Senior Product Manager, Payments

Navan
Berlin, Germany

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with cross-functional leadership experience working in fintech or B2B financial services, with a focus on global payments infrastructure and AI integration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with cross-functional leadership experience in fintech or B2B financial services
    — “Background in high-growth fintech or B2B financial services”
  • Individuals with a track record of managing complex payment systems and compliance frameworks
    — “navigating regulatory and compliance requirements, local banking infrastructure, and currency exchange dynamics”
  • Candidates who have previously built strategic relationships with banking partners and payment service providers
    — “Build strategic relationships and integrations with banking partners, payment service providers, and fintech infrastructure companies”

Things to consider

  • The role requires managing technical complexity and risk across multiple geographies
    — “Lead the expansion of Navan's payments capabilities into new geographies”
  • Candidates must be capable of working with AI tools as part of the evaluation process
    — “Navan uses AI-assisted Automated Employment Decision Tool (Metaview)”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with international payment systems and regulatory compliance in your resume
    — “navigating regulatory and compliance requirements”
  • Demonstrate your ability to prioritize a product roadmap that balances customer value and technical risk
    — “Maintain a prioritized roadmap focused on maximizing customer value while managing technical complexity and risk”
  • Showcase your history of leading cross-functional teams toward ambitious goals
    — “Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams toward ambitious goals with agency and urgency”
  • Emphasize your experience with systems design and payment rails in your interview responses
    — “Own the end-to-end experience for Navan Expense payments and payouts, from bank account configuration to payment routing”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • owns the vision and strategy for the payments platform
  • builds and manages intelligent payment systems
  • expands payments capabilities into new geographies
Typical background
5+ years of product management experiencestrong product taste and judgement

Skills & requirements

Required

Product ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipPayments Industry KnowledgeData-driven Decision MakingAI Fluency

Preferred

International Payments ExperienceEmbedded Finance Platforms ExperienceHigh-growth Fintech Background

Stack & domain

Product ManagementFinancial InfrastructureGlobal ExpansionAI FluencySystems ThinkingLeadershipCollaborationDecision MakingProblem SolvingFinanceHealthcareTechnology

About the role

Original posting from Navan

Navan is hiring a Senior Product Manager to own the vision, strategy, and execution of our Payments platform, the critical infrastructure that powers billions of dollars in transaction volume for thousands of companies worldwide. 

This role sits at the intersection of product innovation, financial infrastructure, and global expansion, defining how Navan moves money, manages relationships with banking and payment partners, and scales our payments capabilities into new markets. This is a highly visible role with the opportunity to shape the future of how businesses manage corporate payments at scale.

What You’ll Do:

Own the end-to-end experience for Navan Expense payments and payouts, from bank account configuration to payment routing, settlement, and reconciliation. You’ll build and manage intelligent systems that optimize for speed, reliability, cost, and compliance across multiple payment rails.

Build strategic relationships and integrations with banking partners, payment service providers, and fintech infrastructure companies.

Lead the expansion of Navan's payments capabilities into new geographies, navigating regulatory and compliance requirements, local banking infrastructure, and currency exchange dynamics.

Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Design, Finance, Legal, Risk, and Go-To-Market teams to deliver high-impact features from conception through launch.

Maintain a prioritized roadmap focused on maximizing customer value while managing technical complexity and risk.

Use data and analytics to inform decisions, track success metrics, and continuously optimize payment performance.

What We’re Looking For:

Minimum 5 years of product management or equivalent experience

Strong product taste, judgement, and design thinking

Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams toward ambitious goals with agency and urgency.

AI fluency, using AI tools to accelerate your workflows and drive impact

Strong systems thinking to design scalable infrastructure that supports both current needs and future growth

Preferred Experience:

Experience with banking partnerships, payment service providers, or embedded finance platforms

Knowledge of international payments and regulatory frameworks across multiple geographies

Background in high-growth fintech or B2B financial services

Technical degree or background enabling deeper engagement with engineering teams

Navan uses AI-assisted Automated Employment Decision Tool (Metaview) to assist with evaluating resumes against job qualifications for this role. All final decisions are made by human recruiters and hiring managers. 

Human oversight: Metaview does not automatically reject candidates or make final hiring decisions. Our recruiters and hiring managers review all outputs and make the final hiring decision regarding every application. 

Your rights: If you prefer to have your application reviewed without AI assistance, you may request a human evaluation by entering your email here. Your decision to do so will not affect how your candidacy is evaluated. 

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Source: Navan careers

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