Senior Product Manager, Payments (all genders)

<p><strong><span style="color: #121317">Distribusion</span></strong><span style="color: #121317"> is the world’s leading ground transportation marketplace and gives travelers seamless access to ground transportation online, from search to ticket purchase. We have built a cutting-edge B2B technology platform that connects bus, rail, and ferry operators in 70+ countries with the biggest online retailers, including Google Maps and Booking.com.</span></p><p style=";"></p><p><span style="color: #121317">We are shaping the future of travel and building the largest global network of transport providers and retailers. Having grown 10x in the past year, we are one of the fastest-growing startups in travel. Backed by four leading VCs (TQ Ventures, Creandum, Northzone, and Lightrock), and now, following our recent $80 m Series C, we are ready to push beyond.</span><br /><br />We are looking for a <strong>Senior Product Manager</strong> to build the payment infrastructure behind millions of transactions.</p><p>Distribusion is transforming from a marketplace enabler to a global travel infrastructure provider — and Financial Services is our newest, highest-impact department. You'll define the systems that sit between our customers, our merchants, and the global payments ecosystem — building for reliability, conversion, and scale.<br /></p><p><strong>What you will do:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Own the product vision and roadmap for payments, checkout, fraud, and routing</p></li><li><p>Design scalable APIs and tools for internal teams and external merchants</p></li><li><p>Define KPIs and frameworks for PSP performance, fraud rates, and acceptance</p></li><li><p>Lead discovery and delivery in a high-volume, regulated transaction environment</p></li><li><p>Align commercial, technical, and financial stakeholders across markets</p></li><li><p>You’ll turn payments into a growth driver — boosting acceptance, reducing fraud, and improving conversion</p></li><li><p>Define and track KPIs like fraud rates, PSP performance, and routing success</p></li><li><p>Drive real business impact through higher acceptance rates, lower fraud, and improved conversion<br /><br /></p></li></ul><p><strong>Workplace: </strong>Berlin &amp; Hybrid</p><p>We are mainly looking for this role to be based within Germany, preferably in our HQ in Berlin.</p><p>We are a remote-first company, with teams located around the Globe and our HQ office in Berlin, where the team often meets in the office.</p><br /><br /><p><strong>Who you are:</strong></p><ul><li><p>You’ve led complex payment or fraud systems, ideally from scratch</p></li><li><p>Skilled in routing efficiency, fraud mitigation, and conversion optimization</p></li><li><p>Hands-on with global PSPs (e.g., Adyen, Stripe, dLocal) and fraud tools (e.g., Sift, Signifyd)</p></li><li><p>Strong in data — you define, analyze, and act on key metrics</p></li><li><p>Technically fluent and comfortable working with engineers on architecture and APIs</p></li><li><p>Experienced in cross-functional alignment (commercial, legal, compliance, finance)</p></li><li><p>Thrive in ambiguity and build clarity and momentum quickly</p></li><li><p>Nice to have: Experience with emerging markets or LATAM, smart routing, or scoring models</p><p><br /></p></li></ul><p><strong>What you can expect:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Make a global impact. Help shape how millions of people discover and book ground transportation worldwide.</p></li><li><p>Own your work. Take responsibility from day one and see the direct impact of your contributions.</p></li><li><p>Build with the best tools. We move fast, continuously evolve our tech stack, and invest in modern, efficient solutions.</p></li><li><p>Work with industry leaders. Our partners include <a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="http://Booking.com">Booking.com</a>, Google Maps, Amtrak, Deutsche Bahn, Renfe, and SNCF.</p></li><li><p>Grow with exceptional people. Join an international team that will challenge, support, and inspire you every day.Work your way. </p></li><li><p>Enjoy flexible and remote-friendly working options, relocation opportunities, and plenty of room to grow.</p></li></ul><p><br /></p><p><strong>Our hiring process for this role:</strong></p><p>Your Talent Partner (TP) and point of contact is Masha Marynova, and the Hiring Manager (HM) is Francesc Ferre.<br /><em>For any queries, please contact your Talent Partner at (</em><a rel="noopener" target="_blank" ---------- /></p><p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>