Payments and Remittances Leader

-Western Union
Madrid, Spain

Posted 5 hours ago Permanent Competitive

**Payments and Remittances Leader - Madrid, Spain**
Are you a talented leader in Product Management who is passionate about building an efficient, inclusive, safe and secure digital payments ecosystem that supports the unique needs of customers? Do you have experience in product management within the financial services industry and a proven track record of driving growth for payment products? Then join our new innovative hub in Madrid as a Payments and Remittances Leader and take on this exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on the digital payment landscape.**Western Union powers your pursuit.**
As a Payments and Remittances Leader, you will join the Digital Banking Product team and will play a critical role in driving the development and management of our digital banking payment and remittances products. Working closely with product owners in Payments and Remittances, as well as cross-functional teams, you will be responsible for developing product strategy and managing product offerings. Your contributions will be essential in driving the continued growth and success of our payment products.**Role Responsibilities**
- Responsibility for definition and implementation of the end-to-end Product Strategy for Banking Payments and Remittances for Western Union One App and Digital Banking. This will involve defining our value proposition, features, functionality, pricing, and distribution across all channels.
- Continuous monitoring and optimization the payments flow and performance.
- Definition and implementation of a successful pricing strategy for payments and remittances.
- Responsibility for conducting comprehensive market research and gathering valuable customer insights that will be used to inform our product development and strategy.
- Keep up to date with industry trends, competitor offerings and new product innovations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and ensure that product features and benefits align with customer needs.
- Lead the product launch activities, including communication with stakeholders, market positioning and pricing analysis.
- Provide ongoing product performance analysis and market recommendations for improvement.

**Role Requirements**
- Proven experience in developing and implementing successful product strategies (preferably in payments, remittances, wallets, accounts, wealth management, insurance), including defining value propositions, pricing strategies, and distribution channels.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with experience in monitoring and optimizing product performance.
- Experience in leading product launch activities, including communication with stakeholders and market positioning.
- Results-driven with a focus on delivering product performance analysis and market recommendations for improvement.
- Knowledge of agile product development methodologies would be an advantage.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams. Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Self-starter with a proactive and entrepreneurial mindset.

**We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what's next.**
Western Union is positioned to become the world's most accessible financial services company -transforming lives and communities. To support this, we have launched a Digital Banking Service and Wallet across several European markets to enhance our customers' experiences by offering a state-of-the-art digital Ecosystem. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.-
**Benefits**
- Your Spain specific benefits include:

- 25 days annual leave - plus 10 public holidays
- Comprehensive life & medical cover - including dependents.
- Contributory pension plan
- Preventative Care Assistance programJob ID JR0113755