Principal Product Manager – Payment Platform
Netflix
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Los Gatos • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $660,000 - $1,000,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Set the strategic direction for the payments platform, ensuring it is scalable, reliable, and adaptable to new business models and global growth.
- Oversee the design, implementation, and continuous optimization of core payment platform components, including infrastructure, integrations, and developer-facing APIs.
- Lead efforts to improve platform scalability, performance, and reliability, proactively identifying and addressing bottlenecks.
- Manage and optimize integrations with payment providers, processors, and ecosystem partners to maximize payment success and revenue protection.
- Drive the adoption and integration of machine learning to enhance payment performance and help to develop the underlying platform leveraged for fraud detection and personalized payment flows.
- Collaborate with internal business lines to deliver flexible, reusable payments capabilities that accelerate innovation.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (engineering, finance, legal, product, data science) to ensure platform solutions meet compliance, security, and business requirements.
- Build strong relationships with external partners to stay ahead of industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies.
- Partner with other product teams as needed to ensure payment platform solutions seamlessly support new business initiatives and cross-domain experiences.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in product management, platform engineering, and/or technical program management within payments.
- Deep understanding of global payment systems, payment processing infrastructure, and third-party integrations.
- Proven track record of scaling and optimizing large-scale, high-availability platforms.
- Experience with API-first product development and developer platform strategy.
- Familiarity with machine learning applications in payments (e.g., routing optimization, fraud detection).
- Strong understanding of regulatory, compliance, and security requirements for global payments.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and collaborating with engineering, operations, finance, legal, and external partners.
- Ability to translate complex technical challenges into scalable, business-oriented solutions.
Benefits
- Health Plans
- Mental Health support
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
- Stock Option Program
- Disability Programs
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Family-forming benefits
- Life and Serious Injury Benefits
- Paid leave of absence programs
- Flexible time off for salaried employees
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Hard Skills & Tools
payments platform managementpayment processing infrastructureAPI developmentmachine learning applicationsscalability optimizationhigh-availability platformsfraud detectionintegration managementdeveloper-facing APIsproduct management
Soft Skills
strategic directioncollaborationrelationship buildingcross-functional leadershipproblem-solvingcommunicationinnovation accelerationbusiness-oriented solutionsteam managementadaptability