Senior Product Associate at Fincra

Fincra is a cutting-edge payment infrastructure designed specifically for fintechs, platforms, and global businesses. Our comprehensive suite of payment solutions empowers businesses to securely accept payments, facilitate global payouts, and expand their operations across borders. At Fincra, we understand the importance of secure and efficient payment processing in today’s globalized business landscape. Our payment infrastructure offers a robust and reliable platform that enables businesses to accept payments securely from customers worldwide. We prioritize the safety and security of transactions, ensuring that businesses can operate with confidence and protect sensitive financial information. In addition to payment acceptance, Fincra facilitates seamless global payouts, allowing businesses to efficiently distribute funds to their partners, vendors, and service providers across different countries. Our payout solutions offer speed, reliability, and cost-effectiveness, enabling businesses to streamline their financial operations and strengthen their global partnerships. Furthermore, Fincra is designed to scale with businesses as they expand into new markets and regions. Our payment infrastructure supports cross-border transactions, providing businesses with the tools and capabilities they need to navigate the complexities of international commerce and grow their customer base worldwide. With Fincra, businesses can unlock new growth opportunities, enhance their global presence, and optimize their payment operations. We are committed to empowering fintechs, platforms, and global businesses with the cutting-edge payment solutions they need to thrive in the rapidly evolving digital economy.

Title: Senior Product Associate

Location: Lagos

Job type: Full-time

Reporting Line: Head of Product

Job Type: Full-Time | Fully Remote

Role Overview

• We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented individual to join our team as a Product Associate. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, engineers, and marketing, to assist in the development and management of our products.
• You will be responsible for conducting market research, analyzing data, assisting in product planning, and supporting the overall product lifecycle.
• The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, has strong analytical skills, and thrives in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.

Responsibilities
What you’ll be expected to do at Fincra:

• Measure and track data and key product performance metrics
• Works closely with UX designer to make sure features will work optimally for our merchants.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to incorporate product requirements.
• Managing the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities.
• Specifying market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by on-going visits to merchants.
• Developing and implementing a company-wide go-to-market plan, working with all departments to execute.
• Analyzing potential partner relationships for the product, Liaising with technology to determine product specifications.
• Carrying out independent consumer research to suggest new products to the Team Lead.
• Effectively apply methodology and enforces project standards.
• Minimizes our exposure and risk on project.
• Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
• Define and understand the pricing model and billing procedures.
• Establish partnerships and relationships which are necessary for go to market plan and product development and management
• Holds regular status meetings with stakeholders and setting timelines for projects.
• Meets with merchants  to identify product requirements, Meets with merchants to clarify features and walk through product iterations in the course of development.

Job Requirements
What you bring along:

• Minimum of 7+ years in product management in a Fintech or software development company.
• Experience with the development of payment platforms.
• Experience defining requirements for and contributing to the design of enterprise platform API’s.
• Experience with one or more of the common use cases for the Payouts, Collections and Agency Banking
• Excellent written and spoken communications skills.
• Solid understanding of B2B business models and sales motions.
• Curiosity and an open mind.
• Humble attitude — we are here for the success of the team and the company.
• Empathy, transparency, and a good sense of ownership.

What We Look for In You:

• Do whatever it takes to make your product and team successful, no matter how big or small the issue may be, whatever that means.
• Hunting down the root cause of a user’s frustration.
• Take an evidence-based and data-driven approach to making decisions.
• You are a clear and empathetic communicator both verbally and in your writing.
• Are motivated by the opportunity to improve the lives of our users.
• Have a deep and unrelenting customer focus.
• Are a creative product thinker who loves collaborating across the company with engineering, analytics, marketing, design and sales.
• Obsess about continuous product improvement and can optimize for shipping a portfolio of small, medium and large releases beyond just shipping new products

Bonus Points:

• Experience with products offered both via SaaS and self-managed.
• Background in computer science or any other related field.

Perks

• A chance to be an early member of a high-growth startup.
• We pay competitively in the Nigerian market for the matched experience and role
• Amazing work culture and a company that truly cares about creating the best and most fun place to work.
• We offer health insurance that includes dental, optical & covers major surgeries.
• Interest-free staff loans upon confirmation.
• We currently work fully remote.
• Stock options for early employees.
• Annual Training budget.

Deadline: Not Specified.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should Click Here to apply online