Director, Product

Permanent employee, Full-time · Berlin

The Company
Payrails is an innovative technology company with a team that has many years of experience in the payment industry and a real-life understanding of the merchants’ needs. We have seen the complexity firsthand and we have learned from all the challenges we've faced. Now we want to help leading technology companies around the world accept payments and build financial services with minimal upfront investments.

Our vision at Payrails is to reimagine payments. We do this by removing heavy reliance on Engineering efforts using composable building blocks that put the control firmly in the hands of our customers. We exist to help our customers become more productive and flexible, impacting directly on their ability to grow.

We are joined in our mission by top-tier investors Andreessen Horowitz​, ​HV CapitalEQT and General Catalyst​ alongside a great cast of knowledgeable angel investors to enable us to solve the growing complexity of payments.

At Payrails, we are committed to building a team full of the most talented people. Excellence is part of our values and we understand that in order to achieve this, we need to build an environment where skilled people can work openly, collaboratively, and with the utmost trust in one another. We believe people thrive the most when they are fully aware of what the business is trying to achieve, why it is important to the market, and what challenges lie in the way to reaching our goals. In such an environment we believe people can truly excel, grow and enjoy working together. We try hard to be a company where everyone is inspired and feels a sense of responsibility to do the right thing to help us bring our vision to life. Succeeding with us is about finding solutions to the most pressing problems and executing them effectively.
Your Team

Payrails is a dynamic workplace and our product team sits at the core of this landscape. Our mission is to achieve an optimal intersection between User Experience, Technology, and Business targets. We do this by focusing on 3 main pillars:

  • Continuously studying our customers and the challenges they are facing

  • Building best-in-class product in the industry 

  • Designing end-to-end delivery processes to build high quality products

Our Product team offers you the opportunity to work alongside a group of highly ambitious and knowledgeable Product Managers and Designers while being faced with highly complex problems that affect customers on a global scale.

What You will be doing

The Director, Product is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing the entire product management and development lifecycle within our organization. This role plays a crucial part in defining and executing the product strategy, driving innovation, and ensuring that the company's products meet market demands and align with the business goals. 

  • You will develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with our mission

  • You will create and maintain a dynamic and prioritised product roadmap that outlines feature development and product releases

  • You will lead a high-performing product management team and provide guidance, mentorship, and support to product managers

  • You will collaborate closely with other departments such as marketing, sales, customer support, and engineering to ensure effective product development and launches

  • You will oversee the end-to-end product development process, from idea generation to product release and iteration

  • You will conduct market research to identify customer needs, pain points, and emerging trends. Use data-driven insights to make informed decisions and adjustments to the product strategy

  • You will ensure that user experience (UX) and design principles are integrated into product development to create user-friendly and visually appealing products

  • You will monitor and analyze product performance metrics, including adoption rates, customer satisfaction, and revenue growth

  • You will identify and mitigate potential risks and challenges that could impact product development and delivery

You'll be great for this role if
  • You have 8+ years of experience in a technical role, ideally in a complex B2B environment

  • You have proven experience in product management and leadership roles, preferably with a track record of successful product launches.

  • You have experience in working with API-first solutions within agile companies

  • You have experience working with Jira, Postman, GitHub, Figma

  • You have experience in managing technical projects through their whole lifecycle from scoping to go-to-market

  • You have a proven track record of managing complex initiatives with a strong emphasis on data, providing actionable insights, and tracking the success of those initiatives

  • You are able to communicate complex problems in a simple and relevant manner at all levels

  • You have proficiency in facilitating workshops and design sessions taking customer needs and business goals into account at all times

  • You are passionate about new technologies and innovations within Fintech

  • Experience in payments is highly desirable

Why You should join Payrails
  • You can truly create your own path by taking responsibility and implementing your own ideas
  • We offer visa and relocation support to you and your family where required
  • We offer flexible working hours and a hybrid working environment
  • You have 27 annual vacation days + 1 day of paid birthday leave for you to have fun and party without any worries!
  • We get together regularly for team lunches and events
  • You help us shape the future of Payments <3
At Payrails, we prioritize a culture of inclusivity and diversity, evaluating candidates solely based on their skills and potential, regardless of age, gender, identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities.  In line with our commitment to fairness, we kindly request applicants to refrain from including personal details such as a picture, age, or marital status in their CVs.
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
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