Senior Technical Product Manager

Posted:
6/13/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Chicago, Illinois, United States ⋅ Illinois, United States ⋅ Texas, United States ⋅ Austin, Texas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Product

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to revolutionize commerce globally to make moving money, selling and shopping, personalized and secure. 

Job Description Summary:

What you need to know about the role: At PayPal, we believe in the power of building developer focused products to unlock our next phase of growth in Commerce and Payments. We are seeking a talented Senior Technical Product Manager passionate about building best in class payment experiences. In this role you will be responsible for enhancing the APIs/SDKs on the Braintree Payments platform
Meet the team: The Merchant Integrations team is responsible for enabling merchants to offer various payment choices to their buyers at checkout. We design products keeping in mind the needs of merchants and their developers and offer the best and simplest integration possible.

Job Description:

Your Way to Impact:

You will work with the Developer Community, Global Professional Services, Sales and Integration Engineering to define and deliver world-class experiences for customers globally. A key initial focus area will be to work on initiatives that help improve the Braintree API & SDKs in addition to simplifying upgrade for merchants coming on to the Braintree Platform.


Your Day to Day:

In this role you will,

  • Strategize & Define best ways for merchants to enable integration on the Braintree Payments Platform using Braintree APIs and SDKS - https://developer.paypal.com/braintree/docs/
  • Simplify upgrades from Legacy SDKs and older PayPal products on to the latest Braintree APIs & SDKs
  • Coordinate across multiple PM's within the Merchant Integration organization who are experts in each of the individual APIs & SDKs, PM's who manage the consumer experience, and other PM stakeholders across PayPal.
  • Orchestrate work and distill product requirements across multiple PM's and put a cohesive developer story together to take the product through the developer GTM phases.
  • Prioritize and maintain a balance between on-going maintenance/bugs, new feature requests and a need to keep integrations simple & flexible and continuously evolving with changes in technology and competitor landscape
  • Do competitive analysis to inform areas of improvement or trends that we can learn from
  • Gain an "outside-in" perspective by speaking with a cross-section of developers and/or internal client facing teams with a goal to build a case to continuously evolve the client interfaces
  • Provide the right level of support and direction to keep the engineering team working efficiently and aligned with the overall product strategy
  • Participate in regular cadences (stand up's, retrospective, planning meetings) and be engaged with the team throughout the product life cycle.

     

What you need to bring:

  • 8+ years of product management or other relevant experience (e.g. solution architect, software engineer) with REST APIs and Web SDKs / Mobile SDKs and Server SDKs.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to adapt your message to the technical level of the audience (developers, product managers and senior business leaders)
  • Bonus: Familiarity with Braintree Payments platform or ability to do a sample integration with a Braintree APIs & SDKs. (the expectation is to not be a coder but have the ability to try the product you would be building).
  • We welcome experienced engineers, solution engineers, architects, professional services and others with experience in APIs and/or SDKs looking to switch career into Product Management
  • We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

0

Our Benefits:
At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:
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PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit https://www.paypal.com ,  https://about.pypl.com and  https://investor.pypl.com.

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

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