Product Owner Lead (Payments)

Accountabilities

• Define and maintain a shared vision for payment products, including payment aggregation, payment integrations, and supporting services, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to align and prioritize the product roadmap across the payments domain.
• Lead, mentor, and develop Product Owners, supporting them with prioritization, stakeholder management, and product decision-making.
• Act as Product Owner for the team responsible for developing the core payment aggregator service.
• Oversee high-quality and timely delivery across payment product areas, coordinating priorities and resolving delivery challenges.
• Work directly with B2B customers to gather and validate requirements, coordinate integrations, participate in technical discussions, and monitor SLA execution.
• Coordinate dependencies and collaboration between product, engineering, technical, and operational teams, including resolving complex issues and conflicts.
• Establish and improve shared product processes, standards, and ways of working across the payments function.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date product documentation in collaboration with technical writers, including API documentation and integration guides.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience working as a Product Owner, including at least 1 year in a Lead role.
• Strong hands-on expertise in the payments domain, including PSPs, payment gateways, payment orchestration, antifraud solutions, reconciliation, and transaction matching.
• Intermediate-level English or higher, with confidence in both written and spoken communication.
• Experience managing the full product lifecycle, from discovery and validation through delivery and continuous improvement.
• Proven experience with B2B products, including customer communication, requirements gathering, and integration management.
• Practical understanding of Product Discovery, Product Delivery, and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience with API-first products, including the ability to read API specifications and work with logs and transaction data.
• Working knowledge of web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SQL, together with a basic understanding of UX/UI principles.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, prioritization, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience in gambling or betting is considered an advantage but is not essential.
• Additional value comes from experience integrating with third-party casino platforms, working with crypto payments or alternative payment methods, or understanding PCI DSS, AML/KYC, and payment regulations.
• Familiarity with payment analytics and metrics such as conversion rate, approval rate, and provider-level success rates is a plus.
• Knowledge of product testing processes and quality assurance practices is also beneficial.

Benefits:

• Fully remote work, with the option to work from hubs in Kyiv or Warsaw.
• 20 paid working days off, public holidays, and paid sick leave to support work-life balance.
• Medical insurance with access to leading clinics.
• Coverage for psychological support through the Pleso platform.
• Monthly Benefit Cafe allowance that can be used for hobbies, sports, and other personal interests.
• Team events, workshops, masterclasses, team-building activities, and corporate events.
• Individual learning budgets for courses and professional development.
• Corporate English classes, workshops, and access to an online learning library.
• Clear career development opportunities supported by performance reviews and mentoring programs.
• Opportunities to work on technology products from the ground up while using automation to reduce routine work.
• An open, collaborative environment that encourages initiative, direct communication, and freedom of action.
• A culture focused on teamwork, continuous development, challenging projects, and professional growth.