Staff Product Manager

About the role

Paddle is seeking a Staff Product Manager to lead the flagship Checkout experience, a critical product surface processing significant monthly payment volume. You will own the product end-to-end, including strategy, roadmap, and commercial outcomes, while operating as a senior voice alongside executive and engineering leadership. This role requires a high-level operator capable of navigating complex technical and commercial trade-offs to drive conversion and customer trust.

Responsibilities

• Own the long-term vision and strategy for Checkout, grounded in market trends and commercial goals.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex initiatives and define standards for discovery, specs, and experimentation.
• Manage KPIs such as conversion, authorisation rates, and revenue impact, using data to drive strategic recommendations.
• Align senior stakeholders including Exco and Sales leadership around the Checkout strategy through compelling written narratives.
• Oversee go-to-market activities for Checkout launches across multiple customer segments and geographies.
• Run a continuous programme of optimisation including A/B tests and usability research to improve conversion.

Required skills

• Product Management
• Payments
• Fintech
• Data Analysis
• Stakeholder Management
• API
• Strategy Development
• A/B Testing

Nice to have

• AI tooling
• Zero-to-one product development

Qualifications

• Experience owning high-stakes, high-complexity products with measurable business impact
• Experience in scale-up or startup environments

Benefits

• Unlimited holidays
• 4 months paid family leave
• Annual learning fund
• Internal and external training

About the Company

Paddle offers digital product companies a Merchant of Record approach to their payment infrastructure, removing the pain of payment fragmentation. The company is backed by investors including KKR, FTV Capital, Kindred, Notion, and 83North, serving over 6000 software sellers globally.