VP R&D

About Payoneer

Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 markets.

By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance, to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.

We are looking for an exceptional and veteran VP R&D to join our leadership team. Reporting directly to the BU GM and working closely with the leadership team, you will be responsible for defining the R&D strategy, methodologies, and best practices to drive operational excellence and innovation.

Our vision for the VP of R&D is to elevate the entire R&D organization, fostering top-tier technology and infrastructure while scaling the teams to new heights.

You will lead multidisciplinary global teams. This role demands a strong leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about building a world-class R&D organization.

Responsibilities

• Be a key member of the leadership team, collaborating with different stakeholders in the organization and shaping the company’s technology strategy and vision.
• Define and execute the R&D strategy, optimizing workflows and ensuring efficiency across teams.
• Lead multiple teams and leaders, building long-term growth plans and driving execution.
• Deliver high-quality software solutions, ensuring scalability, modularity, and performance under tight schedules.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuously seeking improvements and new technologies to maintain a cutting-edge R&D organization.
• Oversee architecture decisions, setting the technical direction, and ensuring adherence to high-quality standards.
  
  

• 3+ years of experience as a VP R&D or in a similar leadership role within a public company, managing 50+ R&D professionals.
• 7 years management experience
• Technical Excellence: Experience with maintaining the highest standards in code quality, architecture, and engineering practices.
• Strong leadership skills, including daily management, recruiting, mentoring, and inspiring teams to excellence.
• Passion for innovation, operational excellence, and being an active member of the executive team, collaborating with senior leadership.
• Experience working closely with stakeholders outside the product and technology organization.
• Experience in building high-performance, fault-tolerant, and large-scale systems.
• Ability to balance business needs with a fast-paced environment while ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions.