Job Vacancy: VP, Product Operations

Advertisement

Job Vacancy: Job title: VP, Product Operations

Job description: Job Description:

We are Zone Network Payment Limited, based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Zone is a regulated blockchain network that enables payments and acceptance of digital currencies. Our Layer-1 Blockchain network digitizes Fiat payments and enables the transition to digital currencies while connecting previously excluded financial institutions into an all-inclusive payment ecosystem.

We recognize that our super-talented and highly motivated people are at the core of our unprecedented success. As such, we hire people with exceptional talents and abilities into an enabling environment where you can become a better version of yourself and thrive professionally and personally while delivering impact and having fun!

Your contributions have the potential to impact millions of people across Africa as we work together to connect to the future.

Advertisement

Job Profile:

As the VP of Product Operations, you will work closely with the COO to define the strategy for business and technology operations and drive implementation across project management and implementation, technology operations and service operations teams.

This role has cross-functional partnerships with Product Management, Engineering and Business process improvement & performance to improve our product offerings’ quality, efficiency, and scalability.

As the VP, Product Operations, your job responsibilities include the following:

• Formulating business operation strategies, policies and standard operating procedures aligned with the company’s strategy and business goals.

• Coordination of the team’s effort on implementation/integration of the products with clients while adhering to best practices and defined standard operating procedures.

• Coordination of people, processes, and tools to guarantee the successful delivery of all value promised as part of communicating the product value proposition.

• Ensuring that target KPIs on project management and service quality are consistently met and surpassed.

• Ensuring that periodic goals and performance expectations of the various units within the team are achieved.

• Ensuring complete compliance and improvements to best software development life cycle management practices.

• Ensuring complete compliance and ongoing improvements to best practices for technical and operational support processes.

• Instituting and coordinating strategic project management operations to eliminate and avoid project bottlenecks.

• Overseeing, supporting, and ensuring complete compliance with best practices for internal and client-site project execution activities.

• Formulating and implementing necessary changes to people, processes, and tools to continuously increase efficiency, improve quality and eliminate operational bottlenecks.

• Establishing, planning towards, and providing for current and future resource/capacity requirements.

• Ensuring ongoing bench-marking and improvement of core skills across various units within the team.

• Involvement in auditing prospective client systems, analyzing requirements and developing suitable solution designs and architectures.

• Ensuring the availability of technical and business-related documentation required for the smooth functioning of all functions within the team.

Requirements

We would love to meet you if:

• You want to build something that endures—the legacy of your work matters to you.

• Proven entrepreneurial or entrepreneurial accomplishments with an industry reputation for successful execution and ability to deliver operational excellence in technology services.

• Proven track record of driving efficient, streamlined, and scalable operational processes.

• Candidate should have good knowledge of software development life cycle, payment, banking, and IT infrastructure.

• Someone who understands how products get built; ideally has coached others in agile and lean methodologies.

• Strong capabilities in project management, payment switching & processes, process engineering, scrum, software development & IT operations (DevOps), software requirements analysis, and service delivery.

• Candidate must have strong interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to build rapport across various stakeholders, including the team, clients, partners, investors, and executive leadership.

• Demonstrates initiative, meticulous eye for detail and problem-solving skills with a view to continuous improvement & automation.

• The ability to work independently with a strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive.

These are some of the nitty-gritty things you may have listed on your CV/LinkedIn profile but certainly do not define who you are:

• B.Sc/B.Eng in Engineering, Computer Science, or similar subject areas.

• Certified in the following internationally recognized professional qualifications; PMP, Prince II, Scrum, or Six Sigma.

• 10 years of related work experience, including experience in one or more of the following areas: Management Consulting, Banking, Fintech, and Technology, with 4 years in a Leadership capacity.

Physical Requirements:

We currently run a flexible work structure; some days are remote, while others require you to collaborate with colleagues at the office location.

For each situation, you may have the following:

● Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

This role reports to the COO.

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Grade Level: Vice-President

Please send us your CV or LinkedIn Profile and a message explaining why you think Zone Payment Network is a good fit for you & what makes you the most qualified to .

Location: Lekki, Lagos State

Job date: Sun, 16 Jul 2023 07:44:18 GMT

Apply for the job now!