Uber
Head of Payment Implementation
$191K–$235K
San Francisco, California +3 · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, California
Seattle, Washington
Chicago, Illinois
New York City, New York - Experience
- Minimum 10 years in payments, fintech, or financial services; minimum 5 years with the global payments ecosystem. A meaningful portion of the 10 years should be in partnership, business development, or commercial roles.
- Education
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
About the job
Leads end-to-end global payment implementations, coordinating cross-functional teams and payment partners to launch processing changes reliably.
What you'll do
- Translate payment requirements into implementation plans and lead testing, launch readiness, and production rollout.
- Establish scalable implementation processes, controls, and launch standards across products and markets.
- Coordinate stakeholders, manage dependencies and risks, and advise on payment-processing decisions.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience in payments, fintech, or financial services, with a meaningful portion in partnership, business development, or commercial roles.
- 5+ years of experience with the global payments ecosystem, including card networks, acquiring, digital wallets, APMs, and regulatory landscape.
- Experience leading complex technical payment implementations at global scale.
- Strong understanding of card payments and hands-on familiarity with 3DS, network tokenization, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and multi-processor architectures.
Nice to have
- People leadership experience developing high-performing teams.
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree.
Pay
USD $191,000 per year - USD $212,000 per year (base salary, Chicago, IL and Seattle, WA); USD $212,000 per year - USD $235,000 per year (base salary, New York City, NY and San Francisco, CA)
Tools
3DS, Apple Pay, Google Pay
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