Senior Payments Product Manager

Join us as a Senior Payments Product Manager, where you’ll shape and drive the delivery of a joined-up Domestic Payments and Digital Proposition in the Corporate Banking space. You’ll work across Product, Sales, Coverage, Technology, Operations, Legal, and Marketing to strengthen existing capabilities and contribute to the future roadmap.

You will manage payments products end-to-end, combining client insight with financial, operational, and risk considerations to deliver profitable, client-focused solutions. Working closely with the Digital Product team, you’ll ensure seamless integration across digital channels and act as a lead voice for the corporate payments proposition, engaging directly with clients when required.

The role requires strong knowledge of UK domestic payments (FPS, Bacs, CHAPS) in the corporate or commercial banking space, familiarity with digital channels and reporting tools, and experience assessing industry trends to inform strategy. You’ll also support training, product reviews, and regulatory compliance while identifying opportunities to improve processes and performance.

This is a high-impact, client-facing role for someone with a proven track record in product delivery and cross-functional initiatives, thriving in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.

To be successful as a Product Manager, you should possess:

• Deep knowledge of UK domestic payments (FPS, Bacs, and CHAPS).

• End-to-end payments expertise, with understanding of the full product lifecycle from development through delivery and ongoing management.

• Familiarity with digital corporate banking channels such as  Online, H2H, API, and ERP Adaptors/Plugins to support payments and cash management

• Experience assessing trends and initiatives such as NPV, Open Banking, and cVRP, and incorporating these into payments product strategy and roadmap.

• Proven track record of owning and successfully delivering product or cross-functional initiatives.

• Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities and implement enhancements to products, services, or operational processes.

• Experience working in an agile environment, collaborating with technology teams and writing requirements, defining business outcomes then validating that they have been achieved

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Familiarity with cross-border payments, SEPA, and other clearing & settlement mechanisms (CSMs)

• Understanding of payment technology providers and the integration of vendor solutions with internal systems.

• Active involvement in or prior experience with Open Banking initiatives.

• International Cash Management (ICM) certification

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

This role is based in London. 

Purpose of the role

To develop and manage the success of specific financial products and services, providing in-depth expertise on a particular product line, bridging the gap between product development, marketing, sales, and customer service. 

Accountabilities

• Provision of SME expertise on specific products and services to customers and colleagues, including features, functionalities, benefits, limitations, risks and compliance.
• Identification of market trends, new features, regulatory requirements and potential risks, and analysis of data obtained from sales figures and, customer feedback, to support the product development process, and communicate key findings to relevant stakeholders to improve product offerings.
• Response to customer inquiries, resolution of issues, and provision of guidance on product usage.  .
• Presentation of the advantages and features of the product to potential customers, building trust and encouraging adoption.
• Assistance with the development and execution of marketing materials for the product, such as brochures, presentations, and online content.
• Participation in training sessions and workshops to share product knowledge and expertise with colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Participation in events, conferences, and other networking opportunities to showcase the product and generate interest.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.