Founding Technical Product Manager

We're partnering with a well-funded, early-stage payments technology startup that's building the next generation of biometric payment experiences. Combining AI, software and connected hardware, they're creating a seamless way for people to pay, identify themselves and interact with merchants. With a growing customer base and ambitious plans, it's an exciting opportunity to join as the first Product hire and help shape the future of the business.

Responsibilities

Owning the product roadmap, balancing customer needs, commercial priorities and technical considerations; Taking products from 0–1, leading discovery, prototyping, validation and launch; Working closely with founders, engineers and customers to shape product direction; Using AI tools to prototype, build and iterate on new features and internal tools; Collaborating with engineers on APIs, system architecture, integrations and technical trade-offs; Writing clear product requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria to enable fast, high-quality delivery; Managing priorities and driving delivery from concept through to launch; Working with external partners, including payment providers and hardware vendors, to deliver seamless integrations; Continuously learning from customer feedback, usage data and experimentation to improve the product and prioritise what to build next

Requirements

Around 2–5 years’ experience in Product Management, Product Ownership or Software Engineering; Ideally started your career as a Full Stack Engineer before moving into Product, or have strong hands-on technical experience; Experience building and launching products from 0–1 in a startup or fast-paced environment; Strong technical understanding, including Python, SQL and JavaScript; Confident working with APIs, databases, integrations and system architecture; Experience using AI tools to prototype, build, iterate and ship products; Strong product judgement, with the ability to balance customer needs, commercial priorities and technical constraints; Comfortable working directly with founders, engineers and customers; A proactive, hands-on mindset with a desire to take ownership and solve ambiguous problems

Nice to have

Experience within payments, fintech, SaaS or other technology-led businesses; Experience working across software and hardware products; Knowledge of payment systems, merchant platforms or physical devices; Side projects, GitHub repositories or other examples of products you’ve built outside of work; Experience in an early-stage startup or founding team environment

Benefits

Equity