Product Director/ Senior Product Manager

Company Description

Technology is our how. And people are our why. For over two decades, we have been harnessing technology to drive meaningful change.

By combining world-class engineering, industry expertise and a people-centric mindset, we consult and partner with leading brands from various industries to create dynamic platforms and intelligent digital experiences that drive innovation and transform businesses.

From prototype to real-world impact - be part of a global shift by doing work that matters.

Job Description

Endava is looking for an experienced, hands-on Product Director to lead the product portfolio for our next-generation Payment Gateway Accelerator. This is a high-impact role for a product leader who thrives on turning strategy into execution and enjoys staying close to technology, delivery, and clients.

You'll act as the proxy to the CPO, shaping the roadmap across 8–10 interconnected domains (including Core Payments, Checkout, POS & TMS, Settlement, and Onboarding).

The role offers a unique opportunity to partner directly with our delivery, engineering, and commercial teams to build one of the most ambitious gateway platforms in the market.

It's ideally suited to a Senior Product Manager ready to step up or a Product Director who prefers to stay hands-on rather than purely strategic.

Key Responsibilities

Product Portfolio Leadership

• Own the end-to-end product portfolio governance across domains such as Core Payments, Checkout, POS & TMS, Settlement, and Onboarding.
• Translate CPO's strategic vision into clear roadmaps, OKRs, and delivery guardrails.
• Chair the cross-functional product council, ensuring alignment between compliance, engineering, commercial, and operations.
• Drive cross-domain prioritization, dependency management, and delivery sequencing to maximise portfolio impact.

Team Leadership & Enablement

• Lead, mentor, and coach Product Managers and Product Owners across multiple domains.
• Provide frameworks and context to help teams make informed trade-offs and maintain strategic alignment.
• Embed modern product operating models, Agile discipline, and SDLC best practices across squads.
• Champion continuous learning and the professional growth of the product team.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Serve as the primary escalation point for prioritisation conflicts and trade-off decisions.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders (internal and client-side), ensuring transparency and alignment across functions.
• Deliver executive-level portfolio updates, status reports, and risk assessments to governance forums.

Commercial & Pre-Sales Support

• Partner with the commercial and client engagement teams to support pre-sales discussions and RFP responses.
• Shape value propositions around modular adoption, time-to-market acceleration, and client differentiation.
• Contribute to go-to-market positioning of the Gateway Accelerator as a core product offering.

Governance & Risk

• Ensure alignment with key industry and regulatory frameworks including PCI DSS, PSD3, AML, ISO 20022, and related scheme requirements.
• Apply risk management and decision-making frameworks to drive accountability and transparency throughout the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

Experience

• 10+ years in product leadership roles within payments, fintech, or financial software companies.
• Proven ability to scale complex, regulated platforms or payment systems end-to-end.
• Experience operating as a CPO proxy or senior product leader across cross-functional, matrixed organisations.
• Strong grounding in Agile delivery and SDLC processes, with a practical, hands-on approach to execution.
• Familiarity with modular enterprise architectures and platform evolution strategy.

Knowledge

• Deep understanding of modern payments ecosystems including eCommerce, POS, APMs, wallets, reconciliation, onboarding, and fraud.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g. PCI DSS, PSD2/PSD3, AML/KYC, ISO

Skills

• Hands-on leadership style – equally comfortable in portfolio reviews or sprint planning.
• Strategic thinker with an execution bias – you can move from vision to delivery with speed and clarity.
• Exceptional stakeholder and communication skills, with confidence navigating ambiguity.
• Collaborative, empathetic, and capable of leading distributed product teams across geographies.
• Able to influence technical and commercial discussions while keeping focus on business value.
• Experience guiding distributed product teams across geographies.

Desirable

• Experience in both vendor-side and client-side delivery environments.
• Exposure to enterprise gateway, PSP, or acquiring platforms.
• Experience mentoring or transitioning teams from project delivery to product-centric models.

Additional Information

Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:

• Finance: Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus;
• Career Development: Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
• Learning Opportunities: Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
• Health: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;
• Community: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations.

At Endava, we're committed to creating an open, inclusive, and respectful environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to be their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives—because we know that inclusive teams help us deliver smarter, more innovative solutions for our customers. Hiring decisions are based on merit, skills, qualifications, and potential. If you need adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know.