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 solution to save, transfer, and borrow money

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Financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money

1001+ employees

FintechB2BPaymentsMobile

Be an early applicant

$113.9-198.1k

Mid level

Remote in EU, UK

More information about location

1001+ employees

FintechB2BPaymentsMobile

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

Founders Drew Durbin and Lincoln Quirk founded Sendwave in 204 to allow remittances between North America, Europe, and select African and Asian nations,. The venture gained traction and was acquired by WorldRemit in 2020 for $500M in cash and stock. During this journey, Durbin and Quirk initiated the development of Wve, a user-friendly mobile money service that champions simplicity and eliminates account fees.

Africa grapples with a lack of accessible and economical financial services, leaving around 57% of its population unbanked due to exorbitant charges, inconvenient branches, and limited card usage. Wave addresses this gap with innovative technology, offering a straightforward and cost-effective tool accessible to everyone via their mobile. The impact has been substantial; in 2021, a GSMA report indicated 562M registered mobile money accounts in Africa, facilitating transactions valued at US$495B.

Wave has already established its presence in Senegal, the Ivory Coast, and Gambia. Future plans involve expanding to regulation-friendly countries like Uganda and channelling investments to enhance product development, business operations, and engineering efforts.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

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 and retirement contributions (both 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
Yearly travel to one of our African operating countries
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

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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