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Safaricom is the leading provider of converged communication solutions in Kenya. In addition to providing a broad range of first-class products and services for Telephony, Broadband Internet and Financial services, Safaricom seeks to uplift the welfare of Kenyans through value-added services and support for community projects.
DESCRIPTION
We are pleased to announce the subject career opportunity within Commercial (M-Pesa Africa) reporting to the Commercial Director.
Role Description
M-Pesa is a pioneering fintech business and global market leader in mobile money. From starting in 2007 as a convenient means by which the unbanked and underbanked can make digital payments, M-Pesa has now grown to offer >50 million active customers financial services, enterprise, merchant, and retail solutions. We are proud of our work in enabling the digital economy in our markets, and in driving financial inclusion.
The Commercial team at M-Pesa Africa works with the M-Pesa leadership across our 7 OpCos to co-create the product strategy, drive thought leadership, design new products, and features, set commercial priorities with the engineering teams, and lead business development for strategic multi-country partnership opportunities.
M-Pesa Africa is now making strides to deepen and strengthen its offering to consumers and businesses in our operating countries, making it easier for them to manage their money and get more from their limited resources. The financial services portfolio spans credit, savings, wealth management, and insurance.
Your role will be to drive the strategy creation and execution with a team of product managers across this product set. This includes ensuring co-creation with and alignment of the roadmaps with leadership in each market and maintaining customer centricity throughout. It also includes leading key partnerships to realise our objectives. The North Star for this role will include the number of active customers adopting affordable financial services and roadmap execution.
Why this role is tailored for you
You’ll lead a world-class product management team that drives innovation across the financial services portfolio.
As the head of financial services with 4+ direct reports, you will spearhead the mission will the management team.
Key Role Responsibilities
Champion Financial Services Product Strategy:
Business Development:
Focus on execution of the Financial Services roadmap to drive revenue:
Build "trusted advisor" relationship with M-Pesa markets:
QUALIFICATIONS
Apply if you have:
What you can expect from us:
Note to Applicants
As part of our recruitment process, we will request the below documentation which will be required as soft copies at a later stage of the process.
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