# Payments Operations Manager, Strategy & Delivery

**Company:** [Cardless](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cardless)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Revenue Operations
**Salary:** $150k – $180k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Payments Operations, Cross-Functional Program Management, Process Automation, Operational Tooling, Data Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Fintech Systems, Card Operations, Workflow Optimization, Ai-Enabled Solutions
**Posted:** 2026-05-22

> IC role leading payments operations strategy and delivery for a fintech credit card platform. Own scaling operational infrastructure, driving automation initiatives, and improving cross-functional processes with Product, Engineering, and external partners.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Work On

- Scale Operational Infrastructure: Build and evolve the systems, workflows, and processes that power payments operations, keeping pace with growing transaction volume, program complexity and the demands of a maturing business.
- Drive Operational Excellence Through Automation & Tooling: Partner with Engineering to identify high-leverage pain points and build scalable, AI-enabled solutions across the card lifecycle, improving monitoring, exception management, and visibility while reducing manual work and elevating the overall customer experience.
- Build Cross-Functional Systems: Partner across Ops, Product, Engineering, Compliance, Fraud, and external vendors to operationalize new requirements, improve processes, and drive aligned execution across stakeholders at scale.

## What We’re Looking For

- 5+ years of experience in strategy & operations, business operations, payments, fintech, consulting, or other operationally intensive environments
- Experience managing complex cross-functional initiatives and improving operational processes or systems
- Strong analytical skills and comfort using data to investigate issues, drive decisions, and measure impact
- Experience working with operational tooling, automation, or systems improvement initiatives
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

**Nice to have:**
- Experience in payments, card operations, fintech, or banking infrastructure
- Familiarity with card networks, processors, or payment workflows

## Compensation & Benefits

- Expected cash compensation: $150,000–$180,000 annually, plus equity and benefits
- Meaningful startup equity
- 100% health, vision & dental primary coverage; 75% dependent coverage
- Catered lunches
- $250/month commuter benefit
- Parental leave
- Team building events & happy hours
- Flexible PTO (minimum 15 days)
- Apple equipment
- 401k plan

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