Head of Product - Core & Growth

<p><strong>About Thunes</strong></p> <p>Thunes is the Smart Superhighway for money movement around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies.</p> <p>Thunes’ Network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, via more than 350 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more.</p> <p>Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks. Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house Smart Treasury Management Platform and Fortress Compliance Infrastructure, ensuring Members of the Network receive unrivalled speed, control, visibility, protection and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments globally.</p> <p>Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 12 locations, including Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Shanghai. For more information, visit:<a class="c-link" href="https://www.thunes.com/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://www.thunes.com/" data-sk="tooltip_parent">&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.thunes.com/">https://www.thunes.com/</a></p> <p><strong>Context of the Role</strong></p> <p>Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, the Head of Product Core &amp; Growth is a key strategic driver of our high growth product team and a representative of our customers’ needs. You will work with skilled Product Leaders, engineers and a strong cross-functional team.</p> <p>This role is responsible to expand Thunes’ reach and deepening customer engagement through the delivery of new products. The Head of Product leads and oversees multiple product portfolios including ICP/ use cases enablement, Product Treasury, Liquidity &amp; FX management, Pay CORE Platform &amp; APIs and Onboarding Platforms.</p> <p>You will lead 3 Product Squads, the development and the management of the product roadmap whilst driving innovative product strategies keeping a strong balance between commercial products and growth, enablement and efficiency drivers.</p> <p>This role demands that the individual can work effectively in a matrix environment and is adept at understanding various technologies and capabilities into the company products that are scalable as we continue to grow.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Leads the global product development, business plan and the global product roadmap for the above-mentioned product portfolios; this role is expected to identify and develop product strategies that deliver tangible business results based on market investigation and analysis</li> <li>Leads, manages and drives a team of high performing product managers</li> <li>Works with the business to build the roadmap of customer product solutions to drive new business opportunities</li> <li>Creates and drives product Go-To-Market strategies, supporting business plans, market and competitor analysis based on market opportunities, customer needs and competitive offerings</li> <li>In collaboration with the business for both new products or enhancements you will work closely with our Product Owner experts on Product Design / Technology Solutions, development, tests and release by coordinating the implementation team activities to deliver business products into the market</li> <li>Works with Business Development &amp; Technology teams to optimize solution development to create a balance between product customization and scalability</li> <li>Partnering up in a cross-functional way to align and execute product enhancements or execute product strategies</li> <li>Advises, influences, and engages widely with colleagues and peers across Thunes; improve processes and tools to make the global product deployment a success; across all areas of the business marketing, legal, compliance and technology teams</li> <li>Works with Product Marketing / Marketing for the development and up keeping of appropriate collateral including user guides, presentations, Marketing content and demonstrations</li> <li>Tasked with the identification of issues in the strategies developed, resolve these which potentially challenge the ability to meet product solutions financial, strategic, or technical goals</li> </ul> <p><strong>What we are looking for</strong></p> <ul> <li>At least 7+ years of experience in Product Management in Fintech/Banks or other Financial services environments, with at least 3 years in a managerial and leadership position driving high performing teams</li> <li>Strong balance of both strategic planning, innovation and an active hands-on approach is a must</li> <li>This will be a hands-on role that translates into deep involvement of execution</li> <li>Must possess a can-do, entrepreneurial drive, solutions focused with a high level of energy. This is critical both culturally and based on the nature of the business growth plans</li> <li>Strong organization skills, ability to work under pressure and deal with uncertainties, manage priorities</li> <li>Ability to influence and build credibility at all levels, building collaborative relationships</li> <li>Proven ability to operate in a fast-paced, global complex and geographically diverse company</li> <li>Strong communication skills, fluent in written and spoken English</li> <li>International exposure in a Product role, with responsibility across multiple regions</li> <li>Strong analytical and quantitative skills with a passion for new technologies</li> <li>Possessing the ability to use information / data and various metrics to develop an informed and factual business case; including strong financial analytical capabilities that will be key to further develop informed product strategies, which ultimately will improve product performance</li> </ul> <p><em>Sound like you? Apply now!</em></p>