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Head of Product - Platforms
Kuda Bank
Posted 4 months agoLagos, Nigeria
Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Product & Design
Job Description
Kuda is a fintech company on a mission to make financial services accessible, affordable, and rewarding for Africans. Backed by over $100 million in funding, Kuda offers free money transfers, remittance, business banking, and instant access to credit.
The Head of Product, Platform will lead the Platform tribe at Kuda, overseeing Core Banking, Payments & Cards, and Internal Tooling. This tribe powers the reliability, scalability, and compliance of Kuda's infrastructure — enabling all product tribes to deliver customer-facing innovation.
You will own the tribe's strategy, roadmap, and delivery, ensuring that platform investments translate into measurable business efficiency, regulatory readiness, and improved delivery velocity across the organisation.
Define and own the Platform tribe strategy and roadmap, integrating business goals, regulatory needs, and market dynamics
Prioritise investments that improve system reliability, cost efficiency, and scalability while enabling new business opportunities
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Requirements
- 7+ years in Product Management, with 4+ years leading payments, cards, or core banking infrastructure products
- Proven track record in building reliable, compliant financial platforms
- Strong knowledge of local payment rails, card schemes, and core banking systems
- Experience managing vendors and partners at scale
- Data-driven decision-maker with financial modelling and ROI analysis experience
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to simplify complex technical concepts
- Experienced in mentoring Product Managers and building high-performing teams
- Experience in Nigerian or emerging market financial infrastructure preferred
- Familiarity with CBN regulations, scheme certifications, ISO20022 preferred
Responsibilities
- Set and communicate OKRs to align teams and stakeholders
- Lead tribe planning and QBRs, managing alignment and dependencies across tribes
- Champion iterative delivery with measurable impact
- Provide proactive visibility to leadership on roadmap progress, risks, and key decisions
- Establish standards for system reliability, uptime, and performance, tracking SLA targets
- Ensure compliance with card scheme rules, payment regulations, and data protection requirements
- Use financial analytics to optimise ROI, cost-to-serve, and scalability
- Analyse vendor costs, transaction volumes, and efficiency gains to inform priorities
- Hire, coach, and develop Product Managers with infrastructure and financial services instincts
- Lead structural enhancements to Kuda's infrastructure and oversee transformation initiatives
Benefits
- 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)
- Group life insurance
- Medical insurance
- Welfare package (Wedding, Compassionate, etc.)
- Perkbox
- Employee wellness app (Goalr)
- Award winning L&D training
- Hybrid work schedule
How to Apply
Apply via Kuda's careers portal.
