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Abhishek Sandhir

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Head of Payments, SpaceX at SpaceX
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Abhishek Sandhir is a fintech product leader with over 15 years of experience scaling global payments at PayPal, Circle, and now as Head of Payments for Starlink. He specializes in digital wallets, open banking, and B2B payments. Colleagues describe him as knowledgeable, dedicated, and a calm, capable leader.

His career path is unique, moving from traditional fintech at PayPal to building financial infrastructure on the blockchain at Circle, and now pioneering payments for a global satellite internet service at SpaceX.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Head of Payments, SpaceX
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Global Payments Infrastructure
His entire career, including his current role at Starlink, focuses on building and scaling payment systems to support global growth and new lines of business.
Fintech Disruption
His career progression from PayPal to Circle (stablecoins) and now Starlink shows a deep interest in innovative and next-generation financial technologies.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Head of Payments, SpaceX
SpaceX
7-2021 - 9-2024
Director, Product
Circle
6-2018 - 6-2021
Head of Product, Open Banking | EMEA Payments (Group PM)
PayPal
1-2017 - 7-2018
Head, LATAM, Alternate Payments (Lead PM)
PayPal
7-2014 - 3-2017
Senior Product Manager - Global Payments | Digital Banking
PayPal
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Education
MBA Exchange Student
Copenhagen Business School
Bachelors of Information Science
Delhi University
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