- Project Manager Remittance is responsible for implementing Fintech remittance projects.
- Within the Fintech area, remittance is a business vertical that allows users to send or receive money internationally using their wallet.
- There are predefined projects that will deliver, through partnerships, new services to end users and that will be launched by the company.
Experience required
- 3 years or more relevant work experience in Fintech / Financial services / banking services project management or product management or program management
- Total experience of at least 8 years
- Experience from specific remittance products / service administration is an advantage
- Understanding the Fintech ecosystem, players, business models and best practices related to the financial sector or the banking industry
- Experience with frameworks for smooth delivery and development operations
- Experience from working in a medium to large organization
- Experience with Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology
- Entrepreneurial spirit, self-propelled and the ability to motivate a fast-paced team
- It is an advantage to understand emerging markets
- Pan Africa’s multicultural experience is an advantage
- Update with local and global best practices
- Knowledge of payment schemes, integration with payment partners, API integration, API orchestration is a plus
- Functional knowledge:
- Flexible methods
- Definition and usage modeling
- Agile software development processes and methods
- Business modeling
- Innovation
- Integrity
- Management
- Team player
Qualifications:
- 4-year computer science / statistics / mathematics / engineering (or related) degree
- Master of Business Administration is an advantage
- Formal certification in project management / PMP / Digital Product Management / Product Owner, Agile Delivery, User Experience or other relevant fields will be beneficial
ResponsibilityProject plan definition
- Understand the full scope of the assigned projects
- Contact each unit to understand all project aspects, prerequisites, deliveries, dependencies and results o Identify all necessary resources (human, technology, time …)
Operational delivery
- Lead and manage the assigned projects
- Balance business, technology and design priorities to deliver the end product
- Collaborate with the product owner to convert the vision to a level of detail required for the scope of the project
- Carry out, through the partner units and external partners and the company, the actions required for the project from business analysis through technical feasibility assessment to market launch in the company
- Attend assessment meetings on the technical feasibility of offers (eg feasibility study)
- Act as an interface between the various stakeholders and ensure robust implementation of projects while meeting deadlines and delivery quality standards
- Develop and deliver periodic reports describing implementation status
- Build or correct the reporting in the company
- Responsible through the partner units to deliver product design, contract, commercial model, business plan, GTM, process, systems, partnership and implementation with the company
- Support the company (as needed) in implementing the projects in the company
control set
- Strategic meetings
- Partner units and partner engagement for project scope and initiation one. Assignment / core purpose of the job Project Manager Remittance is responsible for the implementation of Fintech remittance projects.
- Partner units and partner engagement for reporting important project milestones
- Request for relevant budget for internal projects and new initiatives
- Facilitate the preparation of proposals for change initiatives, guidelines and procedures
- Escalations
- Manage and resolve escalations that have a critical impact on service delivery
- Escalate issues that will result in serious time, scope, productivity and cost or resource or reputation impact
- Manage and deliver solutions to escalations that have multiple processes / functions that critically impact service delivery
- Manage and deliver solutions through stakeholder consultation where relevant
- Function tactical
- Report periodically on all initiated projects (internal or global)
- Input on goals, objectives and budgets for sub-function where relevant
- Develop and monitor important risks, problems and dependencies and take mitigating measures
- Facilitate sign-off / make decisions regarding tactical changes
- Reporting
- Report regularly to management on progress in the function and in accordance with the measured values set by the organization
- Reports on specific projects, as needed
- Budgets
- Input to functional budgets in line with projects to be delivered
- Ensure that operating costs are reduced, in line with an operating strategy with the lowest possible cost derived from the business drivers
Desired skills:
- Project Manager
- Project management
- Fintech
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