Digital Product Development & Business Development Manager (PAPSS) at African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)

Reference Number: SHRBLR001
Location: Cairo, Egypt

Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS)

• The Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is the first centralized payment market infrastructure for processing, clearing and settling of intra-African trade and commerce payments. PAPSS is an arm of the African Export- Import Bank (Afreximbank), which is a pan-African multilateral financial institution, established in 1993 for the purpose of financing and promoting intra and extra African trade. Afreximbank operates and manages PAPSS.
• PAPSS is now ready to start operations and is looking for experienced individuals, who are innovative, entrepreneurial and imbued with the passion and commitment to transform Africa through trade.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing the development, design, promotion, pricing and launch the new digital products and services.
• Owns delivery of a line of product initiatives and releases; defining product vision and articulating feature requirements as well as defining and managing product roadmaps.
• Developing concepts, business cases and managing strategic product planning; builds business case for marketing programs, and coordinates marketing functions with internal and external stakeholders.
• Owns and manages line of products P&L; and tracks, analyzes and evaluates marketing campaigns; and assesses effectiveness and profitability.
• Driving alignment with participants, business stakeholders, architecture, user experience and security teams to ensure product designs meet market requirements.
• Prepare and implement go-to-market strategies, ensuring successful product launch execution and provide sales support.
• Performs product and consumer analyses, and conduct competitive analysis
• Define, document, and communicate objectives, requirements and constraints for product initiatives and releases.
• Partner with the stakeholders in the African payments ecosystem and ensure coordination with participants to design products and services that are fit for purpose.
• Communicate development status and document progress toward milestones.
• Implement risk management into product decisions and partner with risk team in order to appropriately address risk into product design and development.
• Perform market research and analysis for line of product.

Requirements
Qualifications and Skills:

• Graduate degree or professional qualification required.
• Relevant Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science, Management, Engineering, Economics or related fields.
• 10+ years of Product Management experience required, and no less than 8 years focused on payments.
• Strong project management skills. Project management certification preferred.
• Financial services, Financial technology or Consulting experience focused on digital payments.
• Creative spark – in digital product innovation, digital product management, and finding ways to get things done.
• Proven experience in developing and executing digital product marketing plans.
• Team player, with proven track record of taking initiative and ownership of responsibilities and deliverables.
• Adept at flexing to multiple planning and product development methodologies.
• The ability to identify, document and prioritize use cases and product functionality requirements for the execution of a cohesive product offering.
• Proven record of designing and delivering solutions in partnership with sales, business development, technology and support teams for successful end-to-end product launch.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, exceptional interpersonal skills and the proven ability to influence and communicate effectively across regional and functional lines.
• Ability to work independently within a complex and often ambiguous environment, to drive rigorous, fact-based recommendations to stakeholders and to juggle multiple initiatives at once.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and change management skills with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment; self-motivated, self-managed.
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to interface with internal and external clients and partners at all levels.
• Strong analytical, planning and project management experience with strong problem-solving capabilities with proven ability to lead projects end-to-end to meet client commitments.
• Excellent communication in French and English is a must. Excellent oral and written communication in French is a must.
• Ability to write executive-level presentations and industry papers in French is a requirement.

Benefits and Contractual information

• Permanent
• USD tax exempt salary
• Willing and able to relocate to Cairo, Egypt
• Suitably qualified candidates from all African nationalities are encouraged to apply