Founder | PayGood

Founding Team Expectations
PayGood.com is ready to grow into its own independent entity, and we’re looking for a founding team to take full ownership of its success. Currently funded through LaunchGood, PayGood is positioned to develop a fintech payment processing product that treats everyone fairly—beginning with the Muslim community and extending to allLearn more about it here:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/01/muslim-friendly-websites-apps
What We’re Looking For
A founder to take PayGood.com forward. This means stepping into a builder’s role where you will be responsible for leading the product from zero to one and possibly even lead fundraising.

1. Own the Mission: Take full accountability for the development, growth, and operational success of PayGood.
2. Strategize and Execute: Define the vision and drive execution to deliver a best-in-class fintech product. Understand customer needs, analyze market opportunities, and lead the charge in turning ideas into impactful solutions.
3. Focus on Customers & build the right team : Engage directly with users to address their pain points, ensuring the product meets their evolving needs. Build trust and maintain open communication with stakeholders.
4. Collaborate and Solve Problems: Partner with engineers and other team members to overcome technical and operational challenges, ensuring seamless product functionality and integration.
5. Navigate Ambiguity: Lead with resilience and adaptability, taking on the challenges of early-stage growth with creativity and resourcefulness.

About the Role:
We're looking for a founder who thrives on solving complex challenges and delights in delivering exceptional customer experiences. In this role, you’ll guide the vision and development of our whitelabeled fintech product, ensuring it meets diverse customer needs and integrates seamlessly across multiple systems.

Responsibilities:

• Define and own the product roadmap for our fintech portal and gateway.
• Build the right team to see this forward from MVP stage to future iterations
• Collaborate with engineers to address customer pain points, including split payments and usage-based billing.
• Lead the integration of various CRMs, APIs, and payment processors into a unified system.
• Work directly with customers to understand their unique requirements and translate them into actionable features.
• Test and validate product constraints in collaboration with backend providers.
• Advocate for building SDKs that empower external developers to extend and build on our platform, including combining multiple SDKs and adding custom analytics or features.
• Establish and own key metrics to support data-driven decision-making.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in fintech or SaaS.
• Strong understanding of APIs, CRMs, and payment processing systems.
• Proven ability to manage complex customer requirements and deliver solutions that exceed expectations.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
• A proactive mindset with a willingness to engage directly with customers and stakeholders.
• Experience with SDK development processes and/or technical products consumed by other technologists, including wrapping existing SDKs to provide additional functionality, is a strong plus.