Founding Head of Product

About Us
Tesser simplifies cross-border money transfers for licensed financial institutions (banks, MSBs and PSPs) by providing them a simple, compliant platform to send and receive funds using stablecoins. Tesser’s is the only platform that is built exclusively to support FIs, empowering them to stay competitive by enabling payments and settlements on-chain.

Our team includes veterans from Circle, PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, and MIT. We’re backed by top-tier VCs and have a multi-year runway.

Early team members have meaningful ownership and direct influence. If you care about payments and believe in blockchain’s potential to reshape them, you’ll fit right in. We move fast and value clear thinking over ego.
We’re looking for a Head of Product with deep experience shipping cross-border payment products built on stablecoins. You understand the nuance of designing compliant, reliable, multi-currency stablecoin flows—and how to abstract crypto complexity for end users.

What You’ll Do
Define the Cross-Border Product Strategy

• Own product direction for our stablecoin-based cross-border payments stack: sending, receiving, FX handling, on/off-ramping, and settlement across markets.
• Develop a product roadmap that aligns with customer needs (B2B payments, global payroll, vendor payouts, marketplace flows) and technical feasibility across multiple blockchain networks and jurisdictions.

Design payment flows that enable:

• Stablecoin payouts to local wallets or bank accounts
• FX transparency and real-time pricing via on-chain/off-chain liquidity
• Automated routing based on speed, cost, and reliability
• Local compliance per payment corridor: KYB/KYC, AML, transaction screening
• Interface with ecosystem partners: off-ramp providers, liquidity venues, local PSPs, custodians, and compliance providers.

Developer-Focused Experience

• Own API-first products that enable FIs to integrate global payouts and remittances with minimal lift.
• Simplify developer UX: fiat-to-stablecoin abstraction, webhook-based confirmations, smart retries, payment tracking, and clear failure states.

Team and Leadership

• Drive a cross-functional process that aligns engineering, partnerships, legal, and customer success on delivery timelines and feedback loops.
• Over time you will be required to hire, mentor, and lead a small but high-caliber product team.

You Might Be a Fit If You Have

• 8+ years of product experience, with 2+ years specifically owning cross-border payments – stablecoin and/or crypto payments a significant plus.
• Shipped products in:
• Remittances or global B2B payments
• Multi-currency wallet and/or global payout APIs
• Settlement on and off chain and FX conversion
• Understanding of global financial regulation, including local payout restrictions, AML, and cross-border licensing constraints.
• Deep technical collaboration experience—working with engineering on chain selection, gas fees, liquidity routing, bridging, and wallet design.
• Built infrastructure or products that abstract volatility, manage FX risk, and ensure payment traceability for users and enterprises.

Nice to Have

• Experience integrating with payment partners in LATAM, Africa, SEA, or MENA corridors
• Familiarity with EVM chains, Solana, or layer 2s as they relate to cost and speed tradeoffs
• Experience building compliance-first financial tooling (e.g., for licensed MSBs, EMI-licensed fintechs)
• Prior founder or 0→1 product experience in fintech or crypto infra