Business Operations and Strategy Manager (Fintech / Cryptocurrency) at an American Based Company - Black Pen Recruitment

Black Pen Recruitment - Our client is an American-based company that is expanding globally by being one of the first movers to bring cryptocurrency to Africa and the Middle East at large. Their mission is to make cryptocurrency/blockchain and other FinTech services more accessible, and affordable, than ever before. Our client’s vision strives to form a committed team of forward-thinkers who collectively create a supportive, welcoming and highly innovative environment for all. 

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Operations and Strategy Manager (Fintech / Cryptocurrency)

Location: Lagos (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Structure complex and ambiguous strategic problems for the company's leadership team.
• Develop a deep understanding of our peer and competitor positioning as well as the emerging crypto landscape to inform your recommendations.
• Define clear hypotheses to identify new opportunities, and build business cases and quantitative models that will inform and influence our strategy.
• Partner with product leadership, using data and insight to define changes, design experiments, and implement those changes across our products.
• Contribute to improving our capabilities by enhancing existing processes and recruiting and developing new team members.

Team:

• Exude your upbeat energy and enthusiasm each and everyday to motivate your team to be the best they can in every aspect of what they do.
• Celebrate the success of others by recognizing the contributions of committed team members and their achievements.
• Align your values with the Mission, Vision and Values of the Client 
• Be a role model for the Client’s organisational culture by creating a positive impact at every touchpoint with people, with every word you say or put in print and everything you do.
• Communicate in a fashion that is respectful and well understood.
• Collaborate with your peers to collectively think of innovative ideas that drive business through technology.
• Build and utilise working relationships with internal business partners across the organisation and external business contacts.

Requirements

• BA / B.Sc degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience in a business-strategy role (Management consulting, Hedge Fund, Banking, Operations at a start-up, etc.)
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• Outstanding executive-level verbal and written communication skills
• Passion for solving complex problems, and building scalable processes
• Comfort working in a high growth, constantly changing environment

Salary
Salary + Benefits

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.