Product Manager

Product Manager

Caliza is building the infrastructure to power stable finance for everyone. Our mission is to empower everyone, regardless of their location or circumstances, to access instant and stable liquidity. Caliza enables everyone from startups to enterprises to offer real-time settlement and dollar accounts to their customers, creating opportunities for people to participate in developed economies and build wealth.

We are a global team with a global product and a global mission. We bring experience from Visa, Nubank, Mercado Livre, Goldman Sachs, Upstart, Silicon Valley Bank, Intuit, and Goldfinch.

Our Backers

Our mission is backed by top-tier VCs including Better Tomorrow Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Valor Capital, Quona Capital, as well as the founders of Rappi, Remesa Online, Azimo, Anchorage, Compound, Portal Labs, and many more!

About the Role

We're looking for a passionate and versatile Product Manager to drive strategic initiatives, including leading the development of our global compliance capabilities – a cornerstone of our business that enables secure, compliant operations across multiple jurisdictions. Additionally, this role will lead the expansion of critical platform components across geographies, partners, and industries while owning the development of new product offerings.

This function will report directly to the Head of Product, and be a cross-functional role. The candidate will work hand-in-hand with the Engineering, Legal, Compliance, and Sales teams.

Your Responsibilities

Platform Development & Innovation

• Lead critical initiatives across our platform, including our compliance infrastructure, payment rails, and partner integrations
• Own product strategy and roadmap for assigned focus areas, with initial emphasis on building our global compliance capabilities
• Drive new product development from inception to launch, including market research, user interviews, and go-to-market strategy
• Act as a bridge between compliance requirements and the development of products, services, and systems

Compliance & Risk Management Focus

• Build a unified platform for KYC, KYB, AML, fraud prevention, and automated regulatory reporting that scale across different jurisdictions and regulatory requirements
• Design and implement intelligent systems for risk management, transaction monitoring, and automated operations
• Design and implement risk-scoring models and decision engines
• Create highly automated operational workflows for compliance and risk management
• Evaluate and integrate AI/ML solutions for fraud detection, identity verification, blockchain analytics and risk assessment

Cross-functional Leadership

• Partner with Sales team to scope out net new business requirements to help Caliza scale
• Partner with Legal and Compliance teams to translate regulatory requirements into technical specifications
• Work closely with engineering teams to implement complex compliance workflows and automation
• Collaborate with operations teams to optimize and automate compliance processes
• Engage with regulators, legal counsel and partner financial institutions to understand and anticipate requirements

What You Will Need

Must-have

• 6+ years of product management experience
• Excellent product sense
• Great communication (verbal and written) with ability to translate complex requirements into actionable plans
• Comfortable with ambiguous, fast-paced, and resource-constrained environments
• Deeply cares about creating superb products
• Track record of building complex technical products with multi-country/industry reach
• Very good at creating structure and organizing information

Strong Pros

• Substantial prior experience working on compliance, risk, or fraud prevention platforms and products. Experience with KYC/KYB, AML, fraud prevention, and regulatory reporting systems
• Deep understanding of global financial regulations, compliance requirements, and risk management frameworks
• Understanding of blockchain technology and crypto compliance requirements
• Experience with API-first platform development and knowledge of data modeling and analytics for risk assessment

What we offer

• Competitive salary and significant equity in well-funded an early-stage startup
• Health insurance
• Remote-first work environment and work-from-home stipend to optimize your setup
• We care about your goals — growth opportunities at the company and a flexible budget for professional development
• Learning and development budget
• Team offsites
• Opportunity to build foundational financial infrastructure
• Generous vacation policy and paid holidays