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Payments is our core business where we provide services in more than 50 countries - UAE, Jordan, South Africa, Egypt are some of our key markets. Apart from payments, we provide services on Data and Insights, Lending, Insurance, Risk Solutions, etc. Our core customers are businesses at every scale and segment, though recently we are growing in direct to consumer card segment as well.\nOur EVP's:\nAt Network International, we always stay ahead. . In the fast-paced world of financial services, we thrive on innovation, agility, and purposeful collaboration. We invest first in our people, empowering you to make bold decisions, learn fast, and grow your expertise alongside industry leaders. Here, solving complex problems means more than using cutting-edge technology; it’s about creating meaningful value for our customers, together. We foster a culture where trust, accountability, and achievement go hand in hand-because success isn’t just a goal; it’s how we work, every day, as one team.\nJob Description:\nThe Senior Product Manager, In-Person Payments owns the strategy, roadmap and commercial performance of our in-person acceptance portfolio in South Africa, covering POS and smart terminals and SoftPOS (tap on phone).\nThe role turns merchant, partner and market insight into products that grow acceptance volumes, improve terminal uptime and meet EMV, card scheme and PCI requirements. It works across Sales, Technology, Operations, Risk and Compliance, and manages terminal OEMs and SoftPOS technology partners. Success is measured by delivery of an approved roadmap, SoftPOS scale-up, better transaction success and terminal availability, and current certifications with no critical findings.\nResponsibilities:\nKey responsibilities\nDefine and own the product vision, strategy and prioritised roadmap for POS, smart terminal and SoftPOS propositions.\nBuild business cases, pricing and go-to-market plans with Sales, Marketing and Finance, and track against revenue, margin and adoption targets.\nRun the end-to-end product lifecycle: discovery, requirements, delivery with Engineering, launch, and sunset.\nManage terminal vendors, OEMs, payment application and SoftPOS technology partners, including performance, roadmap alignment and commercial terms.\nEnsure products meet EMV, card scheme, PCI PTS and PCI MPoC (SoftPOS) requirements and local regulatory expectations, working with Risk, Compliance and Security.\nOwn terminal management, remote key injection, software updates and certification workflows with Operations and Technology.\nImprove merchant experience and onboarding, using data on approval rates, transaction success, downtime and support tickets.\nWrite clear epics, user stories and acceptance criteria; run backlog grooming and sprint reviews.\nReport product performance and risks to senior leadership, with clear decisions and next steps.\nRequired experience and skills\n6 to 10 years in product management, with at least 3 years in payments or fintech.\nProven delivery of in-person acceptance products (POS, mPOS, smart terminals or SoftPOS).\nWorking knowledge of EMV, contactless, PIN, tokenisation, ISO 8583 and card scheme certification.\nFamiliarity with PCI PTS, PCI DSS and PCI MPoC.\nStrong commercial acumen: business cases, pricing, P&L ownership and vendor negotiation.\nSkilled in agile delivery, data analysis and stakeholder management at executive level.\nClear written and verbal communication; ability to challenge assumptions constructively.\nDegree in business, engineering, computer science or equivalent experience.\nPreferred\nExperience with the South African acquiring market and its merchant segments.\nExperience with Android-based smart terminals and terminal management systems.\nProduct management certification (for example Pragmatic, CSPO or equivalent).\nNetwork International is an equal opportunity employer. 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