Principal Product Manager, Head of Global Expansion (Remitly Global Card)

At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we've tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it's supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we're not just here to move money— we're here to move our global customers forward. We're looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that's you and you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders. Remitly is a leading digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families in over 170 countries around the world. Remitly helps immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner. Its digitally-native, cross-border remittance app eliminates the long wait times, complexities and fees typical of traditional remittance processes. Building on its strong foundation, Remitly is expanding its suite of products to further its mission and transform financial services for immigrants all around the world. About the Role Remitly is building the wallet and card infrastructure needed to scale globally, and we're looking for a Head of Global Expansion to own this effort end-to-end. In this role, you will be accountable for the business outcomes of Remitly's global expansion, shaping the infrastructure build-out — including the integration between Mambu, Checkout.com (CKO), and Remitly's platform — and managing the roadmap that takes it to market. You'll architect the money movement rails that let customers get money in and out of their account, lead the CRM integration, and build out the fraud and compliance infrastructure required to responsibly launch in new markets. This is an opportunity to own the technical, product, and business foundation of a rapidly scaling global product, partnering closely with engineering to build infrastructure designed to last. You will work in a hybrid capacity from our Arlington, VA office. You Will Own the global expansion effort end-to-end, accountable for business outcomes across each market launch. Define and own the integration strategy between Mambu, CKO, and Remitly's platform, partnering with engineering to design scalable core banking and card infrastructure. Build the money-in and money-out rails for the account, ensuring reliable, compliant movement of funds across markets. Lead the integration between the product and Remitly's CRM systems, enabling servicing, support, and customer engagement teams. Architect and build the fraud and risk infrastructure needed to support a global rollout, partnering with Risk, Compliance, and Legal to meet regulatory requirements in each market. Own and manage the end-to-end global expansion roadmap, sequencing infrastructure build-out against market launch priorities. Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Risk, Compliance, and Operations to ensure infrastructure decisions support both near-term launches and long-term scale. Communicate strategy, trade-offs, and progress clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, with direct accountability for expansion results. You Have A track record of owning business outcomes for a product or expansion effort at scale, ideally within fintech or banking-as-a-service environments. Direct experience integrating with core banking platforms (e.g., Mambu) and payment processors (e.g., Checkout.com), including designing money movement rails. Deep understanding of fraud and compliance requirements for card and wallet products, including KYC/AML frameworks for global rollout. Strong technical fluency, comfortable partnering closely with engineering on system design and architecture trade-offs. Experience owning a roadmap and business outcomes across multiple markets or geographies, with the focus on scalability and compliance. Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with the ability to define success metrics for infrastructure and expansion investments. End-to-end ownership skills, with demonstrated ability to operate with autonomy on ambiguous, cross-functional, and highly technical problems. 10+ years of experience in product management, general management, or a related leadership role, specifically in payments, card, or banking infrastructure. Compensation Details The starting base salary range for this position is typically $176,000-$220,000. In the U.S., Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan. Your recruiter can share more information about medical benefits offered, as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components offered with this role. Our Connected Work Culture Driving Innovation, Together. At Remitly, we believe that true innovation sparks when we come together. Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in-person collaboration, where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster. Under the Company's current hybrid-work expectations, employees in this position work onsite Tuesday through Thursday each week. Additional onsite attendance may be required based on business needs, and the Company may modify its hybrid-work expectations from time to time. These intentional in-office moments are vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most. Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. #J-18808-Ljbffr Remitly, Inc.