Product Manager, Wave

$113.9-198.1k

+ Equity + We run performance reviews twice a year and award bonuses or promotions to strong performers who have been with the company for more than six months; Salary is benchmarked on US rates and may vary by other locations

Mid level

Remote in EU, UK

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Financial services for underbanked communities

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Financial services for underbanked communities

1001+ employees

FintechB2CPaymentsMobile

Job no longer available

$113.9-198.1k

Mid level

Remote in EU, UK

More information about location

1001+ employees

FintechB2CPaymentsMobile

Company mission

To make Africa the first cashless continent.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Are a strong communicator that can inspire and lead by influence
Are great at coordinating across teams and excel at communicating across multiple cultures
Have a good nose for user-focused product design and obsess over user experience
Take ownership for outcomes and do whatever you can to make them close to inevitable
Have strong instincts for asking questions that could move the needle
Have the courage and persistence to replan when feedback or new information arrives
Always listen with empathy but ruthlessly prioritise based on impact
Are excited about travel and meet users where they are — your users will be in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, and other countries in Africa, and some travel will be essential
3+ years of professional product management or similar experience, ideally in a high-growth and rapidly changing environment
Proven success in overseeing all elements of the product development lifecycle, such as user research, design, implementation and evaluation
High effectiveness in managing cross-functional teams
Speak fluent English
Bonus points if you:
Speak at least conversational French
Have professional experience in a consumer fintech company
Are a mobile money user in Sub-Saharan Africa

What the job involves

Own a product or feature holistically, including any internal tooling needed to support it
Relentlessly gather feedback (by talking to users and looking at data) to deeply understand the problem space and our users' needs
Work from first principles to understand the user's biggest problems and then figure out how the product should work to solve those problems
Prioritize the biggest problems blocking the product's growth and impact
Directly manage a small product team to get the improvements into users' hands in rapid iteration cycles, gather more feedback and reach more people

Application process

Fill out the form, and upload a resume in English and a cover letter describing your interest in Wave and the role
We review applications frequently and recommend that you apply to the role that most closely aligns with your skills, experience and career goals

Our take

Because of things like high fees and a lack of local branches, about half of the adults in Africa still do not have a bank account. Although this is an improvement on past estimates, the continent is still significantly underbanked - which is what Wave helps to combat.

Wave addresses this banking gap with technology, offering a straightforward and cost-effective tool accessible via mobile. The impact has been substantial. A 2021 GSMA report suggested over 500 million mobile money accounts were registered in Africa, facilitating transactions valued at nearly $500 billion.

Wave has already established its presence in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Gambia and Mali, using steady investment to expand its footprint. It also continues to enhance product development and engineering efforts, as well as shore up business operations.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

9% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.3)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Mar 2022

$10m

LATE VC

Sep 2021

$200m

SERIES A

Total funding: $210m

Company benefits

Subsidised health insurance for you and your dependents (vary from country to country)
6 months fully paid parental leave and subsidized fertility assistance
Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 30-40 days per year
$10,000 annual charitable donation matching
Retirement contributions (vary from country to country)
Yearly travel to one of our African operating countries

Company values

We’re egolessly mission driven
We focus ruthlessly on the most important thing
We’re embarrassingly honest to stay aligned and move quickly
We don’t wait – we live our fullest lives now
We maximize our rate of learning

Company HQ

Mermoz Sacre-coeur, Dakar, Dakar Region

Articles

Wave: Africa's largest digital remittance makes waves in Gambia

Sequoia Heritage, Stripe and others invest $200M in African fintech Wave at $1.7B valuation

A mobile money company is Francophone Africa’s first billion-dollar startup

Money transfer firm Wave gets €90 million from IFC to spur financial inclusion in Senegal & Cote d’Ivoire

Leadership

Drew Durbin

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previously co-founder and CEO at Sendwave (International Remittance).

Lincoln Quirk

(Co-Founder)

Previously co-founder and CTO at Newsbrane, Engineer at Demiurge Studios and co-founder of Sendwave (International Remittance).

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