• Develop and execute go-to-market strategy for Digital Payments & Labs products in East Africa
• Partner with global and regional product teams to understand product capabilities including MCQR, virtual cards, tokenisation, contactless and QR and provide inputs to ensure market needs are addressed, synergize with other initiatives and ensure ongoing coordination for smooth operation of the products in market
• Partner with in-market account management and market development teams to ensure product caters to market strategy. Maintain ongoing engagement to ensure execution of plans.
• Support Market Development and Account Management teams as needed in senior client engagements and in communicating product strategy, innovation, business building models and overall market direction
• Engage marketing, communications and other relevant colleagues to support the successful launch of products and ensure optimum visibility and utilization of budgets and investments on the product
• Identify and develop local supplier, wallet and fintech partnerships to accelerate delivery of digital payment solutions to marke
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to develop and deploy digital payment ecosystems and work on cross functional strategic initiatives
• Constantly assess and understand the payments market, competition and trends to feed it into market and product strategy

All about You

• Fluent in English
• 5+ years of work experience preferably in product development and management
• Curious and passionate about payments and innovation
• Team player, comfortable working in a large matrix organization, willing to lead, build consensus and determined to get things done in time
• Comfortable working in a dynamic environment where rapid or sudden changes are not unusual
• Expert in payment / technology industry with an understanding of the considerations that influence industry participants’ decisions and outlook
• Experience and success in commercializing digital solutions in a large market
• Strong operational and technical understanding of payments industry
• Experience working across cultures – exposure of working in more than one country is highly desired