ABOUT US
We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.
We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.
Swift’s API Enablement Division within the Payment Services organization is responsible for the entire lifecycle of an API, treating it as a product with developers as the primary customer base. As a key member of the team, this role will be responsible for the management of new and existing API services offered by Swift.
This role involves supporting and spearheading the development of new features, improving existing ones and ensuring the overall functionality of the API offerings with special focus on harmonization and standardization.
Key Activities include:
- Define API strategy and Roadmap in alignment with strategic business goals, identifying opportunities for harmonization, ecosystem development and usage growth.
- Managing the full API lifecycle from ideation and design to development, launch and maintenance ensuring consistency, performance and security throughout.
- Ensure a consistent Developer experience by overseeing comprehensive documentation, sandbox environments for testing, harmonized and consistent usage across various API offerings
- Collaborate with Cross Functional teams to help translate high level business objectives into actionable technical requirements and implementation details. Coordinate with other internal teams to ensure development, deployment and maintenance of existing API offerings
- Monitor and analyze key matrices such as uptime, latency, error rates and adoption data to inform decision-making, optimize the API and demonstrate its business value.
- alignment with internal security policies and governance to ensure compliance and mitigate risks
Key Skills and Qualifications
- The PM must understand API fundamentals (REST, JSON), tools like Postman and technical specifications (like Open API).
- 7+ years of experience in API product management, technology product development.
- Experience and comfort adopting to work on different types of products
- Proactive, self-started, team oriented, collaborative and adaptable with excellent presentation skills including strong oral and writing capabilities.
- A deep understanding of developers and users, their pain points, and what constitutes a good developer experience is essential
- Experience in and/or significant exposure to the payments, financial services, or technology sectors.
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor and attention to detail.
What we offer
We give you a competitive package
We help you perform at your best
We help you make a difference
We give you the freedom to be yourself
We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.
We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation related to accessibility during your application or interview, please contact [email protected] or indicate this in your application.
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All requests are confidential and will not affect your candidacy.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.
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What We Do
SWIFT is a global member-owned cooperative and the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services. We provide our community with a platform for messaging and standards for communicating, and we offer products and services to facilitate access and integration, identification, analysis and regulatory compliance. Our messaging platform, products and services connect more than 11,000 banking and securities organisations, market infrastructures and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and territories. SWIFT also brings the financial community together – at global, regional and local levels – to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest or concern. For more information, visit www.swift.com or follow us on Twitter: @swiftcommunity
