
Manager, Payment Operations
WeTravel
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Alaska • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $125,000 - $135,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Manage the payment operations team: allocate tasks, hold regular 1:1s, track operational metrics, oversee projects and periodic tasks such as 1099-k filings
- Handle critical payment escalations from customers, ensuring timely resolution and effective communication with customers, internal teams and external partners
- Collaborate with our Payment Service Providers to ensure seamless service to our customers and their clients
- Conduct periodic reviews to ensure adherence to risk and compliance measures, and recommend improvements
- Lead process improvements internally and with PSPs to drive efficiency and customer satisfaction
- Be available on an occasional basis outside of standard working hours, including weekends, to address urgent payment-related matters or time-sensitive escalations
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in payments, risk or compliance operations in SaaS, marketplaces/platforms, eCommerce, online gaming/gambling, fintechs, payment processing, of which at least 2 years are in direct people management
- Advanced proficiency in both English and Spanish (C1 or higher), both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate clearly with customers, internal teams and external partners.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, to manage customer escalations and improve internal processes
- Experience working with payment services providers
- Familiarity with data analysis and visualisation; you like working in Excel and have used tools like Looker, Tableau, PowerBI to extract insights for internal teams and customers
- High self-motivation, with an ability to lead initiatives cross-functionally and cross-geographically, and you are comfortable with ambiguity
- A drive for continuous improvement, optimization of processes and upskilling of team members
- Empathy, patience and passion to help our team members and our customers to succeed. You are comfortable contacting customers directly (via chat, email or phone/video call) when it is necessary to resolve complex escalations, and have experience working with Customer Support teams (e.g. ticket triaging, shared projects)
Benefits
- Your health matters – US team members get 100% employer-covered HDHP medical, DHMO dental, and standard vision coverages or a choice of plans that suit your needs.
- Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan with a 2% company match to support your long-term financial goals.
- Generous "Time to Recharge" policy — enjoy unlimited paid time off to rest, recharge, and show up as your best self
- Amsterdam Program – visit us in Amsterdam (HQ) for 2-4 weeks every year, staying in one of our WeTravel apartments
- Work remotely for a maximum of 4 weeks per calendar year
- Annual team off-site (often somewhere sunny 🌊).
- Extensive paid family leave
- Three paid volunteer days per year — take time to give back to causes you care about, on us
- 2-week cross-functional onboarding program
- Cutting-edge equipment and tools to set you up for success. Coverage for certain work-from-home (WFH) equipment.
- Join an international, travel-loving team with a passion for adventure and innovation
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
payments operationsrisk managementcompliance operationsdata analysisdata visualizationExcelLookerTableauPowerBIcustomer escalations
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcommunicationself-motivationleadershipempathypatiencecross-functional collaborationadaptabilitycustomer servicecontinuous improvement