Remote Head of Payments Jobs
Remote Head of Payments jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first fintechs, distributed SaaS companies, and global financial services firms building out payments infrastructure without geographic constraints. Employers actively hiring right now include xe, Flex, and Block. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Chowbus is a leading Asian restaurant technology SaaS platform, with deep roots in the North American market for years. Currently, we stand as a pioneering enterprise in the North American Asian Restaurant SaaS sector. Driven by precise market positioning and efficient product services, our business has achieved doubled growth annually, covering over 30 core states and 100 key cities across the U.S., and partnering with more than 10,000 Asian restaurants. We build tech ecosystems that help restaurants grow, serve with heart, and uplift their communities. Our vision is to create a world where culturally rooted food entrepreneurs thrive everywhere.
Chowbus builds software and a marketplace for restaurants, including ordering, POS, and online ordering. We are looking for a Product Manager to own our payments platform. You will work with a small US-based payments business team and engineering teams in China. This role is based in Chicago or remote within the US.
What You'll Focus On
- Own the payments platform roadmap, covering checkout, card-present and online payments, refunds, payouts to merchants, and reconciliation.
- Evaluate, integrate, and manage payment service providers (such as Stripe and Adyen), including cost and authorization rate optimization.
- Improve payment success rate, conversion, and cost using data, experiments, and error-code analysis.
- Partner with risk, finance, and compliance to reduce fraud, chargebacks, and reconciliation errors without hurting conversion.
- Write clear specs, drive delivery with engineering, and run several initiatives at once with US-based stakeholders.
What You Bring
- 5+ years in product management, with at least 3 years in payments (acquiring, PSP integration, checkout, settlement, or payouts).
- Hands-on experience with PSP or acquirer integrations and with card payment flows: authorization, capture, 3DS, refunds, chargebacks, and settlement.
- Understanding of backend payments platforms, including engineering systems, money flows, and ledger design.
- A track record of owning a product area independently and delivering measurable results, with metrics you can explain.
- Strong analytical skills and comfort with data (SQL or similar).
- Fluent spoken and written English for daily work with a US team across time zones.
- Working fluency in Chinese for daily work with our China-based engineering team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with US card-present payments, point-of-sale environments, or marketplace payments
- Experience dealing with tipping, merchant payouts, split payments
- Experience with payments risk, reconciliation, or fraud tooling.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation package
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- 100% employer-paid Short-Term Disability (STD)
- 100% employer-paid Life Insurance
- 100% employer-paid AD&D Insurance
- Company holidays
- Birthday off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
The salary for this role is $110,000–$130,000, depending on experience.
Chowbus is a leading Asian restaurant technology SaaS platform, with deep roots in the North American market for years. Currently, we stand as a pioneering enterprise in the North American Asian Restaurant SaaS sector. Driven by precise market positioning and efficient product services, our business has achieved doubled growth annually, covering over 30 core states and 100 key cities across the U.S., and partnering with more than 10,000 Asian restaurants. We build tech ecosystems that help restaurants grow, serve with heart, and uplift their communities. Our vision is to create a world where culturally rooted food entrepreneurs thrive everywhere.
Chowbus builds software and a marketplace for restaurants, including ordering, POS, and online ordering. We are looking for a Product Manager to own our payments platform. You will work with a small US-based payments business team and engineering teams in China. This role is based in Chicago or remote within the US.
What You'll Focus On
- Own the payments platform roadmap, covering checkout, card-present and online payments, refunds, payouts to merchants, and reconciliation.
- Evaluate, integrate, and manage payment service providers (such as Stripe and Adyen), including cost and authorization rate optimization.
- Improve payment success rate, conversion, and cost using data, experiments, and error-code analysis.
- Partner with risk, finance, and compliance to reduce fraud, chargebacks, and reconciliation errors without hurting conversion.
- Write clear specs, drive delivery with engineering, and run several initiatives at once with US-based stakeholders.
