Product Manager, Payments
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Miami
Reporting to: CEO
About Tensec
Founded in 2023, Tensec is global fintech that enables small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to enter global trade by giving them access to cross-border financial services that are user-friendly, efficient, and secure. We reimagine B2B cross-border financial services by equipping global trade companies and FX service providers with the tools to directly deliver cross-border payments and financial solutions to their business clients.
Tensec founders have driven startups from foundation to exit, built decacorns, and led global teams at companies such as PayPal, Rapyd, Credit Karma, Facebook/Meta, MercadoLibre, Goldman Sachs, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. We're putting together a world-class team to disrupt the $190 trillion cross-border B2B financial services industry by providing SMBs the financial strength to participate and win in the global economy.
Backed by world-class investors, Tensec is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, Mexico City, and São Paulo.
Role Overview
Tensec is looking for a dynamic, high-impact product manager to lead our "Money in Transit" (MIT) platform. This product manager will drive strategy, execution, and growth across all payment use cases—FX, payouts, mass payments, multi-currency routing, and more. This is a foundational role and a chance to build the core infrastructure for how money moves across borders for the next generation of global trade companies.
You'll be the product leader who transforms complex cross-border payment infrastructure into simple, powerful tools that non-technical users love. Think building the Stripe for global trade—but instead of developers, your users are logistics operators, CFOs, and FX brokers who need to move money globally without the complexity.
What You'll Do
Own the End-to-End Payments Product: Drive roadmap, delivery, and evolution of all cross-border payment capabilities including FX, single and mass multi-currency payments, stablecoin integration, and traditional banking rails
Design Workflow-Centric Products: Build intuitive experiences for non-technical users (logistics operators, CFOs, FX brokers) that abstract away payment complexity while maintaining full control and transparency
Ship Fast, Reliable Global Infrastructure: Partner with our 8-person engineering team to deliver simple, fast, reliable payment experiences across countries and currencies
Drive Operational Excellence: Collaborate with Compliance, Finance, and Operations teams to build automated onboarding, transaction approval, and reconciliation flows that scale globally
Define Success Metrics: Establish and measure KPIs that drive transaction volume, client activation, payment success rates, and operational efficiency
Lead Geographic Expansion: Drive country expansion from our current 3 markets (US, Mexico, Brazil) to 100+ countries in coordination with GTM and partnerships teams
Iterate Based on Data: Use customer feedback, usage data, and market insights to constantly improve product-market fit and user experience
What You Bring
Core Experience
5+ years in payments/fintech with deep experience in cross-border money movement, FX, or banking technology
3+ years of product management building platform or enterprise SaaS products at scale
Proven track record building APIs, payment products, and complex financial systems with multi-rail infrastructure
Technical & Domain Expertise
Modern Payment Rails: Strong grasp of RTP, stablecoins and emerging payment technologies
Compliance-Heavy Products: Experience navigating KYC, KYB, AML, sanctions screening, and international regulatory requirements
Platform Architecture: Deep understanding of Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS), embedded finance, and service-oriented architectures
AI-First Products: Experience with AI-driven automation and no-code platform development
Product & Leadership Skills
Exceptional Product Instincts: Can simplify complex financial workflows into clean, intuitive user experiences
Customer Obsessed: Deeply understands non-technical users and can translate their needs into technical requirements
Data-Driven Decision Making: Uses transaction data, success rates, and user behavior to optimize product performance and drive business outcomes
Cross-Functional Leadership: Proven ability to influence and align engineering, compliance, operations, and business teams without formal authority
Startup Velocity: High ownership mindset with ability to drive execution in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Communication & Global Mindset
Clear Communicator: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to executives and technical teams
International Perspective: Ability to work across multiple time zones and understand diverse market needs
Language Skills: multi-cultural and multilingual PMs strongly preferred
Tensec is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, international team that reflects the global markets we serve.
