Swift
Technical Product Manager – API Enablement & Payment Services
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job overview
Date posted
19/03/2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 30,000 - 40,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
03/05/2026
Job description
As a Technical Product Manager at Swift, you will own the lifecycle of APIs in the Payment Services organization. You will define the API strategy, drive standardization, and ensure a consistent and high-quality developer experience. This role requires both technical depth and strategic thinking to harmonize offerings, optimize adoption, and align with business goals.
Required skills
API Product Management (REST, JSON, OpenAPI specifications)
API lifecycle management: ideation → design → development → launch → maintenance
Developer experience design and documentation
Technical tools: Postman, sandbox environments
Cross-functional collaboration with engineering, design, security, and operations teams
Data-driven decision making: monitoring API uptime, latency, error rates, adoption metrics
Strategic planning and roadmap development
Payments and financial services domain expertise
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and presentation skills
Stakeholder engagement and requirement translation from business to technical teams
Key responsibilities
- Define API strategy and roadmap aligned with business objectives, focusing on harmonization, ecosystem growth, and usage optimization
- Manage end-to-end API lifecycle including ideation, design, development, launch, and ongoing maintenance
- Ensure consistent developer experience via documentation, sandbox testing environments, and harmonized API usage
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate high-level business objectives into actionable technical requirements
- Coordinate with internal teams for the development, deployment, and maintenance of API offerings
- Monitor and analyze API metrics (uptime, latency, error rates, adoption) to guide improvements and demonstrate business value
- Ensure compliance with internal security policies and governance to mitigate risks
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation in API design, adoption, and developer engagement
Experience & skills
- 7+ years of experience in API product management and technology product development
- Deep understanding of API fundamentals including REST and JSON
- Proficiency with tools like Postman and technical specifications such as OpenAPI
- Experience working with different types of products
- Strong understanding of developers and users, including pain points and developer experience optimization
- Experience in or significant exposure to payments, financial services, or technology sectors
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor and attention to detail