Product Manager-NBS-SGO Disbursements

Role overview Own the product strategy and delivery of a disbursement capability within a broader scholarship-management platform. The product covers the journey from approved awards through authorization, payment, settlement, reconciliation, and exception handling, with a focus on accurate, timely payments and reliable financial controls.

Responsibilities - Set and execute the roadmap for payment authorization, recipient verification, funds availability, disbursement, settlement, reconciliation, and exception management. - Conduct discovery with scholarship organizations, schools, families, financial institutions, payment providers, merchants, and other stakeholders. - Turn research into prioritized requirements that balance recipient needs, operating models, program rules, controls, and scale. - Define and track product metrics, and work with engineering to deliver platform modernization through iterative releases. - Coordinate with legal, compliance, and finance partners on payment security, recordkeeping, money movement, and applicable scholarship requirements. - Lead go-to-market readiness and adoption; assess payment technologies, partnerships, disbursement models, and potential AI-enabled capabilities.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, information technology, financial technology, computer science, or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred. - Six to eight years of product management experience. - Experience with payout products such as ACH, prepaid or virtual cards, and digital wallets. - Background in marketplace or closed-loop spending products, provider or merchant networks, and payment-specific fraud prevention. - Track record of launching and managing products in Agile environments using research, data, and human-centered design. - Strong product strategy, roadmap management, customer discovery, data-based decision-making, and cross-functional influence.

Nice to have - Product management certification or training in payments, financial services, treasury, banking, or financial technology. - Knowledge of funding, settlement, liquidity, card-issuing programs, and relevant money-transmission rules.

Benefits and work setup A hybrid arrangement is available for people living within 30 miles of an office, with remote work part of the week and three in-office days. The stated annual compensation range is $120,000–$140,000, depending on experience. Benefits include health coverage, paid time off, retirement and student-loan repayment programs, tuition reimbursement, disability coverage, wellness support, and performance incentives. Applicants must already be authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is unavailable.