Tech Manager • POS in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom at PayPal

Job Description

Job Description

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.
In 2021, iZettle became Zettle by PayPal to go further in its mission to redefine financial freedom and help small businesses succeed in a world of giants. By offering them the tools to get paid, sell smarter and grow, we are empowering sellers across the globe to reach their full potential. We believe that together we’re made for more and think that the best is yet to come. Our journey in putting an end to ordinary is just starting — Are you with us?

As our quest to democratize financial services continues at blazing speed, our POS Alliance is looking for an experienced Tech Manager in Edinburgh to lead incredibly talented people grouped in two teams: the Order and the Post-Checkout Teams.

To make the magic happen, our Tech Managers play a fundamental role in showing the way forward while ensuring that our People are having fun working together toward a common vision.

A glimpse of what you will get here

In POS, we are 12 cross-functional self-organized teams building together and co-owning the point of sales that will enable small businesses to grow faster whenever and wherever. All teams own a crucial part of the product. The order - and post-checkout team own the product pieces around the checkout flows used when sellers run their business and selling to their customers.

In our systems we have a zero-fault tolerance while handling millions of events per day. Scalability and monitoring are crucial, testing is as important as production code itself and we write code for the developers that will come, not simply code that works.

Ready to swap everyday for extraordinary?

As a member of our Tech Management Chapter, you will be in charge of cross-functional Teams part of our POS Alliance. On a daily basis, you will cooperate with a wide variety of passionate people making Sellers’ everyday experience astonishing.

In this context, your mission will notably consist in co-setting the vision as well as the direction for your Product Area together with your fellow Product and Design Leads. In the same spirit, you will also take part in similar discussions on the broader Product Organisation level.

With this in view, here's a preview of how you will make an impact:

As a People Manager

• Developing, training and nurturing your direct reports. As a leader, you foster People’s talent and encourage career growth via meaningful dialogues on performance and development .
• Keeping track of staffing while constantly ensuring that we have the right people with the right roles in the right place at the right time.

From an organisational perspective

• Closely working with your fellow leads in Product & Design to set the vision and direction for your Product Area.
• Collaborating with the tech leads in the team to ensure we scale and keep maintainability in focus.
• Clearly communicating the vision and direction across your Teams while nurturing a collaborative environment based on mutual support and trust.
• Always offering the guidance, support and tools needed to take initiatives, experiment, and perform at their best.
• Overall, happily and passionately growing a healthy, self-organised engineering culture in harmony with our values.

From an Operational point-of-view

• You provide clear goals and expected outcomes for the teams and facilitate understanding, measuring and celebrating those achievements along the way.
• You excel in driving cross-areas ways of working, encourage improvements and remove impediments the teams can't resolve themselves.

The skills to create thrills

At Zettle, everyone thinks that it takes originality and an open mind to start a small business. That’s why small minds have no place in ours. As a Leader, you have a wide experience in inspiring and managing Software Engineering Teams in a truly Agile ecosystem, creating results while shaping change.

Our culture and the people living it being our strongest asset, we expect our Managers to take pride in developing and growing People.

Furthermore you:

• Are a pragmatic and solution-oriented Leader with a clear understanding of how to get things done the best and smoothest possible way.
• Are Tech savvy and comfortable engaging with diverse stakeholders to show the way to go for them to thrive and excel in our fast-paced and rapidly evolving environment.
• Have the ability to zoom in and zoom out: you can focus on details without losing sight of the big picture.
• Aim to constantly sharpen your role model skills and embody the behaviours and WoW that motivate your Team to challenge the status quo to turn good into great.

The traits to exceed...

• You are a sociable person known for being an inspirational Leader who talks the talk and walks the walk, always reliable, curious and bold at all times.
• You invest in people and put them first, gladly share your knowledge, experience and opinions while respecting that the last word comes from the Team.
• Lastly, you make it fun and feel good bringing your whole self to work.

Does this sound like you?

If you're ready to take things further, hit Apply & let's talk !

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We are all for equality for all

Tattoo artists. Dog groomers. Cake bakers. Jewelry makers. You name them - at Zettle - we help them. And to do that well, we need our people to be as unique and diverse as they are. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and together we uphold PayPal’s One Team Behaviour, striving to be a place where everyone can benefit from equal access to professional development, bring their whole self to work and most of all, feel like they belong.

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Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:

Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

As part of PayPal’s commitment to employees’ health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.

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