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# Senior Product Manager, Payments at Navan

- **Company:** Navan
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $115k–$255k
- **Posted:** 2026-09-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://navan.com/careers/openings?gh_jid=8170880

## Job description

Navan is hiring a Senior Product Manager to own the vision, strategy, and execution of our Payments platform, the critical infrastructure that powers billions of dollars in transaction volume for thousands of companies worldwide.

This role sits at the intersection of product innovation, financial infrastructure, and global expansion, defining how Navan moves money, manages relationships with banking and payment partners, and scales our payments capabilities into new markets. This is a highly visible role with the opportunity to shape the future of how businesses manage corporate payments at scale.

What You’ll Do:

- Own the end-to-end experience for Navan Expense payments and payouts, from bank account configuration to payment routing, settlement, and reconciliation. You’ll build and manage intelligent systems that optimize for speed, reliability, cost, and compliance across multiple payment rails.
- Build strategic relationships and integrations with banking partners, payment service providers, and fintech infrastructure companies.
- Lead the expansion of Navan's payments capabilities into new geographies, navigating regulatory and compliance requirements, local banking infrastructure, and currency exchange dynamics.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Design, Finance, Legal, Risk, and Go-To-Market teams to deliver high-impact features from conception through launch.
- Maintain a prioritized roadmap focused on maximizing customer value while managing technical complexity and risk.
- Use data and analytics to inform decisions, track success metrics, and continuously optimize payment performance.

What We’re Looking For:

- Minimum 5 years of product management or equivalent experience
- Strong product taste, judgement, and design thinking
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams toward ambitious goals with agency and urgency.
- AI fluency, using AI tools to accelerate your workflows and drive impact
- Strong systems thinking to design scalable infrastructure that supports both current needs and future growth

Preferred Experience:

- Experience with banking partnerships, payment service providers, or embedded finance platforms
- Knowledge of international payments and regulatory frameworks across multiple geographies
- Background in high-growth fintech or B2B financial services
- Technical degree or background enabling deeper engagement with engineering teams

The posted pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the compensation for this position and is subject to change based on business need. To determine a successful candidate’s starting pay, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, an evaluation of the candidate’s skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity.

For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter. Pay Range $114,750—$255,000 USD

Navan uses AI-assisted Automated Employment Decision Tool (Metaview) to assist with evaluating resumes against job qualifications for this role. All final decisions are made by human recruiters and hiring managers.

Human oversight: Metaview does not automatically reject candidates or make final hiring decisions. Our recruiters and hiring managers review all outputs and make the final hiring decision regarding every application.

- Your rights: If you prefer to have your application reviewed without AI assistance, you may request a human evaluation by entering your email [here](https://my.metaview.app/applications/opt-out?organization=15dd7e883f). Your decision to do so will not affect how your candidacy is evaluated.

Please refer to our[Candidate Privacy Notice](https://navan.com/candidate-privacy-notice) for more information about our processing of personal data, and your rights.

## About Navan

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Navan is the leading all-in-one, AI-powered business travel, payments, and expense management platform that makes corporate travel effortless for frequent travelers while giving finance teams full control.
- **Entity Type**: Public (ticker: **NAVN**, listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market in October 2025)
- **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Ariel Cohen and Ilan Twig

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Corporate travel management, expense management, travel technology, payments.
- **Target customers**: B2B – mid-market to enterprise companies; also SMBs.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Make travel easy for every traveler by being the best travel agency on the planet."

## Products & Services
- **Navan Travel**: AI-powered booking platform for flights, hotels, and ground transportation with extensive inventory access (including NDC content from 17+ airlines).
- **Navan Expense**: Automated expense management that categorizes and reconciles receipts, with real-time policy enforcement and integration with ERPs.
- **Navan Edge**: AI travel assistant (chat-based) that handles bookings and provides 24/7 human support.
- **Navan Rewards**: Incentive program that rewards employees for booking below budget.
- **Navan Connect (BYOC)**: Card-link technology that connects corporate cards from 250+ banks, enabling unified spend visibility.
- **Navan Corporate Cards**: Physical and virtual cards for payments.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available in search results (post-IPO, real-time market cap available on exchanges).
- **Key Metric**: **Total Headcount** ~3,300 employees (as of 2026); **Number of customers** – thousands, including major enterprises like Heineken, Unilever, Wayfair, and Zoom.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not listed in provided sources, but strategic partners include Amadeus (dual-GDS model) and major airlines via NDC.
- **Growth Signals**: Went public in October 2025; expanded globally through acquisitions of Comtravo (Germany), Resia (France), Tripeur (India), and Reed & MacKay (Europe); now operates 50 offices worldwide; first TMC to integrate AI across the entire platform.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-first platform**: First travel management company to embed AI across search, booking, expense reconciliation, and customer service.
- **All-in-one T&E**: Combines travel, expense, and payments in a single system, eliminating the need for multiple vendors.
- **Dual-GDS model**: Integrated with both Sabre and Amadeus, providing global coverage and competitive pricing.
- **NDC leader**: Offers access to 17 airlines’ New Distribution Capability content for better fares and inventory.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue leading in AI-powered travel and expense innovation.
- Expand corporate card and payments ecosystem (Navan Connect, external card linking).
- Deepen enterprise capabilities and global footprint (targeting mid-market and large multinationals).
- Drive user adoption through employee rewards and seamless mobile experience.

## Why Work Here
- **Work model**: Hybrid – 4 days per week in office (Palo Alto HQ and other global offices). Strong emphasis on in-person collaboration.
- **Culture**: Meritocratic, high-ownership, “high-talent density” environment. Values include extreme ownership, bias to action, “AI-first mindset”, and “seriously fun”.
- **Perks & Benefits**:
  - Flexible vacation (take time off as needed, manager coordination).
  - Paid parental leave (16 weeks birthing parent, 10 weeks non-birthing).
  - 401k, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discount.
  - Medical, dental, vision, pet insurance.
  - Commuter benefits, in-office snacks and lunches, dog-friendly offices.
  - Headspace mental health subscription.
  - Navan personal travel discounts (employee leisure bookings at corporate rates).
  - Connectivity allowance (bi-weekly stipend for remote work).
- **Growth opportunities**: Rapidly scaling public company; teams across engineering, product, data science, travel operations, and R&D.

## Sources
1. [navan.com](https://navan.com/ – Product overview, platform details)
2. [navan.com/about](https://navan.com/about – Company history, mission, timeline, IPO)
3. [navan.com/careers](https://navan.com/careers – Culture, values, benefits, work model)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/navan – Headcount, offices, hybrid policy, perks)

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