Group Product Manager, Payments

About the Team: At Sift, the Product Management team owns the vision and oversees the execution of all of Sift’s products, from ideation to product launch. We are dedicated to safeguarding our customers’ digital platforms by preventing unauthorized account access and detecting malicious, fraudulent activities.

Role Overview: We are seeking an accomplished Group Product Management to oversee our Payments Pod. This role reports to the Head of Product Management, directs a team of 2 Product Managers, and personally drives the Payment Protection roadmap as a “Coach-Player” leader. You will be working closely with customers, senior executives in the company and their teams, and will create and align with team best practices while developing a strong Product Management team.

You will be responsible for creating and executing the Payments strategy, owning the full Payments roadmap, distributing work across your team, and leading key visionary initiatives in Payments.

Your mission is to maximize the use of ML and automation for our customers’ benefit, provide a delightful analyst UX for fraud investigations and detection, and build solutions to prevent payment fraud across the customer journey.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Strategy

• Align with the Head of Product Management vision for Payments and serve as their right hand for all matters.

• Develop, communicate, and externalize the Payments strategy with executive stakeholders.

• Oversee and drive the overall Payments Pod roadmap and execution, ensuring delivery against strategic objectives.

• Directly manage, mentor, and develop a team of 2-3 Product Managers, providing clear direction, career development, and fostering a collaborative team culture.

• Make strategic decisions about work distribution among team members and yourself, allocating longer-term visionary initiatives where appropriate.

Product Ownership (“Coach-Player” Model)

• Personally lead long-term roadmap items related to Payment Protection, from ideation through research, development, launch, and adoption.

• Own and drive product offering and feature pipeline as agreed with the Head of Product Management.

• Use feedback, direct customer engagement, and data-driven approaches to validate ideas and ensure customer needs are at the core of product development.

• Write detailed specifications, work with engineering, design, and GTM teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

• Inspire and align cross-functional teams, including engineering, product marketing, customer success, and sales, around the Payments Pod vision.

• Articulate business and technical rationale behind roadmap priorities, supported by data insights.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 8 years of Product Management experience, with increasing leadership scope and direct people management responsibility—ideally in fraud prevention, payments, or fintech.

• Demonstrated mastery of ML and data modeling.

• Proven track record in developing product strategy, leading cross-functional execution, and managing roadmap for complex B2B SaaS products.

• Expertise in customer-centric product development, leveraging user feedback and data to drive feature adoption and product success.

• Experience managing and developing Product Managers, including distributing work, coaching, mentoring, and fostering team culture.

• Comfort working with Marketing and Sales to drive product launches and growth.

Bonus Points:

• Experience overseeing SaaS products

• MBA or equivalent experience

• Experience with payment data, fraud identity modeling, and/or bringing visionary payments innovations (e.g., crypto, stablecoin, agentic commerce) to market.

Benefits and Perks:

• Competitive total compensation package

• 401k plan

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage

• Wellness reimbursement

• Education reimbursement

• Flexible time off

Interview Process:

• Introduction interview with the Recruiter (30 minutes)

• Product strategy discussion with Senior Director of Product Management (60 minutes)

• Technical interviews with Engineering Leaders (45 minutes)

• GTM Discussion with Marketing Leaders (45 minutes)

• Payment knowledge with Senior Trust and Safety Architect (45 minutes)

• Leadership Values interview with VP, Employee Experience (45 minutes)

• Winning customer experience discussion with Chief Product Officer (30 minutes)