Business Operations and Expansion Officer at Paystack Nigeria

Paystack is a technology company solving payments problems for ambitious businesses. Paystack's mission is to help merchants in Africa get paid by anyone, anywhere in the world. Over 9,000 of some of the best businesses in Nigeria use Paystack’s modern payments gateway, including MTN, Taxify, Domino’s Pizza, Smile Communications, Opera, God is Good Motors, Axa Mansard Insurance, and many others.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Operations and Expansion Officer

Location: Nigeria

About the Role

• Business Operations at Paystack is a highly cross-functional role, which supports product and go to market leadership to drive mission critical projects, incubate new countries and teams, deliver analysis and insights, and execute on key strategic initiatives.
• Your role might include planning, building, and launching new markets or products, or working on high-growth opportunities.
• Business Operations is a high priority talent pipeline for Paystack. We look for exceptional people and give them a level of responsibility and exposure that will accelerate their career.
• Wherever you are based, you will be working closely with our leadership team.
• This role will be based in Nigeria, South Africa, or Kenya.
• If you like figuring out hard problems from scratch, rolling up your sleeves to execute, and are an amazing and humble teammate, please apply or get in touch!

What you'll be doing
You'll:

• Perform analyses and research to drive new country or pan-African product and growth strategy
• Work with Product and Commercial leads on planning and launching new markets and/or products
• Explore and strike new partnership opportunities for Paystack to scale across Africa
• Design and implement cross-functional systems and processes that Paystack needs to grow at scale
• Incubate and help run new country and/or product teams
• Partner with other teams to help them execute on important strategic initiatives or drive operational scale and efficiency

What it takes to succeed at this role

• 5+ years of experience in consulting, investment banking, or comparable role in high growth tech companies on the African continent
• Strong problem solving skills; enjoy digging deep into the data, thinking from first principles, and delivering the best results
• A proven track record building relationships and doing business with external partners and customers
• A process-oriented mindset and ability to lead people to get things done
• Experience in a highly strategic, analytical and operational role in fast-paced environments
• Experience in product or project management, taking initiatives from conception to launch
• Clear and empathetic communication, both written and verbal
• Mission-oriented and motivated by the opportunity to improve the lives of our users
• Willingness to travel to our existing Paystack markets and across Africa (up to 50% travel).

Nice to haves:

• CS background or affinities
• Experience with SQL
• Experience in the payments space
• French and/or Arabic language proficiency.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity compensation
• Full medical coverage
• MacBook Pro
• Smart, kind colleagues who’re invested in your growth.

Application Closing Date
11:59 pm WAT on Friday; 4th February, 2022.