Product Manager, Payment Messaging
About VGS
VGS is building the trust infrastructure for a new era of commerce. As commerce becomes agentic, payments are increasing dramatically in volume, speed, and complexity, and the companies driving that shift need a foundation they can fully trust.
That's where VGS comes in. We're the world's leader in payment tokenization, trusted by the most innovative AI and Fortune 500 companies, merchants, banks, and fintechs to power modern payments and agentic commerce. We store more than 9 billion tokens and process more than 10 billion monthly interactions, touching a third of all e-commerce. That scale isn't incidental. It's why leading companies embed our universal token vault and credential management platform directly into their stack, taming the complexity of payment data so they can move faster.
Come build the platform that enables modern payments for the world's largest companies. We're helping businesses unlock new possibilities in an industry that never stops moving. And that takes exceptional people.
About the Role
We are seeking a Product Manager to help drive the evolution of our payments & banking technology. This is a role for a high-agency leader who thrives on technical complexity and demands perfection from their systems. You won't just build features; you will envision new ways of looking at decades-old problems, manage sophisticated relationships and product enhancements with industry experts, and help create the technical foundation on top of which the payments world is built.
In this role, you will work across the payments and banking industry to deliver products in the service of technologists on both sides of the network. This includes creating products in the realm of payments messaging, processor integration management, legacy system modernization, security, and compliance. You will need to understand users, products, and business needs to define new capabilities in our payments messaging offerings.
We seek a curious, tech-minded, and highly resourceful PM who can build and iterate solutions that are understood by both bankers and the engineers who build the system. You must be willing to drive technical rigor at the lowest level.
What You’ll Do
Product Strategy & Discovery: Meet with banks, processors, customers, partners, and engineering leaders to map complex technical problems to business needs. Define technical requirements, prioritize features, and create roadmaps that align with business objectives.
Manage complex implementation rollouts that span multiple continents to modernize banking, acquiring, and similar use-cases.
Ideate a sophisticated and configurable developer-friendly product interface that supports payments technologists, customer implementation specialists, and the business stakeholders that manage the finances. This interface will be used to interpret ISO8583, ISO20022, and similar messaging formats over a wide-array of protocols.
Understand, integrate with, and build on top of the pre-existing products, platforms, and concepts within the VGS ecosystem.
What You Bring
Experience: 10+ years of experience in payments technology as a software engineer, product manager, or related functions. Must have experience launching new initiatives that involve designing and building APIs, O11y, private networking, enterprise authentication systems, and other software developer-related technologies.
Deep experience working in banking and/or payments gateways in a way that is either directly interacting with the networks or the acquirer/issuer processors. The expectation is that you will have experience working with AS/400 servers, ISO8583, ISO20022, and similar technologies.
T-Shaped Technical Mastery: This position requires a broad proficiency across the payments ecosystem. This includes DUKPT encryption for terminal/ATM messages, EBCDIC encoding, ISO8583 messaging, observability, and modern software development. It is required that you have deep knowledge related to one of these technologies in a way that is pertinent to payments messaging.
How We Work
At VGS, we embrace a remote-first philosophy because we believe flexibility leads to great work and a healthy work-life balance. That said, if you live within 30 miles of one of our office locations, you'll be on a hybrid schedule with some in-person time, because we know there's real value in coming together.
We're not about being in the office every day. We are about connection, collaboration, and the energy that comes from a great brainstorm, a team lunch, or celebrating a big win in person.
Our Benefits
Financial and retirement
Competitive salary
401 (k) with a 4% match and immediate vesting (applies to US only)
Early equity
Internet Stipend
Learning Stipend
Office set-up stipend (applies to US only)
Health and Wellness
Insurance (medical, dental, and vision)
HSA/FSA Options
Life and disability insurance
Pet insurance
Vacation and time off
Flexible PTO
Paid national holidays
Global parental leave program
Professional Development
Promote from within
Lunch and learns
Team events and summits
Office life and perks
Remote and hybrid opportunities
Flexible working hours
Weekly office lunches
Employee discount platform
Equal Opportunity
We consider all applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, marital status, physical or mental disability, or other protected classes under all applicable local, state, and federal laws and ordinances (AA/EOE/W/M/Vet/Disabled).
Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for this position in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Where We're Hiring
We are currently hiring in the following locations: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Ontario (Canada), Alberta (Canada), and British Columbia (Canada).
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