Product Director (Fiat/Payments)
- Role
- Product
- Experience
- Lead
- Employment
- Full-time
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Product Director with 8+ years in product management, focused on fiat/payments, banking, fintech, or financial infrastructure. Must understand payment ecosystems, partner integrations, multi-jurisdiction regulatory environments, and global rails like ACH, SEPA, Faster Payments, PIX, SPEI, and UPI. UAE-based remote role tied to Dubai.
Required skills
Product Director (Fiat/Payments)
Department: Product
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Dubai
Description
We’re looking for a Product Director to own our global Fiat & Payments domain, including banking integrations, payment rails, fiat on/off ramps, local payment methods, and global money movement infrastructure.
You'll drive product strategy while remaining closely involved in execution, partner integrations, and day-to-day product decisions.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Fiat & Payments globally.
- Lead the development of payment products including bank integrations, local payment methods, on/off ramps, payouts, and card funding flows.
- Partner with Engineering, Compliance, Operations, Finance, and external providers to deliver scalable payment infrastructure.
- Drive expansion into new markets and payment ecosystems.
- Manage relationships with banking partners, payment processors, and fintech infrastructure providers.
- Define and track key metrics including conversion, payment success rates, transaction costs, and operational efficiency.
- Mentor Product Managers and help scale the product organization while remaining hands-on
What You'll Bring
- 8+ years of Product Management experience, with significant experience in fiat, payments, banking, fintech, or financial infrastructure.
- Deep understanding of payment ecosystems, including bank transfers, cards, payouts,
- and alternative payment methods.
- Proven track record delivering complex products involving multiple external partners and integrations.
- Experience building products across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory environments.
- Familiarity with global payment rails such as ACH, SEPA, Faster Payments, PIX, SPEI, and UPI.
- Strong analytical, strategic, and execution skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making. Business acumen.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments with a high degree of ownership.
Nice to Have
- Experience with crypto, stablecoins, wallets, or digital asset infrastructure.
- Experience in system architecture for scalability
- People Management experience
What you'll do
- Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Fiat & Payments globally.
- Lead development of payment products including bank integrations, local payment methods, on/off ramps, payouts, and card funding flows.
- Partner with Engineering, Compliance, Operations, Finance, and external providers to deliver scalable payment infrastructure.
- Drive expansion into new markets and payment ecosystems.
- Manage relationships with banking partners, payment processors, and fintech infrastructure providers.
- Define and track key metrics including conversion, payment success rates, transaction costs, and operational efficiency.
- Mentor Product Managers and help scale the product organization while remaining hands-on.
What they require
- 8+ years of Product Management experience, with significant experience in fiat, payments, banking, fintech, or financial infrastructure.
- Deep understanding of payment ecosystems, including bank transfers, cards, payouts, and alternative payment methods.
- Proven track record delivering complex products involving multiple external partners and integrations.
- Experience building products across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory environments.
- Familiarity with global payment rails such as ACH, SEPA, Faster Payments, PIX, SPEI, and UPI.
- Strong analytical, strategic, and execution skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
- Business acumen.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments with a high degree of ownership.
- Preferred: Experience with crypto, stablecoins, wallets, or digital asset infrastructure.
- Preferred: Experience in system architecture for scalability.
- Preferred: People management experience.
KAST is redefining stablecoin banking for global citizens, crypto professionals, Web3-native businesses, and high-inflation markets hungry for USD-backed banking. It is backed by top-tier global investors and led by the ex-APAC CEO of Circle, with a leadership team spanning Circle, Airwallex, Revolut, Wise, Grab, Zoom, AWS, and leading OTC desks.