VP of FinTech, Product & Engineering - Mews
New York City, NY
About the Job
Can you help us change the world?
It's true. At Mews, we dream big. As a Hotel Tech unicorn valued at $1.2b, we're propelling new-generation cloud technology within global hospitality. With our industry-leading property management solution, we're enabling the world's most revolutionary hospitality brands to accelerate their digital transformation.
We're on the lookout for ambitious, tenacious and passionate people who want to join the next generation of innovators and disrupt the hospitality industry with us. Sound good so far? Keep reading and tumble down the Mews rabbit hole...
About the role
First things first: you want to know what you're actually applying for. It's impossible to capture every nuance of a role – especially at a rapidly growing company like Mews – but if we had to distil it down to a job description (which we do because this is a job description), it would be this:
We are seeking a VP of FinTech, Product & Engineering to lead our product and engineering efforts for FinTech within the organization. This is a high-impact, senior leadership position responsible for driving the development, scaling, and optimization of our FinTech product suite, including embedded payment processing on global scale, FX and DCC, invoicing, merchant cash advance and many future payment and financial services as part of our SaaS solutions for the hospitality industry.
As the VP of FinTech, Product & Engineering for FinTech, you will lead a team of 60+ professionals across product and engineering, steering our organization towards building innovative and global financial products for the hospitality industry. This role is essential to our continued high growth and a key role on our wider product and engineering leadership team, reporting directly to the Chief Product and Technology Officer.
Key Responsibilities
- Vision and Strategy: Drive the end-to-end vision and strategy for the FinTech product portfolio, focusing on scaling and innovation in areas like embedded global payments, and vertical SaaS financial services.
- Leadership and Team Development: Lead and inspire a cross-functional team of product managers and engineers, ensuring alignment on goals, priorities, and delivery timelines. Act as a member of organizational-wide product and engineering leadership team.
- Business Impact: Drive business growth by identifying new product opportunities and optimizing existing products. Work closely with the executive team to ensure that product initiatives align with revenue targets and other key business metrics. Continuously measure and report on the performance of products and their impact on the company's goals.
- Product Development and Execution: Oversee the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from ideation and discovery through delivery and iteration. Ensure that products are delivered on time and with significant impact both on the customer and the business.
- Cross-Functional collaboration: Ensure that our products are developed cross-functionally with effective and impactful go-to-market strategies and financial plans in place.
- Scalable architecture: Ensure our technological architecture is tightly aligned to our product strategy and will scale with the future needs of the business.
Preferred Experience
- Strong FinTech Expertise: Proven experience in building and scaling FinTech products, particularly in global payments, FX, payroll, and factoring. Previous exposure of working in financial services is highly desirable.
- Embedded FinTech: Understanding of embedded FinTech solutions and products within vertical SaaS platforms.
- Product and Engineering Leadership: Strong background in product and/or engineering leadership, with hands-on experience owning and driving products from concept through execution in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Global Perspective: Experience working with global payments infrastructure, including connections to acquirers and PSPs. Exposure to both European and US markets is highly valued.
- Organizational Leadership: Track record of successfully leading large teams (50+ members), building high-performing product and engineering organizations, and navigating complex organizational and infrastructural challenges.
Cultural Fit
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: Driven to lead and build from scratch, not just maintain or optimize.
- Ambitious and Fast-Paced: Thrives in a high-speed, constantly shifting environment and takes ownership of challenges.
- Visionary and Strategic: Able to think big and translate a vision into actionable strategies.
- Hands-on Leadership: Willing to roll up sleeves and lead by example, inspiring teams through change and uncertainty.
What's in it for you?
Did you know that Mews was voted the Best PMS of 2024 and has previously held the title of Best Place to Work in Hotel Tech for two consecutive years? You do now. Most of that is down to our inspiring team, but part of it is because of some pretty amazing perks. As well as awesome colleagues and stimulating work, you'll get:
- Participation in the Company shares program
- Best-in-class Parental Leave Policy. At Mews, as the primary caregiver you get 6 months of fully paid parental leave, and as a secondary caregiver, you get 2 months of fully paid parental leave.(No matter your location, this can be used during the 1st year and applies if you've been employed for at least 1 year at Mews)
- Flexible Benefits via the ThanksBen platform
- Unlimited paid holiday (no, this is not a typo)
- Wellness Wednesday's (once a month, the whole company enjoys a day where you can attend to your own well-being)
- Remote/flexible working (we're 100% hybrid-proof, but we cannot hire from anywhere in the world unfortunately, so feel free to reach out and check with us!)
- Monthly working from home allowance and a monthly healthcare insurance allowance (we want you to be happy & healthy)
- Regular team events and socials
Who is Mews?
We want to get to know you, so it's only fair we tell you a little bit about ourselves first. Mews has been transforming hospitality since 2012. What began in a single hotel in Prague now powers thousands of hotels around the world, as they pursue their mission to develop transformational solutions for brands and create remarkable experiences for guests.
Since the beginning, Mews embraced being different. Mews is not simply a property management system, but a connected hospitality cloud with products across the hotel ecosystem and more integrations than anyone else.
From global hospitality brands to independent properties, hoteliers join Mews because they recognize the power of innovation. They understand that they can benefit from hotel tech that drives efficiency, maximizes revenue, and improves guest happiness.
Powering over 5,000 customers across more than 85 countries, Mews Hospitality Cloud is designed to streamline operations for modern hoteliers, transform the guest experience and create more profitable businesses.
Ranked 24th in the FT 1000 list of the fastest-growing European companies in 2021, Mews has been recognized as the Best PMS by industry peers at the HotelTechAwards in both 2020 and 2024, consistently earning acclaim. Mews also achieved finalist status in 2021 and 2022. What's more, we take immense pride in being listed among the Best Places to Work in Hotel Tech during those same years and again this year. But our achievements don't stop there; Mews was also listed among the World's Best Hotel PMS Provider 2023 and as the World's Best Independent Hotel PMS Provider 2022 and 2023 by the World Travel Tech Awards.
Life at Mews
That's what we do, but what about who we are? Mews' culture is special and difficult to capture in words, which makes writing this tricky. You'll experience the freedom to be yourself and the ability to watch your ideas come to life. You'll have an open line of communication and an open invitation to after-work drinks, be they virtual or in-person. Sometimes the work can be challenging and there can be a lot of it, but you'll always be able to rely on those around you.
Yes, we're ambitious and we move fast, but we know the value of fun and taking a breather. Every month we have a Wellness Wednesday, a day off that you can use to boost your health, whether that's a long lie-in, a trip to the gym, or anything in between. We have slack channels for almost every interest imaginable, and an all-company meeting every Friday gives you the chance to ask any question to our leadership team.
To get more of an idea what life at Mews is like, check out our Instagram .
We're guided by our five key values; if you see yourself in them, it's time to get in touch.
Everyone is welcome at Mews
To reimagine the art of hospitality, we need teams who represent our global and diverse customers and users. Our differences make Mews, so we welcome people of all backgrounds and identities to work with us. Embracing different perspectives, trying new things and feeling safe to bring your authentic self to work. If this sounds like you and you're ready to join a global, innovative, and exciting community, we'd love to hear from you!
One very important note….don't hold back! Even if you think you don't meet 100% of the criteria listed in this job role, we still encourage you to apply. We believe that everyone should have equal access to opportunities and want to ensure we provide an inclusive experience, so do let us know if there is anything else we can do to support your application process. We can't wait to hear from you!
