Senior Product Manager, Payments

About the role

Senior Product Manager position at Flutterwave’s Lagos office, owning a major payments product line (cards, transfers, virtual accounts, payouts, or compliance). Flutterwave processes billions in cross-border African payments annually and operates in 34 African countries plus the US, UK, and EU markets. Application deadline 15 July 2026.

Responsibilities

• Own a payments product line end-to-end: roadmap, prioritisation, specs, launch.
• Work daily with engineering, design, risk, compliance, and operations teams.
• Define and report on product KPIs (transaction volume, success rate, NPS, fraud rate).
• Conduct customer research with merchants, end users, and partner banks across multiple African markets.
• Coordinate with central banks, payment scheme operators (Mastercard, Visa, PAPSS), and regulatory teams.
• Drive A/B tests, feature gating, and launch decisions based on data.

Requirements

• Four to six years of product management experience, with at least two years owning a payments, fintech, or financial product.
• Strong analytical skills with hands-on SQL and at least one analytics/BI tool (Mixpanel, Amplitude, Looker, Metabase).
• Working knowledge of African payment infrastructure: mobile money (M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Airtel Money), interbank rails (NIBSS, GhIPSS), card schemes, and emerging instruments (PAPSS, AfCFTA payments).
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
• Demonstrated ability to ship features in regulated environments.
• Willingness to travel to other Flutterwave country offices and partner sites.

Nice to have

• Prior fintech experience in Africa (Paystack, Cellulant, Interswitch, M-PESA team, Mobile Network Operator).
• Compliance or risk-management background.
• MBA or Masters in finance, economics, or engineering.
• Active GitHub or product-writing presence.

How to apply

Open Flutterwave’s careers page at the apply link, search for “Senior Product Manager Payments”, and submit through the company’s recruitment system. Submit CV, cover letter explaining your fit for African payments, and a written product case (link or attached PDF) of a feature you have shipped. Closing date 15 July 2026.