Payments Team Leader
| This role is responsible for leading and scaling the company’s Payments function, overseeing payment operations, implementations, partner relationships, and continuous improvement to ensure efficient, reliable, and scalable payment solutions.
Department
Payments
Reports to
Rich Tuckwell - Chief Executive Officer
Mission & Responsibilities
- Define and execute the operational strategy for the Payments function, ensuring efficient, scalable, and reliable payment operations aligned with business objectives.
- Lead the planning, coordination, and successful delivery of payment implementations and integrations across clients, properties, gateways, processors, acquiring banks, POS systems, and other payment partners.
- Oversee the performance and development of the company’s payment infrastructure, identifying opportunities to improve capabilities, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Build and manage relationships with payment providers, processors, acquiring banks, gateways, and technology partners, ensuring strong performance, commercial alignment, and timely resolution of issues.
- Oversee transaction flows, settlements, payouts, reconciliation, commissions, fees, and exception management, working closely with Finance and other relevant teams to ensure accuracy and operational control.
- Ensure effective processes for merchant onboarding, KYC/KYB, underwriting, payment risk, chargebacks, and other operational requirements, in coordination with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Establish and monitor KPIs, operational controls, and reporting frameworks to measure Payments performance and provide clear visibility into transaction activity, partner performance, implementations, and financial outcomes.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve processes, reduce manual workarounds, automate operational activities, and increase the scalability and efficiency of the Payments function.
- Partner closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Finance, Operations, and other teams to ensure alignment on payment initiatives, implementations, client requirements, and business priorities.
- Lead, develop, and support the Payments team by establishing clear ownership, priorities, processes, and performance expectations.
- Evaluate new payment technologies, providers, and alternative payment methods, including global payments, multi-currency processing, digital wallets, BNPL, and other emerging solutions.
- Provide regular updates, insights, and recommendations to executive leadership regarding Payments performance, risks, opportunities, and strategic initiatives.
Personal & Professional skills
- Strong leadership and ownership mindset.
- Strategic thinking and strong business acumen.
- Strong knowledge of the payments ecosystem and transaction lifecycle.
- Experience with payment gateways, processors, acquiring banks, and payment integrations.
- Strong project and implementation management skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Data-driven mindset with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and operate in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong operational and process improvement mindset.
- Experience leading and developing teams.
- Ability to work effectively across technical, commercial, financial, and operational teams.
- Understanding of payment risk, compliance, KYC/KYB, and chargeback processes.
- Experience with global and/or multi-currency payments is a plus.
- Experience with hospitality, travel, fintech, or SaaS payments is a plus.
Working conditions & Benefits
- Full-time, working from 9am – 5pm PST Monday to Friday.
- Remote work.
- 25 days of PTO per year.
- Internet, healthcare and gym monthly reimbursements.
- Christmas break (we close from Christmas to New Year’s).
- Birthday off (with gift included).