Product Manager

How you'll help us achieve it

Wave is now the largest financial institution in Senegal, with over 7 million users. And, we’re still in the early days of our product roadmap and potential impact on people’s everyday lives.

At Wave, Product Managers:

• Own a product or feature holistically, including any internal tooling needed to support it. 
• Relentlessly gather feedback (by talking to users and looking at data) to deeply understand the problem space and our users' needs.
• Work from first principles to understand the user's biggest problems and then figure out how the product should work to solve those problems.
• Prioritize the biggest problems blocking the product's growth and impact.
• Directly manage a small product team to get the improvements into users' hands in rapid iteration cycles, gather more feedback and reach more people.

You might be a good fit if you

• Are a strong communicator that can inspire and lead by influence.
• Are great at coordinating across teams and excel at communicating across multiple cultures.
• Have a good nose for user-focused product design and obsess over user experience.
• Take ownership for outcomes and do whatever you can to make them close to inevitable.
• Have strong instincts for asking questions that could move the needle.
• Have the courage and persistence to replan when feedback or new information arrives.
• Always listen with empathy but ruthlessly prioritise based on impact.
• Are excited about travel and meet users where they are — your users will be in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, and other countries in Africa, and some travel will be essential.

Requirement

• 3+ years of professional product management or similar experience, ideally in a high-growth and rapidly changing environment.
• Proven success in overseeing all elements of the product development lifecycle, such as user research, design, implementation and evaluation
• High effectiveness in managing cross-functional teams
• Speak fluent English
• Bonus points if you:
• Speak at least conversational French.
• Have professional experience in a consumer fintech company.
• Are a mobile money user in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Key Details

• You can work remotely from anywhere (between UTC -5 and +4) with reliable internet access.
• You’re willing to travel to one of our key markets at least once per year for ~6 days (Wave covers all costs). We also provide a yearly stipend of $800 to meet with coworkers.
• Our salaries are competitive and are calculated using a transparent formula. For this role, depending on your level and location, we offer a salary between $113,900 - $ 198,100 USD, plus a generous equity package.
• We run performance reviews twice a year and award bonuses or promotions to strong performers who have been with the company for more than six months.
• Major benefits:
• Subsidized health insurance for you and your dependents, and retirement contributions (both vary from country to country).
• 6 months of fully paid parental leave and subsidized fertility assistance.
• Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 30-40 days per year. 
• $10,000 annual charitable donation matching.