Product Director

At Verto, we’re passionate about helping businesses in Africa reach the world. What first started life as a FX solution for trading Nigerian Naira has now become a market-leading platform, changing the way thousands of businesses transfer money in and out of Africa.We believe that where you do business shouldn’t determine how successful you are, or your ability to scale. Millions of companies a day have to juggle long settlement periods, high transaction fees and issues accessing liquidity in order to trade with African businesses. We’re on a mission to change this by creating equal access to easy payment and liquidity solutions that are already a given in developed markets.We’re not alone in realising the opportunity and need to solve for emerging markets. We’re backed by world-class investors including Y-Combinator, Quona and MEVP, power payments for some of the most disruptive start-ups in the world and have a list of accolades from leading publications including being voted ‘Fintech Start Up of the Year’ at Fintech Awards London 2022. Each year we process billions of dollars of payments and provide companies with solutions which help them to save money, automate processes and grow, but we’re only just getting started. We are actively searching for a dynamic and seasoned Director of Product, reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer (CPO), to spearhead the strategic evolution of our payment solutions while providing leadership to a multifunctional team. This critical role demands extensive expertise in product development, cross-border payments, emerging markets, and FX treasury management. Over the next 12 months, your mission will be to guide the strategic planning, development, and deployment of innovative payment products tailored to the unique demands of emerging markets, while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment. Engage in insightful market research and analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and threats within the cross-border payments and FX landscape.In this role you will: Work hand in glove with the incoming Principal Product Manager to define and execute a robust product strategy aligned with business objectives. And drive the entire product lifecycle, from conception to launch, ensuring each product meets customer needs and regulatory standards. Scale & manage our Product team whilst fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration, driving high-level product performance. Develop and implement efficient processes for product development and management, optimising resource utilisation Oversee FX treasury management, ensuring robust financial risk mitigation and compliance with global regulations.
Streamline payment orchestration to enhance transaction speed, security, and overall customer satisfaction. leveraging a keen understanding of market trends. Ensure your team are supporting the PPM in the delivery of product enhancements and new features.
Develop
best in class product performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement.
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