Associate Product Manager

About the Company

Pliant is a European fintech specializing in B2B payment solutions. Our modular, API-first platform helps businesses streamline spending, improve cash flow, and integrate payments into their financial workflows. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 4,000 businesses and more than 20 partners globally.

Responsibilities

• Support the roadmap and execution for Pliant’s card domain across customer-facing features and internal platform capabilities
• Own smaller product areas and improvements end-to-end, from problem definition to rollout
• Partner closely with engineers and stakeholders to translate business needs into clear requirements and user stories
• Help improve card issuance and management workflows, including validations and business logic
• Contribute to core card lifecycle capabilities such as issuance, status changes, and expiration handling
• Work on transaction processing and authorization flows with a focus on correctness and reliability
• Support the development of spend controls, fraud-prevention mechanisms, and card-security features
• Define and monitor KPIs such as issuance success rate, authorization success rate, and latency
• Use data and customer feedback to identify opportunities and prioritize improvements

Requirements

• 1–2 years of experience in product management or a similar tech role
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Technical fluency to collaborate with engineers on APIs and backend workflows
• Ability to write clear requirements and communicate ideas structurally
• Hands-on mindset and strong ownership mentality
• Fluent in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to card issuing, payment processing, fraud, or regulated financial products
• Knowledge of other European languages