Analyst, Global Expansion & Payment Partnerships (GEPP) at Flutterwave

Our mission is to power a new wave of prosperity across Africa. By enabling global digital payments on a continent that’s been largely cut off from the digital economy, we’re creating the infrastructure to power Africa’s growth in the 21st Century. Founded in 2016 by a team of ex-bankers, entrepreneurs and engineers, we provide the underlying technology platform that allows businesses to make and accept payments anywhere in Africa. Our HQ is in San Francisco with offices in Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, and Johannesburg

The Role: 

• Flutterwave is looking for an Analyst, Global Expansion & Payment Partnerships who will activate and manage projects to enable new payment types on Flutterwave Infrastructure.
• You will also analyze data to determine optimal transaction routing strategy across service lines, including implementing add-on services that can improve the product, customer experience, or revenue, act as the frontline for all partner issues and subsequent resolution, and build and maintain relationships with all relevant Flutterwave partners.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Develop full-scale project plans and collaborate with Stakeholders (i.e. Engineering Team, Treasury team, Product Team) to track performance and progress as well as associated communication documents using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques.
• Apply appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs
• Effectively communicate project expectations to stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
• Develop effective strategies to remedy variances from project plans, and minimize impacts
• Manage transitions between project stages and ensure that changes are consistent with organizational goals
• Determine criteria and use data to evaluate partner service delivery in order to determine optimal transaction routing strategy
• Build and Manage relationships with partners beyond project implementations
• Ensure frequent meetings with partners to support integrations
• Periodic monitoring and reporting of partner’s transactional activities
• Any other duties assigned

Required competency and skill set to be a waver

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations Management, Project Management, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 1-2 years of working experience in a Project or Product Management role
• Project Management Certification
• Good understanding of business expansion
• Ability to effectively use project management tools in analyzing, translating, and presenting data and information
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Well-developed problem-solving skills.
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented with exceptional follow-through skills
• Ability to multitask in a fast pace environment; can adapt quickly to change; have strong negotiations skills
• Excellent leadership /people management & relationship management skills

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