Yassir is the leading super App in the Maghreb region set to changing the way daily services are provided. It currently operates in 45 cities across Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia with recent expansions into France, Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa. It is backed (~$200M in funding) by VCs from Silicon Valley, Europe and other parts of the world. We offer on-demand services such as ride-hailing and last-mile delivery. Building on this infrastructure, we are now introducing financial services to help our users pay, save and borrow digitally. Helping usher the continent into a digital economy era. We’re not just about serving people - we’re about creating a marketplace to bring people what they need while infusing social values.
Responsibilities
Driving product strategy, product roadmap and product development
Developing a mass market customer proposition
Develop a deep understanding of the needs of the audience
Align stakeholders, direct the product roadmap, prioritise features, build consensus, and coordinate product schedules with wider business
Defining, hiring, coaching and mentoring a full team of product managers
Foster a culture of testing, data-driven decision making, and accountability for metrics and results
Staying hands on – the role will come with line management of product managers but in the early days it’ll just be you
Requirements
Have a strong background consumer mobile app and/or fintech product management experience
Experience in payments (acceptance and payouts), e-wallets, or prepaid cards is a must
Experience in consumer finance, business finance is a plus
Product team leadership experience
Achieved success delivering consumer facing products that drive real user value and business financial goals
Leveraged both user experience and AB testing to find product/market fit
You create structure out of ambiguity and have a pragmatic “can do” and “make it happen” attitude in a collaborative way
Managing teams across different countries is a a plus
