About The Role

We are looking for a Senior Lead Product Manager to lead our Payments & Platform tribe. This is a leadership role where you will own the product strategy for our payment products (EDC, QRIS, digital transfers, bill payments).

You will manage a team of 2-3 Product Managers, set the strategic direction for the tribe, and be accountable for delivery across multiple product lines. You will also be a player-coach — leading critical initiatives yourself while developing your team.

This role reports directly to the Head of Product and is critical to our geographic expansion and product scaling goals.

Key Responsibilities

Own Payments & Platform Strategy: Define and drive the product vision and roadmap for all payment products across Indonesia and Philippines
Cross-Tribe Alignment: Ensure Payments & Platform roadmap aligns with other tribes
Manage PM Team: Lead, coach, and develop 3-4 Product Managers including PMs for payments, risk, and regional expansion
Capability Building: Build a high performing team through elevating product capabilities across the team through mentorship and training
Performance Management: Set goals, provide feedback, and drive professional growth for direct reports
Player-Coach: Lead critical initiatives directly, especially for strategic or complex projects
Stakeholder Management: Partner with Engineering, Business, Operations, and external partners to deliver on roadmap
Delivery Accountability: Ensure the tribe delivers on committed roadmap with quality and predictability

Qualifications

8+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years in payments, fintech, or financial services
3+ years of experience managing Product Managers (not just leading projects)
Proven track record of delivering payment products at scale
Deep understanding of payment systems, APIs, settlement, and regulatory requirements
Experience with multi-market expansion, preferably in Southeast Asia
Experience with consumer or SMB products (B2C or B2B2C)
Strong technical depth — can engage with engineering on architecture decisions
Player-coach mindset — able to lead strategy while contributing as IC on critical initiatives
Track record of building team processes (e.g., planning, estimation, delivery) and developing PMs through coaching and mentorship
Proven ability to leverage user research — both conducting and synthesizing — to drive product strategy
Data driven and strong analytical skills
Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills
Experience in agile methodologies

AI Mindset

At BukuWarung, we are an AI-first product team. We expect all PMs to leverage AI tools to multiply their output and impact. Prior experience in leveraging AI or building products with AI strongly preferred. Specifically for this role, you will be partnering with the Head of Product to build capabilities, framework and systems for a successful AI implementation within product function.

Lead Product Manager - Payments & Platform