Head - Product Management and Business Development (PAPSS) at African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)

Reference Number: LEEBLR11
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 the development of the product vision, strategy, requirements gathering, functional design and technical roadmap.
• Development of strategic marketing and sales plans.
• Driving performance and income for a portfolio of services and manage all product development and management.
• Responsible for the overall proposition development and delivery including, planning, use case creation, user experience, design, and commercial management.
• Responsible for the entire products P&L.
• Expert knowledge of product positioning & technical infrastructure including end-to-end product management lifecycle including customer development and user-experience.
• Proven experience in Agile product delivery.
• Maintain the integrity of the entire product design while ensuring the correct solutions are being developed for clients and partners.
• Provide regular and ad hoc reporting as required to the rest of the executive management and PAPSS board.
• Manage the commercialization of PAPSS products and offering to customers.
• Understand market trends and requirements and propose PAPSS product solutions that need to be produced as a result.
• Engage with and influence senior level participants on PAPSS payments.

Requirements
Qualification and Skill:

• Graduate degree or professional qualification required.
• First degree in Computer Science, Management, Engineering, Economics or related fields.
• Minimum 12 years’ experience with a significant tenure involved in payments and technology, with a strong understanding of the African payments landscape.
• The candidate filling this role will be a senior product manager with strong digital product development, digital product marketing and sales, and programme/ project management skills, and must have prior revenue (P&L) responsibility.
• Strong experience of large-scale technology payment product roll-outs, and the ability to communicate commercially whilst being able to dive into technical detail as required and the ability to collaborate successfully with stakeholders.
• Ability to develop, and direct the implementation business development plans, marketing plans and sales plans.
• Knowledge of digital currency required.
• Understanding of payment and transfers dynamics and critical factors driving profitability that form input to product development and marketing.
• Demonstrable experience with recognized product development and management methodology/ framework for products and services including direct involvement in the function design, business case, technical implementation and sales support.
• Experience in several key payment business areas preferred, such as portfolio management, strategy, marketing, product management, operations, risk management.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent presentation skills, including writing capabilities.
• Good knowledge of mobile and card payments technologies and back-end banking systems.
• Experience of working with and understanding relevant payment laws and regulations.
• Relationship management skills particularly ability to influence and negotiate with senior executives.
• Excellent communication in English with one of French, Arabic or Portuguese as an added advantage.

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