Director of Payments

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Director launching RootstockLabs’ Bitcoin-secured DeFi payments venture. Building payment products, leading a product-engineering squad, and driving partnerships and commercial traction.

Responsibilities:

  • Define and execute the product portfolio roadmap across multiple payment verticals
  • Validate product-market fit through customer discovery, pilots, and design partnerships
  • Build, structure, and lead a dedicated product-engineering squad
  • Represent the venture externally at conferences, partner meetings, and ecosystem conversations
  • Align with R&D on underlying protocol capabilities and upcoming rollouts
  • Deliver several foundational platform launches within 6–18 months
  • Drive commercial traction through early partners, distribution channels, and revenue paths
  • Report to the CTO/Head of Core INFRA with high autonomy and support from the wider organisation
  • Shape proven protocol-level technology into payment products such as remittances, merchant pay, or agentic transactions

Requirements:

  • 3–7 years in payments/remittances/fintech; crypto experience is a must, traditional rails a plus
  • Hands-on experience building crypto payment products
  • Strong understanding of Bitcoin/EVM ecosystems
  • Experience across product strategy, customer discovery, and partnerships
  • Familiarity with agentic/AI-driven payment flows or programmable money
  • Experience incubating and scaling a product
  • Ability to ship fast, prioritize ruthlessly, and work comfortably with ambiguity
  • Eagerness to own and lead a venture
  • Comfort presenting and acting as the external face of the venture

Benefits:

  • Competitive compensation package and unique benefits designed to support your growth and well-being
  • 100% Remote Work from Europe / South America, with access to global CoWorking spaces
  • Up to 35 vacation days
  • 30 sick days
  • Parental leave
  • Access to training programs
  • Language courses
  • Annual learning sponsorship
  • Work with cutting-edge blockchain technology in a global, diverse team
  • Monthly allowance for Contractors to support connectivity and well-being