Senior Manager, Product and Solutions (Fintech)

Location: Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; hybrid work with at least 3 days in the office, with attendance expectations confirmed by the Hiring Manager.

Company

hirify.global is a global payments technology company facilitating transactions among consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and governments across more than 200 countries and territories.

What you will do

• Develop and execute product and solutions strategies, identify market opportunities, analyze competitive dynamics, and support business planning and investment decisions.
• Lead commercialization and deployment from concept through implementation, including market readiness, launches, roadmaps, integration, and adoption strategies.
• Advise clients and internal stakeholders, develop tailored recommendations, support workshops and commercial discussions, and contribute to proposals and business growth.
• Manage strategic initiatives across markets, business units, and customer segments, establishing governance, milestones, success measures, and risk resolution.
• Monitor adoption, utilization, customer engagement, and commercial performance, developing insights and recommendations for optimization and continuous improvement.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry practices, promote innovative solutions, and contribute to future product and solution capabilities.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant experience in payments, banking, fintech, or technology with a bachelor's degree; alternatively, at least 5 years with an advanced degree or 2 years with a PhD.
• Experience as a product manager, product owner, business process analyst, or sales operations professional.
• Experience applying Agile principles across design, development, testing, and product management.
• Experience developing software capabilities for sales, service, or customer relationship management functions.
• Experience organizing, managing, and implementing complex projects directly or through supervision.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with systems, marketing, and sales teams.

Nice to have

• At least 10 years of relevant experience with a bachelor's degree; alternatively, at least 7 years with an advanced degree or 3 years with a PhD.
• Agile certifications such as CSM or CSPO.
• Understanding of consumer payments, card products, digital payments, and issuing business models.
• Experience in product management, commercialization, business development, or consulting.
• Success managing complex cross-functional initiatives in a matrix organization and working with financial institutions and fintech partners.
• Strong analytical, commercial, strategic, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across functions and seniority levels.
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-changing environments and experience working across multiple countries and cultural environments.
• Fluency in French and English.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on payments products and solutions that serve clients and users across multiple markets.
• Collaborate with business, technology, operations, marketing, finance, client, and partner stakeholders.
• Use emerging technologies, including Generative AI tools, to support everyday work.
• Hybrid workplace arrangement requiring at least three office days per week.