Payments Team Lead

We are appflame, a product IT company. We create life-changing products that break the rules of the game in the category. Geographically, we are located in Ukraine, but in reality – all over the world.

We are looking for the daring and enthusiastic people. Those who are fans of creating real products and dream of launching and developing cool startups. You have ambitions, and we have comfortable conditions for their implementation.

Today, we are looking for an experienced professional in the billing, finance, consulting, and investments space to join our team as a Payments Team Lead who will take ownership of our payments function development. In this role, you’ll report directly to the CEO and will work directly with C-level/Head managers to execute our projects’ strategies. This position brings unique opportunities to contribute to growing different projects in diverse verticals and business models (transactional/subscription, B2C/B2B). We are looking for leaders who can bring our payment function to the next level and are always ready to take on new challenges.

You will:

• Build a top-notch billing team that will cover all existing needs of our projects and enable growth of revenue and margins of these projects.
• Develop an in-house PCI DSS-certified payment gateway to ensure it fits the needs of our projects and is up-to-date with recent developments in the payment's ecosystem.
• Work closely with C-level executives on the development and execution of the company’s long-term strategy and OKRs.
• Ensure stable or growing payment metrics, including checkout page conversion rates, approval rates, LTV, and churn.
• Develop relationships with existing and new partners (PSPs, acquiring banks, 3rd party solutions providers) for quality development of our billing infrastructure.
• Ensure our billing infrastructure is cost-effective and operates at market-level margins.
• Research and integrate new payment methods, including card and non-card solutions (PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, local APMs, crypto, etc.).
• Develop existing in-house anti-fraud mechanics and logic to improve the risk metrics of our products and ensure compliance with payment systems’ requirements.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of our in-house billing analytics infrastructure.
• Ensure compliance of our products, billing infrastructure, mechanics, and metrics with relevant legislation, regulation, and payment systems requirements.

From you:

• 3+ years of experience in product and payment-related roles.
• Proven leadership skills, ability to hire and develop top-performing teams.
• Experienced in payment systems, card payment processing, alternative methods, anti-fraud solutions.
• Understanding of recent trends and developments in the payments ecosystem, familiarity with Visa/MC regulations.
• Perfect understanding of the billing process, both technical and product components. General knowledge of the financial and legal aspects of billing.
• Solid organizational, time management, and advanced problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytical skills, proven data-driven approach to task execution.
• Adaptability and readiness to perform in an always-changing environment.
• Upper-intermediate+ English proficiency.

Will be a plus:

• Previous background in finance, consulting (Big3/Big4), and investment banks.
• Product or payment-related experience in highly competitive markets (dating, gambling, subscription services).
• Experience in building in-house payment solutions, completing PCI DSS audits.

Why appflame?

• Involvement in Ukrainian products that compete with the world's best players.
• The ability to implement your own ideas, not the feeling of a cog in the system.
• Meaningful and useful products, created not just for shareholders to earn money.
• A sense of yourself among your people who are charged with results.
• Work with the global market and a huge audience.
• Direct contact with Snapchat, Facebook, Google, Apple, and access to their best practices.
• Well-established processes and no barriers to growth within the company.
• Transparent evaluation of work based on personal performance indicators.
• Powerful social package and fair compensation.

We provide all conditions for your talents to be fully revealed.

We are loyal to our people. Our loyalty doesn't fade at the end of the working day. We do not leave our people alone with their problems: neither professional nor personal.

Join us.

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We are against all types of discrimination, bullying, and stereotypes. We provide equal employment opportunities regardless of race, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, citizenship, national origin, health status or any other characteristics.