BigCommerce

Senior Product Manager, Payments

BigCommerce$121K — $182K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-8+ years of product management experience, especially in payments or financial services
  • Proven ability to lead initiatives across Product, Engineering, Design, and GTM
  • Strong analytical skills to prioritize and measure impact using data
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for stakeholder clarity
  • Technical fluency in APIs and data models
  • Experience with AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT
  • Demonstrated ability to operate effectively amid ambiguity and change

Responsibilities

  • Own strategy and outcomes for Payments and Financial Services
  • Lead cross-team initiatives amid ambiguity and differing priorities
  • Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams on impactful merchant projects
  • Define platform-level capabilities for diverse payment use cases
  • Translate payments vision into actionable portfolio plans
  • Conduct thorough market research to understand merchant needs
  • Define end-to-end customer experience across interfaces

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with in-office collaboration in Atlanta or Austin
  • Potential for variable compensation including bonuses and equity
  • Commitment to equitable and transparent pay practices
  • Opportunities for professional growth and collaboration across global teams
  • Encouragement of travel for business needs, fostering team connection
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Product Manager, Payments to drive major product outcomes across the Payments & Financial Services portfolio at Commerce. This is an individual contributor role responsible for helping to set strategy and leading execution within our critical Core Payments and Financial Services portfolio. You will operate as a product “force multiplier,” aligning colleagues across Product, Engineering, Design, Sales, Solutions Engineering, and Partnerships to solve complex problems, define the domain direction of Payments, and deliver measurable customer and business impact. This role reports into the SVP of Payments.  What You’ll Do: • Own strategy & outcomes across Payments and Financial Services, ensuring that Commerce’s Core Payments offering evolves in-line with the rapid evolution and innovation within the sector  • Act as an internal subject matter expert for Commerce’s Core Payments capabilities, with technical fluency • Lead ambiguous, cross-team initiatives across time zones where alignment is hard and tradeoffs are real • Work collaboratively with colleagues in Engineering and Product to deliver impactful projects which enhance merchant experience, on-time and with a sense of urgency  • Define platform-level capabilities that support a variety of merchant payment use cases from SMB to large Enterprise, both B2B and B2C  Product Strategy & Portfolio Leadership • Drive strategy, roadmap, and measurable outcomes within the Core Payments domain • Translate the payments vision into an actionable portfolio plan with clear sequencing, dependencies, and success metrics • Develop strong point-of-view on market needs within Core Payments and where Commerce should develop in-house vs utilize partners Customer, Market & Competitive Leadership • Build a deep and structured understanding of merchant payment and financial services requirements through research, merchant discussions and data  • Maintain an informed view of the latest developments in payments and adjacent financial services solution categories (for example: POS, subscriptions, orchestration, working capital, crypto/stablecoins, issuing) • Represent customer needs and trade-offs succinctly to stakeholders in the form of business cases; ensure roadmap decisions are grounded in evidence  Focused Execution  • Define the end-to-end customer experience across user interfaces, developer interfaces and agentic interfaces • Work on cross-functional programs from discovery through launch and iteration, coordinating across multiple product and engineering teams • Help define product requirements, success metrics, and go/no-go criteria that drive quality, performance, and scalability • Demonstrate clear decision-making through structured tradeoffs (customer impact, platform complexity, time-to-value, and commercial upside) Business Impact, Monetization & GTM Enablement • Own KPI outcomes for your areas (e.g. conversion, adoption, retention impact, revenue) • Partner with Sales, Customer Success, Product Marketing and Solutions Engineering to ensure new capabilities meet merchant needs and are clearly differentiated Who You Are: • 5–8+ years of product management experience, including ownership of complex platform or enterprise product areas, prior experience in payments and/or financial services is required • Proven ability to lead cross-team initiatives that require alignment across Product, Engineering, Design, and GTM • Exhibits intellectual curiosity to explore cutting edge innovations within payments and financial services • An established track record of shipping products that drive measurable outcomes (e.g. conversion, retention, expansion, revenue, efficiency) • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to drive clarity with both commercial and technical teams  • Proficient at using AI tools in your professional role, including Claude and ChatGPT • Comfortable working across time zones: this role will regularly work with key stakeholders and colleagues in Europe, the USA and Australia  • Strong analytical skills and comfort using data to prioritize and measure impact • Demonstrated ability to operate effectively amid ambiguity and changing conditions • Technical background or strong technical fluency (APIs, data models)  • Experience establishing product operating practices • Able to travel occasionally (1-4x a year) as business needs require Work Where You Thrive This is a hybrid role. For candidates based in the Atlanta, GA or Austin, TX metro area, the position follows a hybrid work model with three days per week in the office, balancing focused individual work with meaningful in-person collaboration. #LI-HYBRID #LI-GC1 (Pay Transparency Range: $121,000 - $182,000.00) Compensation Transparency The national base salary range for this role is posted above in this job post. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, qualifications and geographic location. We also consider internal equity to help ensure fair and consistent pay practices across our teams. Where applicable, this role may also be eligible for variable compensation (such as bonus or commission), equity, and benefits in accordance with local policies. Details will be shared during the hiring process. We are committed to equitable and transparent pay practices that align to market data, internal equity, and individual contribution.

About BigCommerce

BigCommerce is a software company that provides a platform for online businesses to create and manage their e-commerce websites. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, U.S. Its platform allows businesses to create online stores, manage their products, process payments, and handle shipping and fulfillment. The company offers a range of plans for businesses of different sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. As of 2020, the company has more than 60,000 customers in over 120 countries. BigCommerce is a privately held company and has raised over $200 million in funding.
Learn more about BigCommerce
Size
813 employees
Market Cap
$597.2 million
Industry
Net Income
-$37.5 million
Founded
2009
Revenue
$152.3 million
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