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Coinbase
Group Product Manager, Payments Core
Job Description
ABOUT THE ROLE
We're seeking a seasoned payments expert to lead the Payments Core team within Coinbase's Platform product group. As the Group Product Manager for Payments Core, you'll own the product vision and multi-year strategy for Coinbase's payment processing infrastructure, driving processing optimization, cost efficiency, and global expansion.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
As the Group Product Manager for Payments Core, you'll be responsible for:
- Owning the end-to-end product roadmap for Payments Core, encompassing core payment processing, payment method integrations, multi-partner infrastructure, and payment lifecycle management.
- Driving optimization of payment processing success rates, least-cost routing, and transaction efficiency to directly improve Coinbase's revenue and customer experience across its global footprint.
- Leading the strategy and execution for multi-partner payments infrastructure, enabling processing partner routing, redundancy, and failover to maximize reliability and cost efficiency.
- Partnering with Engineering to shape system architecture and technical investments that drive scalability, resilience, and adaptability across Payments Core's platform.
- Building self-serve capabilities that enable Product Groups to leverage Payments Core without heavy integration overhead, unblocking growth across Coinbase's product surface.
- Shaping Payments Core's long-term strategy for emerging payment methods, real-time payment networks, and evolving regulatory landscapes.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
- 10+ years of product management experience, with deep expertise in payments infrastructure, payment processing, or fintech platforms.
- A track record of owning and driving multi-year platform strategies that delivered measurable improvements in processing success rates, cost efficiency, or global payment coverage.
- Deep technical fluency in payment systems architecture, processing flows, multi-partner routing, payment method economics, interchange optimization, and the regulatory landscape for payments across major markets.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives in highly regulated environments, driving alignment across engineering, finance, compliance, and business stakeholders, and articulating platform strategy and investment tradeoffs to executive leadership.
- Experience utilizing generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
WHY REMOTE
Coinbase is a remote-first company, with quarterly in-person working sessions called "surges." As a remote employee, you'll have the flexibility to work from anywhere while still being part of a collaborative and dynamic team.
BENEFITS
- Base salary range: $243,865 - $286,900 USD per year, depending on location.
- Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, as well as benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).