Head of Product

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a highly experienced and capable individual within the Payments and Fintech Sector to be part of a team to build and scale a company.

The Opportunity: 

The appointed Head of Product will be responsible for establishing and delivering the Product Road Map and ensuring that our client delivers user experiences in line with Brand and Values.  Accountable to the Chief Executive Officer, the Head of Product will have overall responsibility for:

• Product Management and Delivery
• User Experiences
• Client Onboarding Process
• Expertise in Industry and Market trends

The Candidate:

Applicants will be expected to demonstrate:

• 3-5 years’ experience working as a Product Manager or Product Owner in a product-led environment: Owning roadmaps, running product strategy, working closely with engineering teams and so on
• Excellent UX/UI design experience with a strong focus on User Experience/Customer Journey
• Mobile App experience required
• Experience working with a start-up organisation preferred
• Strong technical background – working with software engineering and data teams
• Comfortable working in Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban
• Successful track record of building effective partnerships across organisational boundaries
• Experience in Payments an advantage
• Strong understanding of the regulatory impacts on technology
• Highly effective Budget and Forecasting skills
• Understanding of project and programme management disciplines, including planning, critical path analysis, risk and issue management, change control etc
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to communicate effectively at all levels to technical and non-technical audiences including Clients and other Stakeholders
• Educated to relevant degree level with additional product qualifications advantageous

The Client:

An exciting and well-funded fintech start-up looking to change people’s relationship with money, our client builds zero friction payments products with a customer centric approach to take a leading position in the fast growing trillion-dollar payments market.  Backed by highly successful payment entrepreneurs who are providing substantial investment and market opportunities, this international business will be headquartered in Paphos, Cyprus with clients spanning Europe and beyond.