Director of Product – Tax Platform
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Relocation: Provided
Working model: Hybrid
Reporting to: VP of Product, FinTech
About the Company
Our client is a leading global digital travel and technology company operating at large scale across multiple countries, products and customer segments. Data, experimentation and technology are central to how the business operates, with product and engineering teams empowered to build platforms that support growth, compliance and operational excellence.
About the Team
The Product organization is product-led, fast-moving and highly collaborative. Product teams have strong ownership, work closely with engineering and business stakeholders, and are expected to define clear outcomes, test, learn and deliver meaningful impact at scale.
The Tax Product team sits within the FinTech Product organization, which owns platforms powering payment processing, financial operations and compliance. These platforms are critical to enabling new business models, new product launches and compliant global operations.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Director of Product – Tax Platform to lead the strategy, roadmap and transformation of a proprietary global tax platform.
In this role, you will directly manage a team of senior product managers and take end-to-end ownership of the tax platform that supports indirect tax across a global digital business. You will define the product strategy in response to rapidly evolving global tax regulations and oversee a multi-year platform transformation to ensure the system is scalable, future-ready and able to support business growth.
This is a high-visibility leadership role within the FinTech leadership team, with frequent engagement with senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders across product, engineering, finance, tax, legal and operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the vision, strategy and roadmap for the global tax platform, covering tax master data, tax determination, invoicing / e-invoicing, reconciliation, tax reporting and indirect tax controls.
- Partner closely with Group Tax and Finance teams to translate regulatory, audit and business requirements into clear product outcomes and platform capabilities.
- Lead product teams through large, multi-year transformation initiatives to deliver a tax platform that can support multiple products, business models, brands and jurisdictions.
- Make buy-versus-build decisions for tax engines, e-invoicing providers and related services.
- Own the long-term integration strategy with external vendors and internal financial, tax and data platforms.
- Work closely with engineering leaders to shape architecture, prioritize technical investments and ensure the platform can operate reliably at scale.
- Design and champion strong governance for tax configuration, rules management and change control.
- Define success metrics and reporting for tax platform initiatives.
- Regularly communicate roadmap progress, risks, trade-offs and delivery updates to senior leadership.
- Build, lead and develop a team of senior product managers.
- Drive alignment across globally distributed stakeholders in product, engineering, tax, finance, legal and operations.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in product management or similar roles.
- At least 5 years in a senior product leadership role, such as Director, Head of Product or equivalent.
- Proven track record building, scaling or transforming in-house tax platforms within large-scale digital businesses.
- Experience in ecommerce, marketplace, online travel, mobility, fintech, digital platforms or similar regulated, high-volume environments.
- Deep understanding of indirect tax for digital businesses, including VAT/GST, marketplace and deemed-supplier regimes, withholding tax and related system/data requirements.
- Hands-on experience across the core tax platform stack, including tax master data, rules configuration, tax determination, invoicing/e-invoicing, reconciliation and reporting controls.
- Strong ability to break down ambiguous, multi-year transformation challenges into clear product milestones.
- Excellent judgment on prioritization, sequencing, risk management and stakeholder alignment.
- Strong communication skills in English, with the ability to explain complex tax and platform topics clearly to senior non-technical stakeholders.
- Comfortable working from the Bangkok office in a hybrid model.
- Experience working with globally distributed teams.
Nice to Have
- Experience integrating or working with leading indirect tax engines, e-invoicing providers or tax content vendors.
- Understanding of the strengths, limitations and trade-offs of external tax technology vendors.
- Familiarity with large-scale financial and data platforms, such as ERP systems, consolidation/reporting tools and financial data pipelines.
- Understanding of how tax systems interact with payments, finance, accounting, reporting and compliance platforms.
- Background in a quantitative or technical field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics or similar.
- Relevant professional qualifications in Tax or Accounting, combined with strong product and systems exposure.
- Experience working in multicultural, high-growth environments.
- Experience operating across multiple countries, tax jurisdictions and regulatory environments.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a senior product leader with deep experience in tax platforms, financial systems and large-scale digital environments. They should be able to combine product strategy, regulatory understanding, technical platform thinking and strong stakeholder leadership.
This person should be comfortable leading complex, multi-year transformation programmes, making strategic platform decisions and working closely with senior executives, engineering leaders and tax experts to build scalable and compliant global tax capabilities.
