Full-Time

Senior Product Manager

Consumer Payments

Toast

Toast

5,001-10,000 employees

All-in-one POS and restaurant tech platform

Compensation Overview

$159k - $254k/yr

United States

Hybrid

Category
Product (1)
Required Skills
Product Management
REST APIs
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • 8+ years of product management experience, including significant experience in payments, fintech, consumer payments, wallets, or other complex platform businesses
  • Track record of defining, building, and scaling products in ambiguous, cross-functional environments
  • Strong understanding of digital payments, wallets, stored value, alternative payment methods, or consumer fintech ecosystems
  • Ability to balance customer experience, technical complexity, risk and compliance constraints, and business economics
  • Strong technical fluency and comfort partnering deeply with engineering on architecture, APIs, dependencies, and rollout planning
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and align cross-functional teams
  • Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to move fluidly between detail and big-picture strategy
  • Experience with marketplace, network, loyalty, or two-sided platform models is a plus
Responsibilities
  • Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Consumer Payments, aligning near-term execution with Toast’s long-term strategy
  • Define the end-to-end consumer payment experience across areas such as wallet, stored value, guest checkout, rewards-linked payments, and emerging lower-cost payment methods
  • Partner with Consumer and Guest teams to create payment experiences that are seamless, intuitive, and habit-forming for diners across Toast surfaces
  • Work closely with other Payment teams, Risk, Finance, Legal, and Operations teams to design solutions that are compliant, scalable, and economically compelling
  • Drive product discovery and prioritization grounded in customer needs, business impact, technical feasibility, and strategic differentiation
  • Lead complex cross-functional initiatives involving internal platform teams and external partners
  • Translate broad strategic goals into clear milestones, measurable outcomes, and focused execution plans
  • Use data to evaluate adoption, engagement, conversion, retention, payment mix, margin impact, and customer value
  • Communicate strategy, priorities, tradeoffs, progress, and risks clearly to senior leadership and stakeholders across Toast
  • Embrace and advocate for the use of AI tools to accelerate product discovery, streamline execution, and explore new product experiences - helping shape how we build and what we build
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience building wallet, stored value, prepaid, debit, or rewards-linked payment products
  • Familiarity with merchant economics, cost-of-acceptance levers, or alternative payment rails such as ACH or pay by bank
  • Experience in hospitality, commerce, or local marketplace products

Toast provides an integrated restaurant technology platform with an all-in-one POS system plus hardware and software for dining businesses. It combines mobile ordering, online ordering, gift card management, sales reporting, employee management, and CRM in a single system that processes orders, payments, and back-office tasks. Revenue comes from subscriptions, transaction fees, hardware sales, and value-added services like Toast Capital loans to restaurants. The goal is to help restaurants run more efficiently and grow by reducing third-party dependencies and streamlining operations across formats from fine dining to quick-service.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Founded

2011

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Q1 2026 recurring gross profit grew 27% to $2.2B ARR across 171,000 locations.
  • Toast IQ Grow pilots delivered 8% average sales growth via AI marketing automation.
  • Partnerships with Alinea Group and Preferred Hotels expand into hospitality sectors.

What critics are saying

  • $1B shelf filing dilutes shares, dropping stock 15% post-Q1 2026 earnings.
  • Toast IQ Grow adoption stalls below 20% of locations within 9-15 months.
  • Incept AI partners launch competing POS integrations within 18-24 months.

What makes Toast unique

  • Toast builds cloud-based POS exclusively for restaurants with kitchen display systems.
  • Proprietary hardware like Toast Go 3 handheld enables tableside ordering and 24-hour battery.
  • Integrates payments, online ordering, and AI tools like Toast IQ Grow into single platform.