What You Bring
- 5+ years in product management, with at least 3 years in payments (acquiring, PSP integration, checkout, settlement, or payouts).
- Hands-on experience with PSP or acquirer integrations and with card payment flows: authorization, capture, 3DS, refunds, chargebacks, and settlement.
- Understanding of backend payments platforms, including engineering systems, money flows, and ledger design.
- A track record of owning a product area independently and delivering measurable results, with metrics you can explain.
- Strong analytical skills and comfort with data (SQL or similar).
- Fluent spoken and written English for daily work with a US team across time zones.
- Working fluency in Chinese for daily work with our China-based engineering team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with US card-present payments, point-of-sale environments, or marketplace payments
- Experience dealing with tipping, merchant payouts, split payments
- Experience with payments risk, reconciliation, or fraud tooling.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation package
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- 100% employer-paid Short-Term Disability (STD)
- 100% employer-paid Life Insurance
- 100% employer-paid AD&D Insurance
- Company holidays
- Birthday off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
The salary for this role is $110,000–$130,000, depending on experience.
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Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Law & Legal Services
- Animal Care & Pet Services
- Banking & Financial Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote head of payments jobs.
- 7 or more years of experience in payments, fintech, or financial services
- Deep knowledge of card network rules, ACH, wire, and real-time payment rails
- Experience managing payment processor, PSP, or acquiring bank relationships
- Demonstrated ability to build and lead cross-functional payments teams
- Strong understanding of payments compliance, PCI DSS, and regulatory frameworks
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business, computer science, or a related field
Tips for Your Remote Head of Payments Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote head of payments openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sorting through non-remote listings.
Show your async leadership record
Remote payments employers want evidence you have led initiatives across time zones without relying on in-person alignment. Document decisions you drove through written briefs, async reviews, or distributed RFC processes to make that visible in your application.
Get specific about payments infrastructure ownership
Remote roles attract candidates with broad fintech backgrounds, so naming the exact systems you have owned, whether that is a card issuing stack, a payout engine, or a gateway integration, sharpens your fit signal against generic applications.
Prepare for remote-first technical screens
Many distributed companies run early-stage interviews as written case reviews or async video responses before any live call. Practice articulating a payments strategy decision in written form, since that is how remote head of payments candidates are often first evaluated.
Remote Head of Payments Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote head of payments job?
Remote head of payments roles go to candidates who demonstrate they can own complex, cross-functional work without in-person oversight. Employers screen hard for async communication skills, comfort with distributed product and engineering teams, and a clear history of driving payments strategy independently. Concrete experience with payment processors, card networks, or regulatory frameworks like PCI-DSS strengthens your case, and showing remote work in your recent history removes hesitation.
Which companies hire remote head of paymentss?
Employers currently hiring remote head of paymentss include xe, Flex, and Block, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first fintechs, embedded finance platforms, and distributed SaaS companies with monetization complexity are the most consistent sources of these roles.
Can you get a remote head of payments job with no experience?
Yes, but remote head of payments roles are senior-leaning and expect you to operate independently from day one, which makes them harder to break into without a foundation. Early entry points include payments operations or product management roles at remote-first fintechs, where you can build a visible record. Demonstrating domain knowledge through certifications, side projects, or open contributions to payments infrastructure helps when direct experience is thin.
Do you need a degree for remote head of payments jobs?
Not always. Remote employers in payments weigh demonstrated expertise in payment systems, regulatory environments, and cross-functional leadership more heavily than a specific credential. A portfolio of payments initiatives you have owned, measurable outcomes like authorization rate improvements or processing cost reductions, and deep familiarity with the payments stack can carry more weight than a degree in many hiring decisions.
Which industries hire the most remote head of paymentss?
The sectors hiring the most remote head of paymentss are Technology & Software, Law & Legal Services, and Animal Care & Pet Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors rely on distributed product and engineering teams where payments expertise must be embedded across the organization rather than centralized in one office.
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