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.

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