Senior Product Manager; Local

PPRO’s mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and enable the sale of goods and services worldwide using customers’ preferred payment methods. We partner with leading fintechs and payment brands to help our customers access new markets, connect with more buyers, and accelerate growth. Our diverse global team spans 50+ nationalities across 10+ international locations, united to deliver the best possible products and services.

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As a Senior Product Manager in PPRO’s Local Payments Domain, you will shape payment experiences for customers and partners, ensuring seamless, compliant, and efficient access to local payment methods. You will drive strategic product discovery and delivery, collaborating with Engineering, Marketing, Risk, and Commercial teams to enable adoption of local payment methods for leading fintechs, PSPs, and merchants.

Product Managers at PPRO focus on building the right things for our customers. You will set direction, communicate with stakeholders, and lead effective product discoveries with your team. Our mission is to make local payment methods as ubiquitous as credit cards. You will own and develop a portfolio of Local Payments integrations, engaging with schemes, defining a strong value proposition, and validating and setting success metrics.

In this role, you will own key business opportunities and product initiatives related to the portfolio, orchestrating flows, refining the user experience, and co-creating new features with schemes and customers. Your work will directly impact PPRO’s ability to scale globally by increasing adoption, improving success rates, and driving the commercial and technical integration of high-value local payment products.

• Execute and drive our product strategy for the local payments portfolio from scheme engagement to product feature development and market launch.
• Drive product discovery and delivery — collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to develop innovative, better-than-direct payment experiences that drive value for the business and customers.
• Develop and optimise the payments product portfolio balancing scheme requirements, financial efficiency, and high success rates for consumers and merchants.
• Work hands-on with data — analyse key business opportunities and success metrics related to payment acceptance rates, scheme performance, and financial flow efficiency to drive meaningful outcomes.
• Define clear success metrics and KPIs to measure payment method efficiency, automate reporting, and enable data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Compliance, Risk, Sales, and Customer Success to refine payment requirements, implement new features, and understand business needs.
• Lead roadmap planning and execution for key initiatives, such as integrating new local payment methods, optimising existing flows, and co-creating products with schemes.
• Be a thought leader in local payments — stay ahead of regulatory changes, market trends, and best practices to keep PPRO at the forefront of effective, efficient, and accessible payments.

• Improved adoption and financial performance of the local payments portfolio through optimization and strategic feature releases.
• Higher payment success rates and fewer manual interventions for payment flows.
• Seamless integration and expansion of new local payment methods and features into the core PPRO platform, replacing legacy integration methods.
• Clear, data-driven insights into payment performance (acceptance rates, authorization rates, scheme metrics) with real-time visibility for internal stakeholders.
• Positive feedback from customers and partners on the functionality, reliability, and value of local payment methods.

• Product leadership:
  Proven experience owning a product or feature set, leading product discovery, and executing successfully in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical mindset:
  Ability to work with data, define KPIs, and drive decisions based on insights.
• Payments and fintech experience:
  Deep understanding of onboarding workflows, compliance requirements, and risk controls in financial services.
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