Senior Product Manager
Lagos, Nigeria
GPO EMEA – GPO EMEA - Product /
Full-time /
Hybrid
About PayU
PayU, a leading payment and Fintech company in 50+ high-growth markets throughout Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, part of Prosus group, one of the largest technology investors in the world is redefining the way people buy and sell online for our 300.000+ merchants and millions of consumers.
As a leading online payment service provider, we deploy more than 400 payment methods and PCI-certified platforms to process approximately 6 million payments every single day.
The Product Manager is a pivotal PayU leadership role, offering a unique opportunity to take part in shaping and driving PayU’s offering. You will play a key role in implementing our long-term strategy, product roadmap, feature set, and market success for our solutions.
Who you are:
If you are passionate about building groundbreaking products, delivering delightful experiences, understanding needs of customers, execution obsessed, highly analytical, a team player, and are only satisfied when work has an impact ...we'd love to hear about it.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Contribute to the platform vision and roadmap
- Deeply understand our customer’s needs and challenges
- Write specifications for new and updated epics and user stories.
- Approve the development results (UAT)
- Document and communicate newly released features to stakeholders
- Align and communicate with internal stakeholders (sales, compliance, legal, product managers, etc)
- Work closely with development team
- Gather feedback from customers, partners and stakeholders
- Good understanding of local payment market – Africa (South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and ROA)
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and players.
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in IT or Commerce).
- 2-3 years’ experience working as a Product Manager or Business Analyst.
- Payments/Banking/Financial Services experience preferred.
- Experience in Africa – Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.
- Experience working with Development teams using agile methodology.
- Experience within web, online and ecommerce/payments systems preferred.
- Exposure into the Africa Landscape.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Career progression program
- Wellbeing programs
- Flexible program and hybrid way of working
- Free subscription to an Internal Elearning platform with courses from Udemy, Coursera, and many others
- Truly International Environment with almost 40 different cultures
- An inclusive environment that listens to a diverse range of voices when making decisions.
- A positive, get-things-done workplace
- A dynamic, constantly evolving space (change is par for the course – important you are comfortable with this)
- Ability to learn cutting edge concepts and innovation in an agile start-up environment with a global scale
- A democratic work environment where you can drive your outcomes
About us
At PayU, we are a global fintech investor and our vision is to build a world without financial borders where everyone can prosper. We give people in high-growth markets the financial services and products they need to thrive. Our expertise in 18 high-growth markets enables us to extend the reach of financial services. This drives everything we do, from investing in technology entrepreneurs, to offering credit to underserved individuals, to helping merchants buy, sell and operate online. Being part of Prosus, one of the largest technology investors in the world, gives us the presence and expertise to make a real impact. Find out more www.payu.com
Our Commitment To Building A Diverse And Inclusive Workforce
As a global and multi-cultural organization with varied ethnicities thriving across locations, we realize that our responsibility towards fulfilling the D&I commitment is huge. Therefore, we continuously strive to create a diverse, inclusive and safe environment, for all of our people, communities and customers. Our leaders are committed to create an inclusive work culture which enables transparency, flexibility and unbiased attention to each and every PayUneer so they can succeed, irrespective of gender, color or personal faith. An environment where every person feels they belong, that they are listened to, and where they are empowered to speak up. At PayU we have zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice whether a specific race, ethnicity, or of persons with disabilities or the LGBTQ communities.
