Lead Product Manager

Kuda is a money app for Africans on a mission to make financial services accessible, affordable and rewarding for every African on the planet.We're a tribe of passionate and diverse people who dreamed of building an inclusive money app that Africans would love so it's only right that we ended up with the name ‘Kuda' which means ‘love' in Shona, a language spoken in the southern part of Africa.We're giving Africans around the world a better alternative to traditional finance by delivering money transfers, smart budgeting and instant access to credit through digital devices.We've raised over $90 million from some of the world's most respected institutional investors, and we're rolling out our game-changing services globally from our offices in Nigeria, South Africa, and the UK.About The RoleWe're looking for an experienced Lead Product Manager to lead the Everyday Banking squad at Kuda. This squad owns the central experience of the Kuda app; how customers navigate, understand their money, complete essential tasks, and interact with Kuda every day.You will set the vision, drive the roadmap, and line-manage Product Managers while partnering with Design, Engineering, Research, Analytics, and Marketing to deliver a simple, reliable, and intuitive core banking experience for millions of customers.This is a senior leadership role sitting at the heart of the Retail Tribe.Responsibilities: Take full ownership of the Everyday Banking roadmap, ensuring alignment with Kuda's OKRs and setting a clear, compelling vision for the squadLead and develop a team of Product Managers, engineers, designers, and analysts, fostering strong collaboration and high-quality executionOwn, understand, and optimise core everyday banking metrics, using these to guide the roadmap, identify issues, and communicate performance to senior leadershipShape the evolution of Kuda's core app experience by shaping the everyday moments at the heart of the product so customers can move through the app effortlessly, understand their money instantly, and handle key banking moments with easeDiscover, develop, and improve end-to-end everyday banking journeys through thoughtful research, experimentation, and user-centred designCollaborate with internal and external stakeholders to manage product requirements, ensuring operational excellence and alignment across squads and platform teamsDesign, run, and interpret experiments that validate assumptions, improve clarity and usability, and drive continuous improvements across the everyday experienceBuild iterative improvements using data, qualitative insights, and behavioural understanding, defining clear methods and metrics for evaluating outcomesCoordinate timelines, dependencies, and resources across mobile, backend, web, analytics, and design to ensure timely, high-quality deliveryDeliver meaningful improvements to the everyday banking experience and validate them continuously with customersRequirements5+ years of product management experience, with responsibility for core app surfaces, navigation, transactional flows, or financial journeysExperience managing or mentoring Product Managers, with the ability to guide their growth and support strong product thinkingStrong analytical skills and comfort using data dashboards to define KPIs, diagnose issues, and measure impactProven ability to design, run, and learn from experiments, and to translate insights into product decisionsTrack record of shipping high-quality product improvements in complex, cross-functional environmentsStrong understanding of mobile UX and customer behaviour in fast-moving or emerging marketsClear communicator able to influence stakeholders across product, engineering, operations, and leadershipPreferred QualificationsExperience in fintech, digital banking, or paymentsFamiliarity with African markets and financial ecosystemsUnderstanding of payments, ledgering, or core banking systemsExperience with A/B testing frameworks, feature-flag-driven development, or experimentation platformsPassion for building simple, reliable financial experiences that customers depend onBenefitsAt Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:💜A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team👴Pension📈Career development & growth😁Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays🎁Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave etc)💯Group life insurance💖Medical insurance🎁Well-fare package (Wedding, Compassionate and etc)✅Perkbox🏃‍♀️Goalr - employee wellness app🥇Award winning L&D training💒 We are advocates of work-life balance, working in a hybrid in office scheduleKuda are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Kuda is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent.We don't regard colour, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. 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