Role RoadmapPrediction markets only work if users trust that their money is safe, their identity is respected, and the platform behaves like the regulated financial infrastructure it is. Every product team at Kalshi depends on the money layer working. You'll be the person who makes sure it does -- and the person who turns it from infrastructure into a competitive advantage.
We're looking for a payments product lead to own how money moves through Kalshi. You'll be the single PM accountable for every dollar in, every dollar out, and every risk and identity decision in between. This role spans payment rails, user-facing flows, risk, and fraud -- and it's one of the highest-leverage IC seats at the company. The work is high-stakes, deeply technical, and consequential to every user on the platform.
What You'll Do- Translate complex payment flows into simple, intuitive money movement user experiences across all rails -- ACH, debit, wires, stablecoins and more
- Define and improve key payment performance metrics (authorization rates, chargebacks, reliability) through rigorous data-driven experimentation
- Own provider strategy and relationships across banking partners, card networks, processors, and stablecoin infrastructure -- you'll know who to call when something breaks and shape the terms that protect our margins and our users
- Manage cost across the rails stack: chargebacks, processing fees, FX, and reserves
- Own end-to-end user journeys across identity and risk -- pass rates, deposit rates, false positives, and user dropoffs; you'll obsess over the funnel and run the experiments that move it
- Drive fraud and AML programs in close partnership with risk, compliance, and legal -- includes transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and dispute operations
What You Bring- 6+ years in product management with significant time in payments, fintech infrastructure, or regulated financial products -- exchange, brokerage, neobank, or high-volume consumer fintech backgrounds are all relevant
- Deep hands-on fluency with payment rails, KYC/AML providers, and fraud tooling -- you've debugged a stuck ACH return, read a chargeback representment, and shipped a KYC vendor swap
- Product instinct above all -- you read funnels, run experiments, and treat compliance as a design constraint to optimize around, not a wall to hide behind
- High tolerance for ambiguity, speed, and the specific kind of pressure that comes with owning real money flows for real users
- Fluency in crypto and stablecoin infrastructure for payments
NYC Pay Transparency DisclosureSalary Range: $180,000 to $240,000 annually plus equity and benefits. This salary range is based on the current available market data and represents the expected salary range for this role. Kalshi has minimal hierarchy and few titles, but has broad ranges of experience represented within roles. Should you have compensation expectations that exceed these bands, we'd love to hear from you and would welcome you to reach out to further discuss.
