Payments Lead

Job Overview

Kalshi is defining a new category Kalshi has defined a new category: prediction markets. Kalshi allows people to trade on the outcome of any events and turn any question about the future into a financial asset.

Kalshi fought for years and legalized prediction markets in the US for the first time in history.

Job Description

Kalshi is currently the fastest growing financial market in America, and has thousands of markets across politics, economics, financials, weather, tech, AI, culture and more.

We believe prediction markets have the potential to be the largest financial market because they turn anything into a financial position. Our vision: well… build the largest financial market on the planet.

Our mission: bring more truth to the world through the power of markets. Building a new category is hard… like really hard. But it’s beautiful and deeply fulfilling .

Our culture is simple: we hire really talented people, work really hard, and enjoy the climb. We are looking for ambitious and exceptional people to join our (relatively small) team to help us build the next generation of financial markets.

You’ll sit at the intersection of product, operations, engineering, compliance, and growth, ensuring that payments are reliable, fast, and delightful.

Key Responsibilities

• Our vision: well… build the largest financial market on the planet.
• Building a new category is hard… like really hard.
• We are looking for ambitious and exceptional people to join our (relatively small) team to help us build the next generation of financial markets.
• About the Role As Payments Lead, you’ll own the full lifecycle of payments at Kalshi - from strategy to hands-on execution.
• You’ll manage and coordinate the roadmap for deposits, withdrawals, and PSP integrations, while also directly managing providers, resolving issues, and monitoring day-to-day performance.
• What You’ll Do Key Responsibilities Lead the payments roadmap: prioritize and drive initiatives that improve payment success, speed, and user experience in coordination with Engineering and Growth and other parts of the organization.
• Manage PSPs and financial partners: negotiate terms, oversee performance, and troubleshoot operational issues with processors, banks, and other partners.
• Monitor and analyze payment health: build dashboards, track KPIs (authorization rates, declines, chargebacks, latency), and identify root causes.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• What You’ll Do Key Responsibilities Lead the payments roadmap: prioritize and drive initiatives that improve payment success, speed, and user experience in coordination with Engineering and Growth and other parts of the organization.
• Optimize conversion and payouts: continuously improve the deposit and withdrawal experience, authorization rates, and settlement times through data-driven experimentation.
• Manage fraud prevention and response: manage fraud tools and policies, ensuring a balance between risk control and user experience.
• What We’re Looking For 5+ years of experience in payments, fintech, or product operations.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects involving engineering, compliance, and growth.
• Proven negotiation and vendor management skills with PSPs and banks.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.

Work Location and Schedule

This role is listed as Remote USA with location information shown as Remote USA. The employment type is Full Time.

About the Company

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