Senior Product Manager

Kora

29d•Remote

About The Position

Kora is a global payment infrastructure company that provides the rails for financial institutions, fintechs, and enterprises to move money across borders reliably and at scale. The company's vision is to create a world void of digital financial barriers by delivering reliable, secure, and easy-to-use digital financial solutions. Kora is seeking a Senior Product Manager to join its Product Management team, specifically to lead either the Pay-ins or Payouts products. This role involves optimizing existing payment methods and payout channels, as well as developing new ones to support the company's expansion into new countries. Product Managers at Kora own the end-to-end problem-solving process for their respective areas, developing and executing product strategies to enable seamless payment experiences. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence how global and local businesses accept payments from customers across Africa. The role involves reporting to the Head of Product and collaborating closely with Product Management, Engineering, Product Design, Business, Compliance, and IT teams, as well as maintaining strong relationships with managing teams and directors across the business.

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.

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.

Benefits

Health insurance
Sponsored and tailored training
Paid parental leave
Paid time-off
Flexible work style
Low-interest loans
Group Life Insurance
Access to up to four therapy sessions monthly
Day off on your birthday
Employee interest groups that provide supportive communities within Kora
Great company culture and the opportunity to work with a highly collaborative team building something great!