Technical Product Owner KYC
Summary
Own and scale the KYC product for a fintech startup, defining verification workflows, KPIs, and regulatory-compliant features while collaborating with engineers and cross-functional teams.
You will build the customer verification product function, own the roadmap for onboarding, identity verification, and ongoing due diligence, lead engineers and cross-functional partners, define verification KPIs, translate regulatory and operational needs into product specifications, and improve KYC capabilities using customer feedback, operational insights, and regulatory changes.
Responsibilities
- Own the product vision and roadmap for customer onboarding identity verification and ongoing due diligence
- Lead engineers and cross-functional partners
- Design and deliver verification journeys decisioning rules and KYC systems
- Define and track verification completion onboarding conversion manual review and time-to-verification KPIs
- Translate regulatory requirements customer risk profiles and operational needs into product specifications
- Improve KYC capabilities using customer feedback operational insights and regulatory requirements
Requirements
- Product experience in fintech payments or KYC/customer identity verification
- Experience delivering data-driven products with engineering and analytics teams
- Strong SQL or Python skills
- Hands-on experience using data to analyze performance identify problems and inform product decisions
- Ability to interpret onboarding verification and operational performance metrics
- Ability to balance regulatory requirements and risk management with customer experience
- Ability to work directly with founders in a fast-paced startup
- Experience in Latin American markets
- Spanish or Portuguese language skills
- Experience scaling a KYC product
- Previous experience in software engineering or data analytics
Benefits
- Stock options
- Discretionary performance bonus
- Latest tools and technology
