Company Info
Large organization
Kuda Bank
200 + Employees
Kuda Bank emerges as a comprehensive, app-based digital bank with a clear vision. Our mission extends beyond the African continent to embrace the global African diaspora. We aim to be the preferred banking choice for individuals worldwide with African roots. At Kuda, we prioritize your financial well-being by eliminating unnecessary banking fees and empowering you to budget wisely, spend sensibly, and increase savings. We have achieved significant milestones, raising the largest seed round ever witnessed in Africa. Moreover, in February 2021, we successfully concluded a Series A funding round, which was spearheaded by some of the world’s most astute venture capital investors. Our headquarters are based in London, while we also maintain operational hubs in Lagos and Cape Town. Additionally, we are continuously expanding our presence across Africa, with new offices set to open throughout 2021. Kuda Bank is rapidly gaining recognition as the leading ‘Neobank’ tailored to serve the needs of Africans both on the continent and abroad.
Title: Technical Product Manager – Nerve
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
About the Role
- We are looking for a Senior Technical Product Manager to lead the development and growth of Nerve, Kuda’s in-house Core Banking Application.
- The ideal candidate should be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and passionate about building products that solve real consumer needs.
- As the Senior Technical Product Manager for Nerve, you will be responsible for leading the development of Kuda’s core banking platform in Nigeria, including technical upgrades, enhancements, and updates.
- You will collaborate with engineers, designers, data analysts, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions to Kuda’s customers.
Responsibilities
- Drive prioritization of features, balancing the requirements of stakeholders and providing trade-off recommendations when needed.
- Engage and coordinate with stakeholders across the organization (Compliance, Risk, Operations, etc.) to ensure all relevant technical requirements are captured and considered as part of the development cycle.
- Lead discovery process of technical features/solutions.
- Oversee end-to-end delivery of technical solutions, manage dependencies, raise risks and issues in a timely manner, and communicate development schedules to business stakeholders.
- Manage the backlog – plan and groom user stories with scrum teams, ensuring to follow proper definitions (Ready, Done, etc.) and detailed acceptance criteria.
- Support testing and deployment of technical solutions through the different stages.
- Create technical product-related documentation with the technical documentation team.
- Develop and maintain appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance post-launch to evaluate future enhancements and investments.
- Consult business stakeholders to identify and drive opportunities with partners / vendors / customers.
- Be the Functional and Technical SME on the Nerve system.
- Drive the requirements for Nerve upgrades, migrations, enhancements and updates, working in partnership with all other areas in different domains such as payments, statements, lending, engineering, etc.
- Ensure that the Never product and technical decisions are aligned with Kuda’s strategic goals and regulatory requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign equivalent).
- 7+ years of experience in technical product management and engineering.
- Experience with one or more retail banking cores and payments systems such as Finacle, Temenos, Flexcube, BankOne, Jack Henry, Finastra, etc.
- Experience working with cloud-based 3rd Party service providers.
- Experience with record-keeping systems, and personal financial management preferred.
- Proficient with agile/scrum, continuous integration, automated configuration management, test-driven development, and data center/cloud automation.
Benefits
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:
- Pension
- Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
- Group life insurance
- Health insurance
- L&D training
- We are advocates of work-life balance and offer a 3 day per week remote working option.
Deadline: Not Specified.
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should Click Here to apply online