Senior Product Manager

Job Description

Required Experience

• At least 10 years of experience developing or implementing payment products in the US market, either with a software vendor or within a bank transformation program.
• Hands-on experience in designing and implementing payment solutions across the full software development lifecycle, from requirements through design, development, testing, deployment and implementation.
• Hands-on experience testing payment products for the US market
• Candidate must have worked in at least 2 of the USA specific rails in depth – FedNow, TCHRTP, Fedwire, CHIPS, ACH, SWIFT.
• End-to-end knowledge covering payment initiation through messages or user interfaces, orchestration, processing, settlement, exception handling and last-mile network connectivity.  
• Practical awareness of emerging and alternative payment and settlement models, including stablecoins, tokenized deposits, Visa B2B solutions and Mastercard real-time payment capabilities.
• Experience contributing to product strategy and multi-year roadmaps

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Understand and keep up to date on the North America payment trends and also global trends and advise clients on  appropriate transformation strategies.
• Guide engineering, product development and product quality teams using US banking practices, payment rules, market insight and implementation experience.
• Define solutions for market requirements and client problems by combining domain expertise with product knowledge.
• Assess market-standard versus client-specific requirements and provide recommendations.
• Prepare and deliver product demonstrations and presentations for prospective clients, existing clients, internal stakeholders and executive management.

• Present strategic options, market trends, cost-benefit analyses and recommendations to executive management
• Create high-quality functional and solution documentation, including Functional Requirements Specifications, Business Requirements Documents and System Requirements Specifications.
• Translate requirements into epics, features, user stories, use cases and solution designs within an Agile delivery model.
• Coordinate across distributed, cross-functional teams and support delivery across time zones. Collaborate with implementation teams, technical architects, engineers and other stakeholders to ensure product solutions meet business objectives.
• Develop product roadmaps with stakeholders and drive delivery against market and client priorities.
• Participate in organization-level innovation programs that create new products and portfolios for organic and inorganic growth.
• Follow Safe Agile Practices and coordination among multiple teams.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of overall experience in banking software, or a bank environment
• 10+ years of US payments experience, including successful implementation at one or more banks
• Minimum Business or Engineering Degree required from a reputed university
• Strong knowledge of US payment orchestration, payment processing, message handling, bulk and individual payment processing, settlement, exceptions, relevant regulations and disclosures.
• Working knowledge of ISO 20022 and ISO 15022, with field-level implementation expertise in at least two of the following: ACH, SWIFT, Fedwire, CHIPS, FedNow Service or The Clearing House RTP network.  
• Working knowledge of partner systems and integrations, including channels, fraud, AML, sanctions and compliance systems, and last-mile network connectivity
• Knowledge on any of the Payment systems in USA Market is desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to stakeholders at multiple organizational levels and to clients.
• Strong Agile knowledge is required; SAFe experience is preferred
• Knowledge of cloud hyperscalers and delivery models such as PaaS, SaaS and managed services.
• Working knowledge of SQL is preferred. Experience with UNIX, message queues, SOAP APIs and REST APIs is an advantage.
• Payments or Agile certifications are an advantage.

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Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Infosys employee you are also eligible for the following benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
• Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness , Hospital Indemnity, Legal)
• 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

About Us
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

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Infosys provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.