your home office
- An equipment allowance for home office essentials
- Bright and open offices in downtown Santa Barbara
- Stocked snack kitchens
- Collaborative work spaces with Herman Miller chairs, height-adjustable desks, and a large 32-inch monitors
- Dog-friendly office
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