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Benefits

Peer Nominated Toastie Awards

Professional Development Reimbursement Program

Sabbatical

Unlimited Vacation & Flexible Work Hours

Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage + Wellness Stipend

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The Associated Press
Apr 14th, 2026
Toast launches unified drive-thru solution to boost QSR speed and accuracy

Toast has launched Toast Drive-Thru, an enterprise-grade solution designed to modernise quick-service restaurant operations across over 140,000 drive-thru locations in the US. The platform unifies point of sale, digital menu boards, kitchen display systems and AI voice ordering integrations into a single system. The solution includes POS-native software with AI voice ordering partners like Incept AI, trusted hardware by Delphi featuring high-brightness 55-inch screens, and turnkey services including site surveys, content design and installation support. Toast Drive-Thru aims to increase throughput and order accuracy whilst optimising labour efficiency. The platform will roll out to brands with 15 or more locations in the coming months as part of Toast's Enterprise Solutions offering.

Yahoo Finance
Apr 4th, 2026
Toast's data push and security focus may reshape investment case as revenue beats expectations

Toast has raised its profile following presentations at the RSA Conference 2026 and quarterly results showing revenue growth above consensus, though earnings slightly missed expectations. The restaurant platform provider is emphasising how its network of over 160,000 restaurants and new benchmarking tools can create competitive advantages through data insights. The company's new benchmarking product provides operators with aggregated pricing and performance data, aiming to drive higher average revenue per user whilst mitigating risks from potential slowdowns in gross payment volume per location. Toast projects $10.1 billion in revenue and $897.2 million in earnings by 2029, requiring 17.9% annual revenue growth. Analyst estimates vary considerably, with some forecasting $9.5 billion revenue and $574.5 million earnings by 2028, reflecting uncertainty about Toast's ability to convert growth into sustainable profitability amid competitive pressures.

Yahoo Finance
Mar 27th, 2026
Toast named to Fast Company's most innovative companies list, launches restaurant AI assistant

Toast has been named to Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies list for 2026 and launched Toast IQ, a conversational AI assistant for restaurant operators. The platform aims to help manage orders, staff questions and daily operations. The company's shares currently trade at $26.39, showing mixed performance with a 55.1% gain over three years but a 22.4% decline year-to-date and 25.4% drop over the past year. Toast IQ represents the company's push into AI-powered automation to address labour pressures in restaurants. The key question for investors is whether these restaurant-specific AI tools can increase customer retention and expand spending per location. However, AI development costs could pressure sales and marketing budgets, a flagged risk for the company.

Yahoo Finance
Feb 28th, 2026
Toast builds restaurant operating system with 156K locations and $51.5B payment volume

Toast, Inc. has raised its position as the foundational integration layer for the restaurant industry, powering 156,000 locations and processing $51.5 billion in gross payment volume. The company's platform connects transactions, inventory, labour, marketing and AI-driven insights, creating high switching costs and operational dependencies. The core SMB business operates at a 40% EBITDA margin, funding expansion into enterprise, international and retail verticals. Recent enterprise wins include Nordstrom and TGI Fridays, whilst international SaaS ARPU grew 20% year-on-year. Analysts suggest a base case target of $37 per share implies 54% upside from current levels, with the bull case offering potential returns exceeding 100%. However, risks include margin durability, enterprise execution and international adoption challenges. The stock has declined approximately 24% since previous coverage in March 2025.

Yahoo Finance
Feb 20th, 2026
Toast reports Q4 revenue up 22% to $1.6B, surpasses $2B ARR milestone

Toast Inc. reported fourth-quarter 2025 revenue of $1.6 billion, up 22% year-over-year, and surpassed $2 billion in annual recurring revenue. The restaurant technology platform added over 30,000 net locations in 2025, ending the year with 164,000 total locations. The company posted 33% growth in recurring gross profit and an expanded adjusted EBITDA margin of 34%. Toast expanded into new markets, launching in Australia and signing major brands including Applebee's and Firehouse Subs. The company introduced over 500 new features, including the Toast IQ conversational AI assistant. For 2026, Toast projects recurring gross profit growth of 20% to 22% and adjusted EBITDA between $775 million and $795 million. Management cited headwinds from higher hardware costs due to memory chip demand and tariffs.