Regional Lead (User Growth) (Fintech)

Location: Niamey, Niger. Work authorization in Niger is required. Willingness to relocate to other regions if needed.

Company

hirify.global builds affordable mobile financial services for cash deposits, withdrawals, peer-to-peer payments, and business payments across Africa.

What you will do

• Lead supervisors and team leads managing field-based distributors who recruit users to hirify.global’s financial products.
• Identify and resolve blockers to user growth and maintain active usage across assigned areas.
• Develop customer acquisition and retention strategies for newly acquired users.
• Hire, train, and manage distribution team members and build systems to scale regional distribution.
• Build and iterate the regional distribution roadmap, including quarterly objectives and customer growth targets.
• Use data to monitor performance, align with the agency team, and contribute insights to hirify.global’s wider distribution strategy.

Requirements

• Proficiency in English; the role regularly interacts with non-French speakers and reporting is primarily in English.
• Previous experience in sales, business development, and team management.
• 4+ years of relevant experience managing field teams or field-based user acquisition teams.
• 2+ years of experience designing user acquisition strategies for a telecom, payment service provider, FMCG, or financial institution.
• 2+ years of experience managing large teams of 50+ people.

Nice to have

• Fluency in French and a local language.
• Experience planning and managing customer acquisition strategies for mobile, financial, or FMCG products.
• Effective written and in-person communication, including frequent communication.
• Attention to detail, a proactive and self-starting approach, and a focus on excellence.
• Autonomy in owning projects, sound escalation judgment, and adaptability to changing priorities.
• Tech-savviness, including comfort with Excel and onboarding to new tools.
• A collaborative teamwork approach.

Culture & Benefits

• Health insurance is provided for employees and dependents.
• Parental leave includes 26 weeks for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers, plus subsidized childcare after returning to work.
• Airtime reimbursement, free food, and a dedicated office space are provided.
• Employees have autonomy and own projects from problem definition through solution monitoring.
• hirify.global maintains in-country teams across multiple African countries alongside remote team members worldwide.

Hiring process

• Submit the application form with a resume in English and a cover letter describing interest in hirify.global and the role.
• Applications are reviewed frequently.