Product Owner Analyst - Spanish Speaker (PR 51)

THE PROFESSIONAL MUST BE BASED IN PERU.

OKTO PAYMENTS' continuous growth demands high-caliber candidates who embody professionalism, passion, and creativity. For those who join us, we offer significant career advancement, stimulating challenges, and a clear runway for growth.

OKTO PAYMENTS is the next-generation Payment Service Provider - AI-native, precision-engineered, and relentlessly merchant-obsessed. Built for merchants operating in the most complex and demanding eCommerce sectors, our platform goes far beyond transaction processing. We solve for scale, compliance, and performance with one unshakable focus: delivering outcomes that power merchant growth.

From payments and banking to treasury and settlement, we engineer the financial infrastructure that gives our partners a competitive edge. The result? Faster onboarding, smarter operations, and resilient, real-time performance.

At OKTO PAYMENTS, we enable merchants to Play Differently, transforming payments from routine transactions into true differentiators that deliver personalized, frictionless experiences.

Our AI-native innovation harnesses data and insight to power every decision, while our proprietary in-house engineering ensures precision and control. Combined with deep, trust-based relationships worldwide, we’re redefining what it means to build, scale, and win in complex digital commerce.

Position Summary

We are looking for a Product Owner (Mid-Level or Senior) based in Peru to lead the definition and execution of key product initiatives, especially in the payments and fintech domains across Peru, Mexico, Colombia, and other future markets. You will work in a fast-paced, agile environment, collaborating with both local and international stakeholders. This is a remote role with direct reporting to our Product Leadership team. Spanish and English are the primary working languages for this role, with both being mandatory.

The ideal candidate has a strong product mindset, experience delivering impactful solutions, and a deep understanding of the LATAM fintech/payments landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the product roadmap, aligning it with company goals and priorities.
• Gather and analyze business requirements, transforming them into clear, actionable user stories with defined acceptance criteria.
• Prioritize the product backlog based on business value, technical complexity, and customer impact.
• Facilitate communication and alignment across tech, product, and business stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Design, QA, and DevOps teams to ensure timely, high-quality product delivery.
• Perform acceptance testing and validation of new features before release.
• Monitor and analyze product performance using tools such as Power BI or similar; iterate based on data and user feedback.
• Contribute to post-launch processes, including documentation, knowledge sharing, and product training.
• Own and manage the payments squad covering Peru, Mexico, Colombia, and future LATAM markets, ensuring roadmap alignment across all countries.
• Monitor and manage payment acceptance rates with providers and merchants in each market, proactively identifying and addressing drops or anomalies in performance.
• Maintain active product-level relationships with payment providers in the countries we operate, collaborating with their product teams to align on roadmaps, integrations, and new capabilities.
• Ensure compliance with local payment regulations in Peru, Mexico, Colombia, and other markets, staying up to date on regulatory changes that may impact product strategy.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related fields.

Experience

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or in similar product execution role.
• Domain knowledge in fintech, payments, or consumer platforms within the LATAM region. Experience in Peru (primarily), Mexico, and Colombia is highly desirable.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Demonstrated ability to manage product delivery in cross-functional, remote teams.
• Strong knowledge of product discovery, backlog management, and stakeholder alignment.
• Experience using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Power BI, and Monday.com.
• Knowledge of SQL and observability/monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana, Kibana) is considered a strong differentiator in the selection process.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder management capabilities.

Languages

• Fluent English (mandatory)
• Fluent Spanish (mandatory)

Important Information

• Hybrid position based in Peru.
• Please submit your resumé in English.