Brim Financial is a category defining fintech, building the operating system for credit cards and payments. Our platform powers card programs for banks, credit unions, fintechs, and global brands across North America. We are a fast growing company. We are backed by EDC Growth Equity, Epic Ventures, Vistara Growth, and Impression Ventures and have been recognized as a CB Insights Fintech 100 company and Deloitte Fast 50 and Deloitte Fast 500 winner.
The Director, Product – Payment & Cards supports the development of the product vision and strategy, and drives its execution for our Payments and Cards platform including credit, prepaid, and cross-border products. You will be a leader in the product organization, partner closely with executive leadership, and ensure consistent, high-quality delivery across all product lines and B2B partner implementations.
This role is ideal for leaders who combine deep payments expertise with strong execution and can scale products, platforms, and teams in a high-growth fintech environment.
What You’ll Do- Drive end-to-end delivery across payment products, ensuring on-time, high-quality, and scalable releases
- Optimization of ACH, RTP/FedNow, wires, and cross-border payments. Define smart routing so transactions settle on the cheapest, fastest available rail
- Pilot stablecoin settlement as an alternative to correspondent banking where the cost/speed case is clear
- Work across Compliance, Risk & Treasury for tokenized rails, reserve attestation, sanction screening, cost per transaction, settlement and reconciliation.
- Support the evolution of the product architecture in partnership with Engineering (APIs, workflows, integrations)
- Establish strong cross-functional alignment across Product, Engineering, Ops, Risk, Compliance, and Commercial teams
- Own product performance: KPIs, revenue impact, portfolio growth, and customer outcomes
- Contribute to shaping product positioning, pricing, and go-to-market strategy for Payments & Cards offerings
- Build and mentor a high-performing product team with strong accountability and execution discipline
- 7+ years of product leadership experience with deep expertise in payments and card issuing (US & Canada). Strong domain expertise in cross-border payments, as well as credit card & prepaids.
- Deep understanding of cross-border payment flows, tokenized payments, authorization, settlement, and reconciliation
- Proven experience with payment rails, money movement, or financial services APIs, and a strong grasp of the operational and regulatory complexity behind them. Strong technical fluency in APIs, integrations, and platform architecture.
- Demonstrated ability to drive business impact through product strategy and execution. Highly analytical and data-driven with strong commercial and product judgment. Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments with strong accountability
- Experience with Platform-as-a-Service or embedded finance platforms
- Experience with fraud, risk, and compliance product domains
- Exposure to AI/LLMs in payments or product automation
- Competitive compensation and equity
- Remote-first workplace
- Comprehensive health plan and PTO
- A team that treats AI as a force multiplier, not a threat
- Real ownership - you'll shape the processes and standards that drive how we deliver customer value
- Direct influence on product direction and prioritization for a platform serving major financial institutions
- Remote (US/Canada)
- Compensation: CA $130,000-200,000
- Base salary range: For this role, candidates can expect a base salary range, described in the posting. Actual compensation is determined based on skills, experience, and role level. Exceptional candidates may be considered above the top of the range, and pay can increase quickly for those who make a big impact in the role.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of product leadership experience
- Deep expertise in payments and card issuing across the US and Canada
- Deep domain expertise in cross-border payments, credit cards, and prepaid products
- Understanding of cross-border payment flows, tokenized payments, authorization, settlement, and reconciliation
- Experience with payment rails, money movement, or financial services APIs
- Understanding of operational and regulatory complexity in payments and financial services
- Technical fluency in APIs, integrations, and platform architecture
- Demonstrated ability to drive business impact through product strategy and execution
- Strong analytical, data-driven, commercial, and product judgment
- Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, high-growth environments
- Experience with Platform-as-a-Service or embedded finance platforms
- Experience with fraud, risk, and compliance product domains
- Exposure to AI or large language models in payments or product automation
What We Do
Headquartered in Toronto Canada, Brim built a state-of-the-art credit card infrastructure and digital platform bringing ground-breaking innovation to the credit card and financial space. Beyond our full suite of consumer and business credit cards including buy-now pay-later capabilities, Brim’s Platform as a Service enables banks, fintechs, credit unions and large companies to innovate with flexibility and speed. Leveraging our end-to-end digital platform, suite of credit cards, financial products and embedded global rewards enables our B2B partners to launch a turnkey white labeled or co-branded platform in weeks. Our proprietary tech stack merges the two verticals of Credit Cards and Rewards/Loyalty in real-time and our infrastructure is live at all merchants worldwide, making Brim Rewards the world’s largest open loyalty and rewards ecosystem. We're a team at the intersection of finance, tech and consumer experiences: highly skilled, passionate, and innovative individuals with deep expertise in financial products and solutions and a commitment to positive change.
