SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER (REMOTE) AT KORAPAY | PRODUCT MANAGER JOBS IN LAGOS

About Company:

Kora is the marketplace for everything payments. We offer a robust payment API for payment collections, disbursements, and conversions for businesses anywhere in Africa. Our vision, which is at the core of what we do every day, is to create a world void of digital financial barriers. We are committed to delivering reliable, secure, and easy-to-use digital financial solutions to every single customer with a guarantee that it is improving their lives. To achieve this mission, we need people like you. 

We strongly believe in our ability to find Water in the Desert and pick the Sands in the Ocean. We value positive energy and clear communication, and are committed to building an inclusive environment for people from every background.

Job Description:

• We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our growing Product Management team at Kora. We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead our Pay-ins and Payouts products.
• As the Product Manager for Pay-ins, you’ll be responsible for optimizing the current payment methods we support and building new ways for our merchants to accept payments.
• As the Product Manager for Payouts, you’ll be responsible for optimizing and improving the current payout channel we support while building new channels in other countries we are expanding to. 
• Product Managers at Kora own the end-to-end problem they are trying to solve with their team. As the Senior Product Manager for either Payouts or Pay-ins, you will develop and execute the product strategy that enables seamless payment experiences for our users.  
• This role is a unique opportunity to impact how global and local businesses accept payments from customers all over Africa.

Reporting Relationships & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Report to the Head of Product working as part of the Product Management team
• Working collaboratively with our Product Management, Engineering, Product Design, Business, Compliance, and IT Team to ensure each feature/product is delivered effectively and with the highest quality.
• Strong working relationship with Managing Team / Directors / Team Leads around the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Strive to deeply understand user needs by conducting user research and identifying opportunities and pain points. And advocate for user needs through the cycle of building products.
• Define, document, and drive roadmaps, project plans, and precise product specifications that consistently deliver quality products for your customers.
• Work with a team of engineers and designers to discover solutions to customer pain points, and build and launch products for local and global businesses.
• Define and drive roadmaps, project plans, and precise product specifications that consistently deliver quality products.
• Ensure successful product launches by working cross-functionally with marketing, merchant success, sales, operations, legal, and compliance teams.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in product management, with demonstrated experience in successfully building and shipping impactful products
• Experience building payment solutions in the fintech industry
• Strong strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities
• You have a good understanding of how software is built and operated and experience in building technical software products
• Strong customer empathy and experience shaping product direction and execution based on customer needs
• Excellent ability to bring clarity and focus to complex and ambiguous situations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to collaborate and lead teams - Product roles bring responsibility without direct authority. We’re looking for leaders who can motivate and earn the trust of stakeholders and teams with a collaborative approach.
• Curiosity and drive
• Great attention to detail and cares about building quality products
• Experience working with both qualitative customer insights and quantitative data to inform decisions. You’ve conducted user research, and a/b tests and have worked closely with product analysts.

Salary

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