Sr Product Manager

Position Description

The Senior Product Manager, Core Payment Infrastructure & Platform Expansion is responsible for defining and executing the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of ACI's next-generation payment processing infrastructure and ecosystem growth initiatives.

This role will lead the expansion of ACI's payment capabilities through new gateway integrations, processor and acquirer certifications, payment network enablement, alternative payment connectivity, tokenization services, transaction orchestration, and intelligent routing capabilities.

The position will also play a critical role in modernizing ACI's payment platform through microservices-based architectures, event-driven orchestration, and scalable transaction processing services designed to support future business growth.

The ideal candidate combines deep payments expertise with strong technical product management skills and experience working across payment networks, acquiring banks, processors, gateways, and software engineering teams.

This individual will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Compliance, Operations, and strategic external partners to deliver innovative payment solutions that improve authorization performance, operational efficiency, platform scalability, and customer experience.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Ownership


* Define and execute the product vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for payment infrastructure, ecosystem expansion, and platform modernization initiatives.


* Identify market opportunities, emerging payment technologies, and strategic partnerships that drive revenue growth and competitive differentiation.


* Develop business cases, investment recommendations, and commercialization strategies for new payment capabilities and infrastructure enhancements.


* Drive roadmap prioritization decisions aligned to scalability, authorization optimization, merchant experience, operational efficiency, and business growth objectives.

Payment Infrastructure & Platform Modernization


* Partner with Engineering and Architecture teams to design and deliver next-generation payment infrastructure utilizing microservices-based architecture and event-driven orchestration.


* Lead the product strategy for new transaction processing services, orchestration platforms, routing engines, and payment optimization capabilities.


* Define platform requirements focused on scalability, resiliency, performance, security, and operational excellence.


* Champion API-first and cloud-native approaches that accelerate platform innovation and integration velocity.

Gateway, Processor & Network Expansion


* Lead evaluation, onboarding, certification, and launch of new payment gateways, processors, acquiring partners, and payment network capabilities.


* Direct integrations and certifications with acquiring partners, processors, Visa, Mastercard, and other strategic ecosystem parti...