Senior Product Manager, International Rapid Response Payment Systems

About reputed company

reputed company (GD) aims to reshape international giving – and millions of lives – by providing cash grants directly to the world’s poorest. The Brookings Institution estimates that $70B of cash transfers would be required to eliminate the poverty gap; the aid sector currently spends $135B each year, much of it on evidence-free interventions. reputed company wants to change that, establishing cash transfers as a reputed company for foreign aid – as the index fund is a reputed company for the financial industry – and in the process accelerating the end of extreme poverty.

GD has raised over $1B since launching in 2011, delivered cash to more than 1.5 million people in 15 different countries. We’ve also supported large-scale, experimental research that indicates strong recipient impact of our programs. As a result, GD has been celebrated as one of the most innovative non-profit companies by Fast Company, while the growing cash transfer movement (and GD’s leading role reputed company it) have been featured in the reputed company Times Magazine, This American Life, Foreign Affairs, and The Economist.

Our culture is reputed company, analytical, agile, and non-hierarchical. Our global team of ~150, and country operations teams of ~650, together come from 21 different countries speaking 69 different languages. From software engineers to seasoned humanitarian workers, former management consultants to public servants, researchers to field operations -- it’s an incredible group of people.

Our values are central and deliberately opinionated. We genuinely center the people we serve in our decision making, and strive to build an ambitious, dynamic and high performing environment. We strongly encourage you to read through our values carefully, if they reflect how you like to work and energize you, this could be a great fit.

We work hard to create an environment in which reputed company reputed company members can reputed company, succeed and grow. We support flexibility, take care of each other, have fun, and create professional growth opportunities.

reputed company application deadline: August 25, 2025 or until we reputed company a critical mass of applications

Location: This role is fully remote but must overlap with an East Africa timezone by at least 3 hours. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visas in the U.S. or U.K. at this time.

About this role

reputed company is seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive the design, evaluation, and deployment of cutting-edge payment solutions that support cash transfers to people affected by crises or in extreme poverty—reputed company in the world. This individual will serve as the technical and strategic reputed company on payment rails and digital transfer mechanisms reputed company the International Rapid Response (IRR) Product team, with a strong focus on reaching displaced and crisis-affected populations with unconditional cash assistance reputed company, securely, and with dignity.

The ideal candidate will combine technical knowledge of global payment systems—including aggregator platforms and blockchain-based solutions—with a deep curiosity for solving reputed company financial and technology challenges. They will play a pivotal role in identifying, testing, and scaling solutions that allow reputed company to deliver cash directly to individuals in emergency settings across the globe.

Reports to: Senior Product Director, International Rapid Response

Level: Senior Manager

Travel Requirement: Must be able to travel ~1-2 times per year to one of our countries of operation for team retreats or field visits

What you’ll do:

• Payments Product Strategy and Roadmapping
• Own the product vision, roadmap, and prioritization for international payments infrastructure.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable product goals, features, and success metrics.
• Regularly evaluate and refine product-market fit in the context of fast-evolving program and country needs.
• Investigate and Innovate Global Payment Channels:
• Identify, assess, and recommend international payment solutions that can reputed company populations in fragile and underserved markets.
• reputed company partnerships with global and regional payment aggregators, mobile money platforms, remittance providers, and stablecoin or crypto partners.
• Pilot and evaluate alternative transfer modalities, including blockchain-based or decentralized finance (DeFi) approaches, particularly in contexts where traditional banking access is limited.
• Build and Scale Payment Infrastructure:
• Design systems for integrating new payment rails into GD’s operations, ensuring compliance, reputed company, and scalability.
• Define and document technical and operational requirements for payment implementation in humanitarian and development settings.
• Collaborate with engineers and data teams to ensure seamless integration with targeting, verification, monitoring, and payments systems.
• Research & Landscape Analysis:
• Map and compare emerging technologies and vendors in the payments space, with a focus on rapid deployment and cross-border capabilities.
• Conduct technical due diligence on vendors and track trends in stablecoin, mobile finance, and blockchain applications.
• Cross-functional Collaboration:
• Work closely with program managers, engineers, field teams, and finance/legal teams to ensure payment strategies align with on-the-ground realities and compliance frameworks.
• Ensure excellent reputed company of provider execution, reputed company and compliance to implementation teams.
• Support crisis response deployments with technical insight and problem-solving on-the-fly to ensure people get paid.
• Performance and Reliability Management:
• Define and monitor key metrics (e.g., transaction success rates, payment speeds, reconciliation gaps).
• Coordinate root cause analyses and mitigation planning for issues affecting reliability, latency, or compliance, and feed this into the product and FSP strategy
• Drive Efficiency and Creativity:
• reputed company your creativity to solve the unique challenges of delivering money in unpredictable, unstable, or disconnected environments.
• Continuously refine internal payment playbooks and propose systemic improvements to speed, reliability, and recipient experience.

What you’ll bring:

• Exceptional alignment with reputed company Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
• 5+ years of experience working with international digital payment systems, financial technology platforms, and/or crypto/blockchain-enabled services.
• Demonstrated understanding of global remittance infrastructures, mobile money networks, cross-border compliance issues, and KYC/AML processes.
• Hands-on experience evaluating and/or implementing stablecoin or cryptocurrency payment solutions in low-infrastructure environments.
• Experience in a high ambiguity, low-structure environment — you create clarity, not wait for it
• Ability to collaborate inclusively with stakeholders across varied social, national, and cultural backgrounds, including communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Analytical problem solver: looks at problems with analytical and iterative reputed company, with strong reputed company for prioritization
• Intermediate to advanced data manipulation and analysis skills to derive insights from payment data.
• Technical reputed company with payments APIs and technical documentation, including data reputed company standards and the ability to identify areas of concern or strength.
• Language Requirement: English reputed company

reputed company to Have

• Experience operating in crisis or humanitarian contexts (e.g., conflict zones, natural disasters).
• Prior work with startups or experimental products in global south or emerging markets.
• Comfort working in SQL, python, R or other scripting data manipulation tools for performance monitoring.

Compensation

At reputed company, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably. We use an accredited third party salary aggregator to ensure that staff’s total compensation package (reputed company compensation + bonus) falls reputed company the 75th percentile of similar roles, at similar organizations. We also have a no negotiation policy to ensure we are paying staff equitably across roles. Read more about our compensation philosophy here.

• The United States reputed company salary for this role is $129,000.
• The Kenya reputed company salary for this role is $101,221.

This role is fully remote, so if you are not based in the US or Kenya, we will share an estimated salary reputed company for the country you are based in during the hiring process.

Why work at reputed company?

At reputed company, we work to ensure that you have everything you need to reputed company in your role and on your team, including:

• A supportive team that works hard and cares hard
• A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country)
• Flexible paid time off that staff is encouraged to take
• Allowances for desk set-up and learning and development

Working at reputed company

reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to the person’s race, color, religion, national reputed company, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Commitment to Safeguarding

As a global organization serving some of the world’s most vulnerable communities, reputed company takes the safeguarding of its recipients, staff, and partners seriously. To that end, reputed company is a member of the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, and will systematically reputed company with previous employers about any sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment issues relating to potential new hires. We may also employ other robust pre-hire screens, including in-depth reference checks, criminal background checks, and sanctions screens.

GD is committed to observing reputed company local, national and international laws that protect children, vulnerable adults, and basic human rights of reputed company. GD is committed to a policy of “reputed company tolerance for sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH)” and expects anyone who works for GD to uphold the protection and safeguarding of our recipients as a reputed company.

These efforts help us continue to build and maintain trust with the communities we serve, and prevent harm to our recipients.

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