Director, Product Management

**The Company**

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do - and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary: Banking Payments Product team is seeking a highly experienced and strategic Director of Banking Product to join our EMEA Banking product team. In this role, you will be responsible for driving product strategy and execution across bank-related payment flows in Europe, including SEPA, direct debits, real-time payments (Instant SEPA), cross-border settlement, and payout capabilities. This is a critical leadership role interfacing across product, compliance, engineering, partnerships, risk, and regional business teams, with direct accountability for how our banking stack supports scalable, compliant, and customer-relevant capabilities across the EU.

**Job Description**:
**Essential Responsibilities**:

- Establish a shared vision across the company for one or more products, or a platform product enabling development & scalability, with a deliberate and cohesive strategy.
- Leads product strategy development, and develops a clear, executable view of the product strategy with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Influences the architectural roadmap and balances innovative design and technical implementation, while balancing regulatory requirements, time-to-market, meeting customer needs and product profitability.
- Champions the customer experience and prioritizes customer needs in product requirements and decision making.
- Defines and uses metrics that inform the success of products including usability studies, research and market analysis.
- Standardizes workstreams to include analytics, customer discovery, market research and competitive analysis to drive data-driven decision-making.
- Responsible for product profitability, including budgetary decisions.
- Leads operational mechanisms that drive execution and accountability including Product Reviews, Operating Reviews, and Business Reviews. Interfaces with senior leadership as needed.
- Maximizes efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the standard.

**Expected Qualifications**:

- 10+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 2 years of experience leading others

Additional_Responsibilities_And_Preferred_Qualifications:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Product Strategy and Vision: Own the product vision and roadmap for bank payment flows in Europe (SEPA Credit Transfer, SEPA Instant, SEPA Direct Debit, etc), collaborating closely with our Banking Ops, Treasury, Risk, and Compliance functions.
- Regulatory Compliance: Translate complex regulatory frameworks (PSD2, PSD3) into actionable product requirements.

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collabora