Principal Product Manager

ACI Worldwide

Principal Product Manager leading ACI Worldwide’s card payment solutions product line. Driving strategy, releases, go-to-market execution, adoption, and financial performance.

Posted 8/20/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product management, including strategy development, market analysis, and stakeholder engagement within the payments industry. Proven ability to drive product adoption, manage financial performance, and enhance organizational processes.

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Product ManagementPayments Industry KnowledgeStakeholder Requirements ValidationGo-To-Market Strategy DevelopmentFinancial Performance Monitoring

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Hard Skills

Product StrategyMarket AnalysisProduct PositioningPricing ManagementProduct Lifecycle ManagementBusiness Case DevelopmentRevenue ForecastingVoice-of-Customer TechniquesAnalytical TechniquesMarket Segmentation

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsAutonomous Decision-MakingThought Leadership

Industry Keywords

Payments IndustryProduct DevelopmentSales EnablementMarket DriversCompetitive Offerings

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the card solutions product line and drive product strategy, direction, vision, roadmap, and adoption
Understand customer pain points, market opportunities, competition, and payments-industry trends
Partner with marketing, product marketing, channels, sales, and other teams to develop go-to-market strategy and articulate product value
Elicit, validate, document, and present stakeholder and market requirements
Serve as the primary product and target-market subject matter expert
Define market segments, product positioning, distribution strategy, release cadence, and comprehensive release plans
Drive product integration across the portfolio and recommend buy, build, or partner delivery approaches
Support launches, ensure sales enablement tools are delivered, train sales teams, and monitor launch effectiveness
Manage pricing, packaging, product lifecycle, investment levels, product sunsets, and operational KPIs
Establish five-year and one-year financial goals, budgets, business cases, funding requests, and forecasts
Monitor financial performance and execute corrective or proactive measures to achieve revenue, profit, and margin goals
Improve organizational processes and tools
Manage a product line responsible for over 50% of revenue
Communicate regularly with internal stakeholders and extensively with prospects, customers, vendors, and analysts
Demonstrate thought leadership through conferences, blogs, and published papers
Adhere to corporate policies, including the ACI Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
8-12 years related experience in an industry-related role such as technical support, product management, or product development with exposure to marketing
Deep and broad understanding and experience in all aspects of product management
Experience obtaining and validating stakeholder requirements
Experience conducting payments-stakeholder research and using Voice-of-Customer techniques
Ability to prioritize requirements and use analysis and modeling techniques
Knowledge of the payments industry, customer base, and applied technology
Knowledge and understanding of products, competitive offerings, and market drivers
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to create quality, easy-to-understand papers and presentations
Ability to work independently with autonomy for decision-making
Travel required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote work arrangement
Travel required