product manager in payments

Kingfisher is a home improvement company operating multiple retail brands, including B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas, with more than 74,000 employees.

• Define and evolve a strategic roadmap aligned with enterprise goals, customer experience priorities, and the evolving fraud and risk landscape;
• Own and prioritise the payments platform roadmap to deliver secure, seamless, and scalable payment capabilities across all banners;
• Advocate for platform principles including API-first design, modularity, and reuse;
• Own the product relationship with key technology vendors;
• Drive platform adoption across Kingfisher banners;
• Set up and operate platform governance to safeguard payment flows, ensure compliance, and embed robust fraud controls and detection capabilities;
• Line manage multiple Product Owners;
• Develop product practices within product teams;
• Translate enterprise strategy into clear, phased platform roadmaps;
• Partner with Architecture and Engineering to shape platform strategy;
• Partner with Fraud Operations, Risk, and Data Science teams to respond to emerging fraud vectors and regulatory requirements;
• Establish platform guardrails and adoption criteria;
• Ensure platform capabilities support continuous monitoring, anomaly detection, chargeback reduction, and loss prevention;
• Provide structured updates to senior stakeholders and governance forums;
• Monitor platform performance, risks, costs, and scalability considerations;
• Coach and develop product capability within platform teams.

• Strong experience in payments ecosystems, including cards, A2A, digital wallets, PSPs, acquiring, and settlement;
• Track record of delivering platform products in complex, multi-brand or multi-market environments;
• Experience balancing commercial outcomes with technical constraints and regulatory requirements;
• Strong stakeholder management across Engineering, Architecture, Data, Fraud, Security, and Compliance;
• Data-led decision making across performance, cost, and fraud metrics;
• Understanding of fraud prevention approaches, including rules engines, tooling, and machine learning signals;
• Experience working in API-first or event-driven environments;
• Strategic product leadership across multiple teams and functions;
• Confidence engaging senior stakeholders, driving alignment, and building strong product practices;
• Nice to have: customer focus, curiosity, agility, inclusivity, accountability, and a human approach to leadership and collaboration.

• Hybrid model with home working and in-person collaboration; around 60% of the time involves in-person collaboration;
• Competitive benefits package;
• Opportunities to stretch and grow your career;
• Inclusive environment supporting experimentation and new ideas;
• Equal treatment regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.