Senior Vice President (SVP), Loans at Moniepoint Incorporated

Moniepoint Incorporated is a global business payments and banking platform and recently became QED Investors’ first investment in Africa. We are the partner of choice for over 600,000 businesses of all sizes, powering the dreams of SMBs and providing them with equal access to the tools they need to grow and scale.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Vice President (SVP), Loans

Location: Lagos

Job Purpose

• Moniepoint Group is rapidly digitizing Africa's real economy, and our lending business plays a critical role in this transformation. 
• We've seen significant success and are now scaling even further to expand our impact in 2025.
• To lead our lending organization, we're seeking an exceptional SVP, Loans. This person will have full ownership of the business strategy and execution, driving growth and innovation across our lending operations. 
• They will lead a cross-functional team spanning sales, product, engineering, credit risk, credit analytics, and loan operations.

The ideal candidate must:

• Have hands-on experience in lending, ideally having led a company to build a portfolio in the tens (or hundreds) of billions of Naira;
• Be highly data-driven, with a proven ability to make strategic decisions backed by insights;
• Be a hands-on leader with deep experience in building industry-leading financial products - product management experience is a strict requirement.

About the SVP Role (Generally) at Moniepoint

• At Moniepoint, SVP / Business Leader roles are high-impact positions that combine product depth, business ownership, and cross-functional leadership.
• Each SVP owns a core vertical - such as Loans, POS, Channels, or Payments - and is accountable for building an incredible product which users love, and which get into the hands of customers profitably, while overseeing both P&L performance and end-to-end delivery of and incredible product. 

SVPs / BLs must excel in:

• Product Strategy & Execution: Prioritizing what to build and leading the product development lifecycle.
• Systems Thinking: Understanding how products, processes, and teams interact - and designing for scale.
• Clear, Principled Thinking: Applying first principles to make sound, independent decisions.
• Go-To-Market Excellence: Driving sales, distribution, customer success, and market penetration.
• Cultural Leadership: Embodying our values of TECHNICAL DEPTH, CURIOSITY, GRIT, and PASSION.

Key Requirements

• Proven leadership of a lending business at scale (N50B+ portfolio ideally)
• Deep experience in product development and innovation
• Demonstrated P&L ownership and commercial decision-making
• Strong cross-functional leadership across product, sales, risk, ops, and engineering
• Data-driven mindset with the ability to tie strategy to metrics
• Hands-on leadership style with a bias for execution.

What we can offer you

• Culture - We put our people first and prioritise the well-being of every team member. We’ve built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human.
• Learning - We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
• Compensation - You’ll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, annual bonus, plus other benefits.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

What to expect in the hiring process

• A preliminary phone call with one of our recruiters.
• An interview with our COO
• An interview with our Chief Product Officer (and activing SVP, Loans) 
• Meet and greet with other members of our executive team (CFO, VP M&A, Chief Growth Officer, etc.) 
• An interview with our Group CEO & Founder.