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Responsibilities:

• Own and run the product team's agile ceremonies; sprint planning, daily standups, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives; keeping delivery predictable across all product work streams.
• Translate roadmap priorities from Product Managers into well-groomed, clearly written tickets and epics that Engineering and Design can execute against.
• Track sprint velocity, delivery risk, and blockers, and proactively flag and resolve issues that threaten sprint or release commitments.
• Own the product roadmap and backlog for Duplo's internal back-office applications, including Duplo Admin, Metabase, and other internal tooling used by Support, Compliance, Finance, and Operations.
• Gather requirements from internal stakeholders (Support, Compliance, Finance, Ops) for back-office tooling improvements, and prioritise them against engineering capacity.
• Maintain and continuously improve the team's agile process, tooling (e.g. Jira/Linear), and reporting cadence, including sprint reports and delivery dashboards for leadership.
• Act as the day-to-day point of contact between Engineering and the product team on execution matters, ensuring scope, dependencies, and timelines are clearly understood.
• Partner with Product Managers to ensure internal tooling roadmaps stay aligned with the broader Duplo product strategy.
• Handle sprint management

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 3 years of experience as a Product Owner, Scrum Master, or similar delivery-focused product role, ideally in a fast-moving tech or fintech environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across Engineering, Support, Compliance, Finance, and Operations.
• Solid working knowledge of agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and hands-on experience running standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
• Experience owning or working closely with internal/back-office tools (admin dashboards, analytics tools like Metabase, support tooling, etc.).
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to keep multiple workstreams and stakeholders on track at once.
• Comfortable writing clear tickets, epics, and acceptance criteria that engineers can pick up with minimal back-and-forth.
• A proactive, process-oriented mindset with a genuine interest in making teams run more efficiently.

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• We want to make B2B payments as simple as P2P payment apps. Most business payments in Africa are made offline….yikes. We are on a mission to transform this. We are backed by top investors including Point Nine, Tribe Capital, Commerce Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures, Basecamp Fund, Soma Capital, YCombinator, Oui Capital, and others.
• This is a unique opportunity. You'll own the strategy and roadmap for Duplo Dashboard, the spend management and billing platform businesses across Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana and Kenya rely on, to control company spend and get paid.

Responsibilities:

• Own the product strategy, vision, and roadmap for Duplo Dashboard (Spend Management, Billing, and Compartmentalisation, TMS, E-invoicing), aligned with Duplo's broader platform strategy.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of the Billing and Compartmentalisation monetisation roadmap, from discovery and BRD/PRD authorship through launch and adoption.
• Partner with Engineering, Design, Compliance, Finance, and GTM to translate customer and business requirements into shippable, well-scoped product increments.
• Define and track success metrics for the Dashboard product line (activation, adoption, revenue impact) and use data to prioritise the roadmap.
• Run customer discovery and stakeholder interviews across Duplo's markets (Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya) to validate use cases.
• Own migration planning for existing non-paying customers as monetised billing features roll out, minimising churn and support escalations.
• Write clear, detailed product requirement documents and collaborate with engineering on technical feasibility and sequencing.
• Represent the Dashboard/Spend platform in cross-functional planning, and mentor or support other product managers as needed.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 5-6 years of product management experience, including experience owning a B2B fintech, payments, or SaaS product from strategy through delivery.
• Demonstrated experience shipping financial operations solutions, monetisation or billing features (subscriptions, invoicing, usage-based billing, or similar) at a fintech or B2B company.
• Strong ability to write clear BRDs/PRDs and work cross-functionally with Engineering, Design, Compliance, and GTM to ship complex, regulated products.
• Comfortable working with data to define success metrics, prioritise a roadmap, and make trade-off decisions with limited information.
• Experience or strong interest in African markets and the operational realities of building B2B financial infrastructure across multiple countries.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• A bias for action and comfort operating in a fast-paced startup environment with evolving priorities.

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• The Head of Commercial will be responsible for overseeing revenue generation for all aspects of Duplo’s products and leading large-scale partnerships within Nigeria. This role requires a visionary leader with a deep understanding of the fintech and payments ecosystem, strong strategic planning skills, and a proven track record of driving results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities:

• Commercial Strategy: Develop and execute Duplo’s commercial strategy across all products for the Nigerian market.
• End-to-End Revenue Ownership: Take full ownership of executing revenue strategies to generate growth.
• Team Leadership: Grow, manage, scale and lead a high-performing sales team to drive sales to enterprise, mid-market and SME business segments as applicable.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Provide leadership and direction to the Sales, Product and Marketing teams based on customer needs, setting clear objectives to achieve sales targets.
• Research: Conduct market research and analysis to identify growth opportunities, evaluate market trends, and anticipate competitive threats.
• Partnerships: Drive strategic partnerships to accelerate product adoption and grow performance.
• Sales Process Optimization: Review and optimize all sales processes, including forecasting, pipeline management, and sales performance analytics, to optimize sales effectiveness and efficiency.
• Negotiations: Negotiate contracts and agreements, ensuring favorable terms, pricing, and SLAs.
• Client Management: Understand client needs, develop business cases, and act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders at target companies, articulating Duplo’s value propositions effectively.
• New Market Opportunities: Identify new market opportunities to grow market share and aid expansion.

Requirements:

• At least 10+ years of experience in sales, fintech, or corporate banking is required.
• 5+ Years of experience structuring, pricing, and negotiating large-scale partnerships.
• 5+ Years of experience in payments (payment gateway, checkout and cross-border payments) is mandatory.
• SaaS sales experience is an added advantage.
• Proven track record of meeting and exceeding established goals for the business and for partners.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to make decisions in a changing environment, anticipate future needs and drive results.
• Strong sense of ownership and determination to get things done.
• Exceptional communicator (written and oral) with strong interpersonal skills.
• Can-do attitude with a willingness to roll up your sleeves and figure it out.