Yassir

On-demand ride-hailing, delivery, and digital finance

Head of Product - Financial Services

Product ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

Have a strong background in consumer mobile app and/or fintech product management experience.
Experience in payments (acceptance and payouts), e-wallets, or prepaid cards is required.
Product team leadership experience is required.
Have achieved success delivering consumer-facing products that drive real user value and business financial goals.
Have leveraged both user experience and A/B testing to find product/market fit.

Responsibilities

Drive product strategy, product roadmap, and product development.
Develop a mass-market customer proposition.
Develop a deep understanding of the needs of the audience.
Align stakeholders, direct the product roadmap, prioritize features, build consensus, and coordinate product schedules with the wider business.
Define, hire, coach, and mentor a full team of product managers.
Foster a culture of testing, data-driven decision-making, and accountability for metrics and results.
Stay hands-on; the role includes line management of product managers, though initially the role will be a team of one.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in consumer finance or business finance.
Managing teams across different countries.
French language skills.

Yassir is the leading super App in the Maghreb region set to changing the way daily services are provided. It currently operates in 45 cities across Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia with recent expansions into France, Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa. It is backed (~$200M in funding) by VCs from Silicon Valley, Europe and other parts of the world.

We offer on-demand services such as ride-hailing and last-mile delivery. Building on this infrastructure, we are now introducing financial services to help our users pay, save and borrow digitally.

Helping usher the continent into a digital economy era. We’re not just about serving people - we’re about creating a marketplace to bring people what they need while infusing social values.

Responsibilities

Driving product strategy, product roadmap and product development
Developing a mass market customer proposition
Develop a deep understanding of the needs of the audience
Align stakeholders, direct the product roadmap, prioritise features, build consensus, and coordinate product schedules with wider business
Defining, hiring, coaching and mentoring a full team of product managers
Foster a culture of testing, data-driven decision making, and accountability for metrics and results
Staying hands on – the role will come with line management of product managers but in the early days it’ll just be you

Requirements

Have a strong background consumer mobile app and/or fintech product management experience
Experience in payments (acceptance and payouts), e-wallets, or prepaid cards is a must
Experience in consumer finance, business finance is a plus
Product team leadership experience
Achieved success delivering consumer facing products that drive real user value and business financial goals
Leveraged both user experience and AB testing to find product/market fit
You create structure out of ambiguity and have a pragmatic “can do” and “make it happen” attitude in a collaborative way
Managing teams across different countries is a a plus
Language skills: French is an advantage

About the Company

Yassir

On-demand ride-hailing, delivery, and digital finance

Yassir runs a super app that combines ride-hailing and last-mile delivery across 45 cities in the Maghreb, with recent expansions into France, Canada, and Sub-Saharan Africa, and it is adding digital financial services for paying, saving, and borrowing. Users access all services in one app, with the platform coordinating rides and deliveries through its logistics network and offering fintech features for payments and lending. Unlike single-service competitors, Yassir bundles transportation, delivery, and financial tools within a single regional marketplace, and it emphasizes social values and financial inclusion. Its goal is to become a comprehensive marketplace that helps people use a cashless, digital economy while meeting everyday needs across its growing network.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Series B
Total funding: $180.3M
Headquarters: Algiers, Algeria
Founded: 2016

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