Product Owner

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 2000000 - Rs 4000000 (ie INR 20-40 LPA)

Min Experience: 3+ years

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

JobType: full-time

Must-Have:

• 3–5 years of Product Management or Product Ownership experience.
• Direct experience with card issuing, issuer processors, or card networks (Visa, Mastercard, etc.).
• Hands-on understanding of authorization, clearing, and settlement processes.
• Strong knowledge of card program mechanics including BIN sponsorship, scheme rules, transaction lifecycle, disputes, chargebacks, and card controls.
• Strong API expertise with experience reviewing API specifications and designing developer-friendly APIs.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convert technical and regulatory concepts into product requirements.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to work independently and drive outcomes.
• Experience working in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with issuer processors (Marqeta, Episode6, Thredd, or similar) and card networks (Visa, Mastercard) to integrate and operationalize card issuing programs.
• Drive end-to-end implementation of card issuing features including card issuance, lifecycle management, transaction authorization flows, and program controls.
• Translate card network rules, processor capabilities, and compliance requirements into detailed product and technical specifications.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to review API contracts, validate implementations, and ensure successful delivery.
• Define and manage APIs related to card issuance, controls, and transaction webhooks.
• Design merchant-facing controls including spend limits, merchant category restrictions, transaction rules, and card program configurations.
• Partner with legal, compliance, risk, operations, and GTM teams to ensure regulatory adherence across multiple markets.
• Support commercial and partnership teams in designing card programs for enterprise and embedded finance customers.
• Contribute to platform scalability, reliability, and extensibility initiatives.

Must-have skills

Product Owner, Payment Cards, Product Manager

Good-to-have skills

payment card processing, Cards