Sr. Director, Head of Product Mgmt Emea

**The Company**

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do - and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary: The Senior Director, Head of Europe will work closely with the core product and local market teams to accelerate PayPal’s global core initiatives, as well as work with several cross functional teams to drive alignment, implementation, and go-to-market plans across Europe. This person will also be responsible for grooming Product Managers and Product Launch & Growth teams to execute GPS’ strategic imperatives across Europe.

**Job Description**:
As the **Senior Director, Head of Europe** in the Global Product Solutions (GPS) team, you will be responsible for overseeing the product development and GTM strategies across Europe. You will be overseeing PayPal’s Europe-specific product management initiatives for both Merchant & Consumer solutions, aiming to balance customer needs, business objectives, regulatory compliance, adoption and monetization efforts. You will also be leading a team to execute end-to-end solutions across all merchant & consumer product lines in Europe.

**Your day to day**:

- Identify, design, and deliver end-to-end product strategy plans across key markets in Europe.
- Set the vision, product strategy and enablement of your Product Managers to be fully autonomous in driving their respective areas.
- Accountable for setting and achieving objectives and key results across by working with Global Markets, Engineering, Finance, Analytics, and other stakeholders in Europe.
- Serve as the single threaded leader for core product & Global Markets teams for driving localization of products in Europe. Drive cross functional alignment across other teams and stakeholders. Proactively identify bottle neck processes and resolve it upfront.
- Implement and drive processes that help deliver successful product initiatives by all team members across the product lifecycle (customer research, planning, implementation, go-to-market, and commercial readiness).
- Partner with local teams to drive product strategy. Anticipate and understand market trends and build contingencies based on same.
- Build an empowered and motivated team and next in line leadership.

**What you need to bring**:

- 10+ years in product management experience (in payments or e-commerce preferable)
- 5+ year leading and managing product teams (including building 0-1 products, scaling existing products etc.).
- Ability to finely balance international product platforms and local regulatory and policy requirements.
- Proven leadership and team management skills.
- Proven ability to rally teams, foster relationships with cross functional teams and drive alignment with stakeholders at all levels.
- Keen ability to thrive in ambiguity and simplify complex situations into simple next steps.
- Strong communication skills and ability to influenc