Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Product Manager role sits at the intersection of SaaS product practice and payments infrastructure, where software platforms must perform reliably under real transaction volume and regulatory constraints. Within the Thunes group, Tilia’s remit appears platform-centric, with an emphasis on APIs, ledgers, and payment engines rather than surface-level feature work. That makes it notable for SaaS professionals who want exposure to products where availability, control, and auditability are part of the value proposition.
From a career standpoint, the position builds durable SaaS skills in roadmap ownership, cross-functional translation, and data-informed decision making across Engineering, Compliance, Legal, and Operations. Work on core platforms tends to sharpen product judgment around trade-offs, technical feasibility, and measurable outcomes, especially when product success is tied to throughput and risk management. The explicit expectation to incorporate AI tools into discovery and execution also signals a modern operating model that can transfer across SaaS environments.
This role is likely best suited to a product manager who enjoys complex domains, can influence without formal authority, and is comfortable presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders. It fits someone who prefers platform and systems thinking, and who values clarity in requirements and metrics over purely UI-driven iteration.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Product Manager
Location: San Francisco
Reports to: Head of Product
About Thunes
Thunes is the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies.
Thunes’ network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, as well as 15 billion cards via more than 320 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more.
Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house SmartX Treasury System and Fortress Compliance Platform, ensuring Members of the network receive unrivaled speed, control, visibility, protection and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments, globally.
Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks.
Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 15 locations, including Abidjan, Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco and Shanghai.
For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/
Why Join Tilia (Thunes Group)
Tilia operates within the Thunes ecosystem, supporting a global cross-border payments network. This role offers exposure to international compliance operations, financial crime risk management, and opportunities for growth within a fast-scaling fintech environment.
Core Responsibilities
- Own the Product Strategy & Roadmap: You translate product vision into actionable quarterly and yearly roadmaps. This involves balancing customer value, technical feasibility, and complex regulatory compliance while driving initiatives from initial discovery through execution and delivery.
- Bridge the Gap Between Tech & Business: You act as a primary liaison connecting Engineering, UX Design, Operation, Compliance, Legal, and the Executive team. You are responsible for translating dense business requirements into clear, high-quality product requirements and user stories.
- Optimize Core Platforms & APIs: Infrastructure is a massive part of Tilia's DNA. You will collaborate deeply on designing and optimizing robust APIs, payment engines, ledger platforms, and backend architectures that handle massive transaction volumes smoothly.
- Drive Executive Alignment: Because you operate in a highly visible domain, you'll lead recurring product reviews, surface trade-offs, and confidently present data-driven recommendations to the executive teams.
- Incorporate AI Tools into the Workflow: Modern product execution at Tilia emphasizes efficiency. You are expected to proactively identify opportunities to use AI-powered tools (such as LLMs, coding copilots, and automation) to optimize market research, product discovery, prototyping, and data analysis.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Experience: At least 5+ years of Product Management experience shipping complex B2B software platforms or consumer apps.
- Domain Expertise: A proven track record of owning product delivery in Fintech, or digital economies.
- Influence Without Authority: Exceptional leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills. You must be comfortable navigating ambiguous environments, aligning highly matrixed teams, and managing healthy conflict to achieve a shared objective.
- Technical & Analytical Fluency: Strong data literacy. You must be comfortable digging into transaction metrics, utilizing data dashboards, and holding deep technical discussions with the engineering team.
Sound like you? Apply now!
