At Aplazo, our mission is to empower financial access, opportunity and freedom, by connecting people and businesses in Latin America, through fair, simple, and transparent financial solutions.

The Opportunity:

We're looking for a sharp and proactive Product Manager to take full ownership of our Payments & Infrastructure domain. This person will lead the evolution of our in-house payment orchestration platform, scale connections with PSPs, and build infrastructure that supports scalable, resilient, and compliant payment and credit capabilities.

If you’re an aspiring product lead passionate about payments, fintech, and building scalable platforms, this role is for you.

We carry out our mission by being bold, working hard, seeking team success and always striving for our users and merchants to love us.

What You’ll Do:

• Strategy & Ownership
  • Define and execute the payment orchestration strategy, improving conversion, reducing latency, and maximizing reliability.
  • Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of our internal orchestration platform and third-party PSP integrations.
  • Own technical product roadmaps that align with company priorities and market trends.
    
• Enhance Payment Capabilities
  • Work with internal teams to identify gaps, prioritize improvements, and deliver new payment features and services.
  • Drive innovation in key areas such as repayment tracking, risk management, and customer experience optimization.
  • Monitor and optimize key metrics such as authorization rates, transaction costs, and latency.
  • Use A/B Testing, analytics, market research, usability studies, and competitive analysis to drive decision making
• Infrastructure & Scalability

• • Collaborate with engineering to ensure platform resilience, scale, and compliance.
  • Shape a long-term vision for infrastructure modernization—balancing innovation with stability and regulatory needs.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with engineering, business development, data science, operations, product, finance, and compliance to ensure alignment across the organization.
  • Engage with external providers (PSPs, gateways, orchestration platforms) to understand capabilities and improve services
• Customer-Centric Problem Solving:

• • Advocate for our customers by deeply understanding their needs and challenges with payments.
  • Design and implement solutions that balance usability, scalability, and regulatory compliance while delivering value to merchant and consumer.

What We’re Looking For:

Experience:

• 3+ years of product management or 5+ of related business experience–a significant plus if in fintech, payments, consumer finance or e-commerce.
• 3+ years in scaling projects for backend systems or APIs
• Academic background: Degree in Business, Economics, Accounting, OR technical fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering.

Skills:

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and technical skills; able to drive complex integrations and identify opportunities. Solid grasp of APIs, data queries and analysis.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and manage stakeholders and partners.
• Highly skilled in prioritization and project management, with a focus on customer and business outcomes.
• Fluent in Spanish, and professional working proficiency in English

Mindset:

• Eager to learn and grow in the dynamic fintech landscape.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and driving value in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative, customer-obsessed, and detail-oriented.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a high-growth fintech company redefining the payments space for millions of users and thousands of businesses
• Lead impactful projects that shape the future of BNPL and payments in LATAM, with direct visibility to leadership.
• Work in a culture that values innovation, autonomy, and continuous learning.
• Competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for career advancement.