Head of Product – Growth

About Us

Pliant is a European fintech specializing in B2B payment solutions. Our modular, API-first platform helps businesses streamline spending, improve cash flow, and integrate payments into their financial workflows. Designed for industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet, Pliant enables greater efficiency, control, and profitability.

We serve two primary customer segments:

• Companies looking to optimize operational processes through intuitive apps and APIs, gaining control, automation, and financial flexibility through extended credit lines.
• Businesses such as financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks that want to launch or enhance their credit card offerings using Pliant's embedded finance and white-label solutions.

Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 4,000 businesses and more than 20 partners globally. As a licensed e-money institution (EMI), we issue Visa-powered credit cards in 11 currencies across more than 30 countries, helping companies streamline and simplify payments.

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About the Role

As Head of Product – Growth, you will lead one of the most strategic areas at Pliant: driving customer acquisition and scalable onboarding through world-class compliance and credit experiences.

You will be responsible for two high-impact product areas:

• Compliance Onboarding: KYC, KYB, AML checks, sanctions screening, and ongoing compliance monitoring
• Credit Infrastructure: Credit application flows, credit bureau integrations, limit management, internal underwriting tooling, and portfolio monitoring

You'll directly manage and coach Product Managers in these domains, act as a domain expert and sparring partner, and be deeply involved in roadmap definition, feature design, and cross-functional delivery. You'll report directly to the CPO and collaborate closely with Engineering, Compliance, Risk, Data, Sales, and Operations teams.

This role is both strategic and hands-on. Beyond leading people and defining direction, you'll roll up your sleeves where needed, whether filling in during a PM absence, supporting roadmap delivery, or helping clarify a tricky API spec.

What You'll Do

• Define and own the product strategy for Pliant's customer onboarding and credit infrastructure across 25+ markets
• Lead and grow a team of PMs responsible for compliance and credit products, including roadmap, execution, and delivery
• Drive cross-functional initiatives involving Compliance, Risk, Engineering, Operations, and GTM teams
• Translate complex regulatory and credit requirements into intuitive user experiences, scalable tooling, and automation logic
• Oversee integrations with third-party services such as KYC/KYB/AML providers and credit bureaus
• Contribute hands-on to roadmap shaping, feature definition, and platform decisions
• Establish strong KPIs and product metrics around onboarding success, time-to-approve, limit utilization, credit exposure, and operational efficiency
• Represent Pliant externally in key customer, partner, or vendor conversations as a product leader and subject-matter expert

What You'll Bring

• 8+ years of product management experience, with 3+ years in a leadership role managing PMs
• Strong track record in B2B fintech, ideally in areas such as credit decisioning, onboarding flows, or regulatory compliance
• Experience designing and scaling products that involve KYC/KYB, AML, or credit risk workflows
• Solid technical foundation, able to discuss APIs, architecture, and platform design with engineering peers
• Experience working with compliance-heavy, stateful systems and back-office workflows
• Strong product process skills including goal setting, discovery, delivery, stakeholder management
• Hands-on leadership style: low ego, pragmatic, collaborative
• Fluent in English; location in Berlin or London preferred, remote possible within the EU

WHAT WE OFFER 

• The opportunity to work in a growing team with big responsibilities that thrives on a strong exchange of knowledge and excellence 
• Attractive remuneration
• Your choice of preferred OS, Windows or Mac
• Flat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere
• Opportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team with ambitious goals
• Flexibility and possibility to work remotely
• Monthly mobility benefit 
• Wellhub Membership 
• Company card with a monthly allowance for lunches, coffee, etc. with co-workers

At Pliant, we believe diversity and inclusion are essential to building not only an innovative product but also an exceptional experience for both our customers and our team. This commitment begins with our hiring process—we welcome individuals of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, religions, national origins, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, ages, marital statuses, and abilities. If you require accommodations or accessibility support during the interview process, please let us know in your application so we can make sure your experience is seamless.