Product Manager - Local Payments (Portuguese + Spanish)

Job description

At PPRO, we simplify access to local payments - providing a local payments platform that empowers giants like PayPal, Stripe, and Microsoft to connect with billions of consumers worldwide. We are on an ambitious, fast-paced mission to 3x our growth by 2028 - and we’re just getting started. Our magic lies in our team of proud payments nerds. Spanning over 50 nationalities across 10+ global locations, our diverse cultures aren't a checklist; they are the competitive advantage driving our innovation. This is a people-first, high trust environment where you’ll have the autonomy to make a massive impact, own your work end-to-end, and grow through broad exposure, meaningful challenges, and continuous learning. We get things done, challenge respectfully, put the customer first, and recognise that our biggest successes are those we create as a team. If you’re ready to leave your footprint on global commerce, join us. **The Purpose:** As a Product Manager in PPRO’s Local Payments Domain, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the payment experiences for our customers and partners, ensuring seamless, compliant, and efficient access to local payment methods. You will drive product discovery and delivery, working at the intersection of Engineering, Marketing, Risk, and Commercial teams to enable seamless adoption of local payment methods to some of the world’s leading fintechs, PSPs, and merchants. Product Managers at PPRO have the passion and abilities for ensuring that we focus our time and energy on building the right things for our customers. You will inform the strategy, communicate with all relevant stakeholders and lead effective product discoveries with your team. Our mission is to make local payment methods as ubiquitous and accessible 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 impactful and highly visible role, you will own key business opportunities and product initiatives related to the portfolio, orchestrating flows, fine tuning the user experience, and co-creating new features together with the schemes and our 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. ### What You Will Be Doing - **Execute and inform our product strategy for our 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 our business and customers. - **Develop and optimise the payments product portfolio** that balances scheme requirements, financial efficiency, and high success rates for consumers and merchants. - **Work hands-on with data** - analyze 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** – work closely with Compliance, Risk, Sales, and Customer Success teams to refine payment requirements, implement new features, and understand business needs. - **Inform the roadmap planning and lead the execution** for key initiatives, such as the strategic integration of new local payment methods, optimization of existing flows, and co-creation of new 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 across the world. ### What Success Looks Like - **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 derived from the local payment methods. ### What We Are Looking For - **Languages:**English + Portuguese + Spanish are a must. - **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 rather than intuition. - **Technical Fluency:** Experience working with APIs, automation tools, and technical teams to deliver scalable and efficient solutions. - **Customer-Obsessed Mindset:** Ability to deeply understand user needs and translate them into frictionless product experiences. - **Exceptional Collaboration Skills:** Ability to work effectively with engineering, compliance, commercial teams, and external stakeholders. - **Bias for Action:** A pragmatic approach to decision-making, balancing long-term vision with near-term execution