Job description: technology, card processing solutions and card operations. This is a full-time role based in Lagos, Nigeria and reports…. This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected…

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Location: Lagos, Lagos State

Job date: Tue, 09 Jan 2024 23:48:47 GMT

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Job description: Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

Job Description

We are looking for Senior Manager within our Solutions Architecture team with varying levels of experience and background to join our progressive team.

The candidate should be able to lead commercialization and technical solution engagements with Visa partners and clients, this role will be a member of the solutions architecture team that is responsible for driving the adoption and success of Visa Fintech partners to launch card programs, issuance of new cards and enabling relevant digital services

This client/partner experience-oriented role will be a unique combination of solutioning, technology architecture, hands on technical support and client/partner facing relationship

This role will require a deep working knowledge of payments API technology, card processing solutions and card operations. This is a full-time role based in Lagos, Nigeria and reports into Director, Digital Solutions, CEMEA.

The candidate will direct the client and partners, technology and product teams on solution design and lead deep-dive sessions to define user flows, user experience and help partners with developing the frontend & backend infrastructure. In addition, he/she must be highly collaborative, bring a structured approach to client engagement and documentation, employ moderation and facilitation skills, have a passion for payments, and have an ability to communicate complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences.

The role will require leading complex solution discussions and will span multiple teams, projects, geographic locations, and time zones

Visa is looking for self-starters that are thought leaders with a proven track-record of success in fast-paced payments technology environments with demanding timelines.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications

– Hands on experience in API development and integration
– Experience in designing solutions in payment services industry.
– Experience implementing and enabling technology solutions with Neo banks/Digital bank is preferred
– Experience of working and in-depth understanding of e2e payment processing solutions across the payment life cycle is preferred
– Must have prior experience managing and delivering across multi-functional teams
Excellent Presentation skills. Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
– Strong cultural awareness and knowledge. Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
– Ability to express complex solutions in a simple way to business team and in technical details to technology teams.
– Experience with project and stakeholder management

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

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Location: Lagos, Lagos State

Job date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:58:26 GMT

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Job description: Entrepreneur in Residence role summary:

The ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator is a partnership between Techstars, the most active pre-seed investor in the world that provides access to capital, programming and connections to early-stage entrepreneurs, and ARM Labs, a Lagos-based innovation program.

We are looking for a Lagos-based Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) to work closely with the Managing Director (MD) and Program Manager (PM), to support the 12 companies in the cohort.

Commitment:

This is a contract role, requiring you to work for up to 1-2 days a week (depending on the week), ideally at our office in Victoria Island, Lagos. The contract will start on 13th November 2023, and end by 23rd February 2024 (final details to be agreed upon).

Role Responsibilities: * Deliver weekly office hours with founders to provide guidance and advice, to support them in achieving their in-program goals

• Engage with the founders in the cohort to ensure Techstars is delivering on the promise “Do what’s right for the founder”
• Weekly meeting with MD, PM to discuss each startup, and provide input on the support required by founders
• Leading knowledge sharing sessions (brown bag)
• Represent Techstars in the local community, both actively and passively

What we’re looking for: * Experience as a CTO or technical CPO

• 10+ years of experience in fast-paced environments within technology, startups, entrepreneurship and venture capital
• Loves helping early stage founders, with a positive attitude
• Expertise in running and growing an early stage startup in the African market
• Strong connections within the African tech ecosystem.
• Comfortable with a minimal amount of direction
• Comfortable commanding a room, public speaking and an interest in community development
• Understands Techstars’ vision, direction and support of overall organization objectives
• Fits the Techstars’ culture (#givefirst, Entrepreneurial Inclination, High Quality and Network Focused)

About Techstars

Techstars is the most active pre-seed investor in the world having invested through its accelerators in more than 3,700 companies that have a combined market cap of $99 billion. Founded in 2006, Techstars believes that entrepreneurs create a better future for everyone and great ideas can come from anywhere. Now we are on a mission to invest in an unprecedented number of startups per year enabling more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities.

About ARM

Established in 1994, ARM is a leading investment management firm providing a wide range of wealth management services to a substantial and diversified client base, including corporations, foundations and charities, high net-worth individuals, and small savers. See for more details.

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Location: Lagos, Lagos State

Job date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 04:06:56 GMT

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