Product Strategy & Operations at Stitch

Description

The Role

Stitch is a B2B fintech startup with on a mission to enable African fintech startups to setup and scale more quickly. Creating innovative financial products is incredibly difficult, and we believe that unlocking the way people interact with their finances starts with enabling developers with the tools and infrastructure needed to execute on their vision. We provide an API which allows fintechs to interact with their user's bank accounts for data and payments.

You will be the only person at Stitch working on Product Strategy & Operations. You ****will work directly with our Chief Product Officer to define our product strategy and to be a key interface between the Product & Engineering team and the rest of the organization. This is a wide ranging role requiring a mix of operational and strategic capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Perform user, competitor and industry research to inform our product strategy

• Work with our CPO and the broader organization to shape our product strategy at a company level and at a product level

• Convert the product strategy into an actionable set of goals, a plan and a product roadmap

• Design and lead the process of collecting and prioritizing user requirements from our GTM team and self-service channels

• Design and lead the new product launch process including how we run pilots, and publicly launch products with our GTM team

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, ideally in Computer Science, Economics, Engineering

• 5 - 10 years of relevant work experience

• Experience in strategic planning and product development, particularly in fast moving technology company would be advantageous

• Experience at a top-tier management consulting firm would be advantageous

Advantageous

• Strong network and content knowledge in the local Fintech or Banking space

• Interest in Open Banking

• Experience working in B2B SaaS, API or Payments companies

• Strong knowledge of customers and customer needs in various key markets - including South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana