Product Manager - Payments (m/f/x)

We are Tipico, Germany's leading sports betting provider and one of the most dynamic tech companies in the industry. We approach every challenge like a Championship match, with a mission to excite the arena and elevate the betting experience for every customer. Our culture is energetic and ambitious - we play as a team to win high, leave an impact, and commit to excellence. Fueled by our passion for the perfect product, we use the newest tech stack to get better every single day.

At Tipico, we believe in owning our game. Are you ready to step onto the pitch, bring your best self, and become a champion? Then show us your game face - because we’re looking for a Product Manager - Payments (m/f/x)to join the team!

Job Description

At Tipico, we power seamless, secure, and high‑performance payment experiences for millions of sports betting and iGaming customers. As our new Product Manager - Payments (m/f/x), part of our Payment Technologies team, you will help shape the core systems that enable deposits, withdrawals, payment routing, and regulatory compliance across markets. 

Your playing field: 

• Own the full lifecycle of payment products and features - from discovery to release and performance optimisation
• Define Epics and User Stories, guiding development teams in a fast‑paced Agile environment
• Drive strategic development of Tipico’s payment platform, including:
  • Integration of new payment methods and PSPs
  • Payment orchestration capabilities (routing, retries, failover, smart provider selection)
  • Standardised, scalable payment APIs and backend services
• Own the customer payment journeys with the team, monitor and improve the key KPIs and conversion rates
• Collaborate with architecture, engineering, business, and compliance teams to ensure accurate requirements, prioritisation, and regulatory alignment
• Partner closely with other Product Managers to coordinate payment roadmap delivery across the organisation
• Specify and monitor non‑functional requirements such as reliability, latency, fraud‑related KPIs, and transaction‑success performance
• Conduct UAT and sign off, ensuring quality, compliance, and operational readiness

Qualifications

Which skills should you bring to the pitch:

• Payments Expertise. Solid experience in payments product management, ideally including PSPs, APMs, banking rails, settlement flows, and reconciliation fundamentals
• Payment Orchestration. Hands-on experience or strong familiarity with payment orchestration platforms (routing logic, cascading, retries)
• Gateway Integrations. Experience working with payment gateway integrations
• Risk & Monitoring. Understanding of transaction monitoring systems and risk control mechanisms
• Regulatory Compliance. Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as KYC/KYD, AML, PSD2, SCA, safeguarding, and market-specific rules
• Financial Processes. Strong understanding of financial processes and payment compliance topics
• Technical Collaboration. Ability to drive technical discussions with architects, developers, and risk/compliance stakeholders
• Agile Delivery. Experience working in an Agile development environment with complex backend systems
• Customer Centricity. Customer-centric mindset and ability to translate user behaviour into payment product decisions
• Stakeholder Management. Basic project and stakeholder management skills, including planning, business cases, and issue tracking
• High-Risk Environments (Preferred). Background in iGaming or sports betting, or other high-scale, high-risk, real-time transaction environments

Additional Information

This is how we score with you:

• Established International Group. We have a solid foundation on which to grow.
• Personal and Professional Growth. We offer you opportunities to develop and grow to unlock your potential.
• Relocation Support. To make your move to Karlsruhe as smooth as possible.
• Business Bike Leasing. We offer a sustainable commuting solution whilst also keeping you active!
• Corporate Pension Scheme (betriebliche Altersvorsorge). Secure your future! Join our corporate pension scheme, where we provide additional financial support.
• eGym. We encourage an active lifestyle, and to support this, we’ve partnered with an online sports platform that provides access to a variety of clubs and offers across Germany.
• Modern offices. Our very own Karlsruhe campus provides an open-plan space with the latest technology.
• Events. Sponsored Charity and Team gatherings; we like to have fun together as one team and reinforce our connections.
• Supportive Environment. We believe in collaboration and working together as a team, but we also give importance to the uniqueness of each and every one of us.

Think a career at Tipico’s right for you?

Apply now and join our winning team! If you have any questions or comments about this role, our TA team is happy to help you! Feel free to reach out to us on our social media channels

We look forward to your application!