Vice President of Product Management, Marqeta
Core Platform
$225-375k
Salary dependent on location. + Equity
More information about location
Modern payment & card issuing solutions
Job no longer available
Modern payment & card issuing solutions
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$225-375k
Salary dependent on location. + Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the global standard for modern card issuing, empowering builders to bring the most innovative products to the world.
Role
Who you are
- 15+ years of experience leading Product Management functions in the tech sector
- Strong fintech background with payments and/or financial services expertise is required, specifically working with card networks and banks, ideally on issuing and processing
- Demonstrated track record of scaling a highly complex platform while shipping technically detailed products and/or platforms in multifaceted ecosystems
- Ability to build, sell, and evangelize a compelling vision, strategy, and plan to various stakeholders across the company, with customers, and to the market
- Strong bias for execution, able to work through internal and external roadblocks
- Experience working directly with engineering teams with a clear understanding of their tradeoffs
- Excellent technical acumen, curiosity, and familiarity with new technologies, APIs, programming languages, payment industry requirements, and databases
- Deep customer empathy and experience shaping product direction and execution in partnership with go-to-market counterparts who market the solutions and manage customer relationships
- A clear communicator, active listener, and cross-organizational relationship builder who can drive for results cross-functionally and influence others within the company
- Define and translate a vision into detailed and actionable plans
- Ability to balance breadth and depth of understanding, engaging with the team on detailed issues or updates across many product domains
What the job involves
- As a VP, Product Management for Core Platform, you will be responsible for formulating and continually refining our business strategy and product roadmap for our Core Platform; ensuring smooth operation of critical systems while prioritizing major growth opportuities; partnering with engineering teams to define technological design and scope; leading cross-functional teams to tackle initiatives; and leading client conversations with sales and customer success
- Run the core of Marqeta’s issuing and processing platform which handles $200B+ in annual TPV for the largest fintech providers, balancing high-growth innovation with scalability and resiliency
- Translate nuanced technical concepts into business and customer outcomes, clearly communicating impacts with non-technical audiences
- Lead and inspire others with a compelling product vision and roadmap, driving alignment and seeking consensus among leadership, peers, and teams
- Build, develop, and scale a distributed product organization with high-caliber talent, instilling a disciplined approach to the PDLC supported by metrics, processes, & tools
- Bring customer empathy to priority discussions with engineering leaders and partners, framing tradeoffs with an ability to weigh qualitative and quantitative inputs
- Assess potential tradeoffs of initiatives, with detailed review of proposals and designs to give feedback within the Product team and to cross-functional partners
- Optimize network and bank operations with Marqeta’s partners
- Drive accountability to take action on complex problems to deliver solutions in a fast-paced, high pressure environment
- Aggregate feedback from the team (with data on product usage or performance) to identify key themes and areas for improvement or investment for customer and business outcomes
- Act as technical advisor to educate and evangelize feature(s) with customers via meetings, presentations, and other forums
- Your Manager: Rahul Shah
Application process
- Application submission
- Recruiter phone call
- Hiring manager video call
- Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 min calls
- Offer!
Our take
Marqeta processes payments quickly, offering businesses a more straightforward way to take customer payments with its physical and virtual card solutions. The company has a string of major companies utilizing its flexible and scalable platform, including Uber, Doordash and Square.
The company is rapidly expanding in Europe, with strong growth in processing volumes and new partnerships, including major collaborations with firms like Trade Republic. It also partnered with Visa and Affirm to introduce the Visa Flexible Credential, allowing users to access multiple payment methods on one card.
With a focus on global growth and delivering innovative financial services, Marqeta is targeting new verticals and supporting underbanked businesses. With this aim, the company is on its way to deepening its impact in the fintech space and driving further innovation in payments.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2020
$150m
LATE VC
May 2019
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $542.5m
Company benefits
- Praise: We believe in generously recognizing each other’s talents and contributions, and sharing the goodness we see
- Health and wellness: We cover your premiums for health, dental, and vision. Plus, your pet gets his/her/its own insurance, on us
- Flexible time off: We take time to relax and recharge when needed. We have unlimited time off for most employees and encourage an average of 5 weeks per year
- Marqeta paid family leave: We support all families. We offer 12 weeks of paid leave for all new parents and up to 20 for birthing parents. We also offer 4 weeks of caregiving leave
- 401k match: We invest in your future. We’ll match 50% of your contribution and up to 6% of your salary
- Meaningful equity: As owners of the company, we’re all in this together. Full-time employees will receive equity in Marqeta
- Giving back: We recognize we’re part of a larger community and encourage employees to donate their time and expertise to organizations they support
- Monthly stipend: You’ll get an additional monthly stipend on your paycheck to help fund your daily commute, cell phone, and/or internet connectivity
- Stock discount: The Employee Stock Purchase Program allows employees to buy discounted company stock
Company HQ
Northgate - Waverly, Oakland, CA
Leadership
Jason Gardner
(Founder & Board Member)Having studied at Arizona State University, worked in Management for Benettar Marble & Granite, NetManage and Gartner Group. Then founded PropertyBridge and spent 2 years at MoneyGram before founding Marqeta as CEO in 2010.
Mike Milotich
(CEO)Spent a decade at VISA, ultimately serving as SVP (Head of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations). Was also Commercial Analytics Lead for PayPal and a Senior Financial Analyst at Barclays Global Investors.
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