Varo is an entirely new kind of bank. All digital, mission-driven, FDIC insured and designed for the way our customers live their lives. A bank for all of us.
About the role
We are seeking a Payments Product Lead to create, lead and deliver our person to person payments roadmap. Your objective will be to rapidly expand our payments capabilities to meet core customer needs.
We’re looking for a product leader with the skill to converge customer and business needs through deep understanding of payment rail capabilities and user experience. Our goal is to go beyond the utility needs of payments to delight our customers with money movement that is fast, frictionless, intelligent, and transparent. This role will be responsible for initiatives end to end, from performing customer and market research, to designing the product, to developing and implementing the products, and measuring the results and identifying opportunities to iterate.
What you'll be doing
Create and implement the product roadmap for money movement
Create thought leadership on payments experiences
Own the performance of your products: optimizing for meeting customer needs in terms of speed, convenience and access, while controlling for fraud, operational costs and cost of any 3rd party solutions
Collaborate effectively with other groups to create solutions, including data science, design, user experience research, risk, operations and marketing
Write and present detailed product deliverables on key initiatives to executives and stakeholders
Get involved with industry meet-ups and associations to stay on top of new trends and best practices
Roll up your sleeves to remove barriers and obstacles hindering the team's ability to ship
Evangelize payments initiatives across Varo
You’ll bring the following required skills and experiences
5+ years of experience in payments such as card products, P2P products, and ACH
Familiarity with UX paradigms and best practices
A measurement mindset - you know when to launch with holdouts, A/B tests, or multi-arm bandits
A bias towards action - You’ll find a way to get the data you need to help inform your decision making
Ability to distill complex information into clear and succinct strategy documents and actional PRDs to ‘sell’ your vision
Technically proficiency to collaborate with engineers to develop technical architecture of products you’ll be building
We recognize not everyone will have all of these requirements. If you meet most of the criteria above and you’re excited about the opportunity and willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you.
About Varo
Varo launched in 2017 with the vision to bring the best of fintech into the regulated banking system. We’re a new kind of bank – all digital, mission-driven, FDIC-insured, and designed around the modern American consumer.
As the first consumer fintech to be granted a national bank charter in 2020, we make financial inclusion and opportunity for all a reality by empowering everyone with the products, insights, and support they need to get ahead. Through our core product offerings and suite of customer-first features, we aim to address a broad range of consumer needs while profitably serving underserved communities that have been historically excluded from the traditional financial system.
We are growing quickly in our hub locations of San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Charlotte along with colleagues located across the country. We have been recognized among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Forbes’ Fintech 50, and earned the No. 7 spot on Inc. 5000’s list of fastest-growing companies across the country.
Varo. A bank for all of us.
Our Core Values
- Customers First
- Take Ownership
- Respect
- Stay Curious
- Make it Better
Varo is an equal opportunity employer. Varo embraces diversity and we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Product Management and Marketing
Industries
Banking
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