Paystand
Vice President of Product
Santa Cruz, California, United States. Posted 3 months ago
The role
The VP of Product will translate corporate strategy into a product vision, roadmap, and execution. This leader will own the Product Management function to unify and scale the B2B payments platform.
What you will do
- Convert company objectives and customer needs into a multi-year product strategy and roadmap
- Partner with Engineering and Architecture on platform design, APIs, and scalability
- Evaluate investments through revenue potential, margin, adoption, and customer value
- Align Product, Engineering, Design, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, Risk, Compliance, and Operations
- Guide product development for stablecoins, blockchain infrastructure, and cross-border money movement
- Build and develop the Product organization by coaching leaders and managers
- Maintain direct relationships with customers, partners, and industry stakeholders
- Define product KPIs and review outcomes consistently
- Present recommendations, tradeoffs, and risks to the executive team
Required qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive leadership across Product, Engineering, technical strategy, or adjacent business functions
- Significant experience leading complex B2B Fintech, payments, SaaS, or financial-platform products
- Demonstrated record of building, launching, and scaling products with measurable results
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, a business-focused technical discipline, or equivalent technical experience
- MBA, formal business training, or substantial experience leading a commercial or operational business function
- Direct working knowledge of digital assets, stablecoins, blockchain-based payment rails, cross-border payment flows, settlement, liquidity, and regulatory considerations
- Technical depth to engage with engineers on APIs, platform architecture, data, security, and integrations
- Strong commercial judgment and financial fluency
- Meaningful cross-functional leadership experience
- Experience leading distributed, multicultural teams across the United States and LATAM
- Fluent professional English
Nice to have
- Prior experience as an engineer, technical product leader, or solutions architect
- Experience integrating an acquired company or migrating customers to a unified platform
- Deep experience in B2B payments, embedded finance, treasury management, the Office of the CFO, ERP ecosystems, or API-first financial infrastructure
- Working knowledge of U.S. and LATAM payments, banking, data, security, and regulatory environments
- Professional fluency in Spanish
- Demonstrated results incorporating AI or agentic systems into product development or workflows
Benefits
- Generous PTO and sick leave
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching
- Comprehensive health dental and vision insurance plans
- Free snacks and paid lunches in the office
- Stock options
- Work with the best tools and equipment
- Endless growth opportunities
About the company
Paystand is a blockchain-enabled B2B payments network that delivers on-chain payments experience to middle and large enterprises. Its platform includes agentic AI, USDb stablecoin, and AR/AP solutions.