Product Manager - MEA Expansion
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About the Role
Sokin is seeking a Product Manager to drive MEA expansion, defining the strategic roadmap for banking connectivity across the region. You will analyze market demand, build business cases, and collaborate with engineering and partnerships to deliver global payment solutions.
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Responsibilities
- Define the strategic roadmap for Sokin's banking connectivity across MEA
- Build business cases for market expansion, analyzing client demand and regulatory requirements
- Collaborate with Banking Partnerships team to define needs and evaluate partners
- Work with engineering to scope and prioritize integration work
- Monitor performance of MEA banking infrastructure and identify improvements
- Stay ahead of MEA payments landscape and emerging trends
- Gather feedback from clients and sales teams to inform product decisions
Requirements
- Hands on experience with banks, PSPs, SWIFT and local payment rails across MEA
- Experience building B2B fintech products
- Strong communication and cross functional teamwork skills
- Comfortable working with financial, risk, and legal stakeholders
- Technical depth to collaborate with engineers
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments
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About the Role
- We are looking for an ambitious, driven Product Manager to join our team.
- Product Management at Sokin is about creating and delivering an ambitious roadmap with your team.
- This is an opportunity for someone who wants to play a critical role in driving our success.
About Us
- Sokin is a next generation B2B financial services provider enabling global payments with greater speed, lower cost, and total transparency.
- We deliver services across Global payments and receivables, Foreign Exchange (FX), Treasury management, and Finance reconciliations.
- We are rapidly expanding with presence in MEA, UK & Europe, APAC, and North America.
As our MEA Expansion Product Manager
- Define the strategic roadmap for Sokin's banking connectivity across MEA.
- Build the business case for market expansion, analyzing client demand, payment volumes, competitive positioning, and regulatory requirements.
- Work closely with Banking Partnerships team to define needs and evaluate potential partners.
- Collaborate with engineering to scope and prioritize integration work.
- Own the ongoing performance and optimization of MEA banking infrastructure.
- Stay ahead of MEA payments landscape, tracking developments in instant payment schemes, open banking regulations, and emerging settlement mechanisms.
- Gather feedback from clients and sales teams to understand where infrastructure is limiting growth.
Your role as a PM at Sokin
- Define and communicate the product strategy and roadmap aligned to company vision.
- Conduct market research to identify customer needs and market trends.
- Work directly with a cross functional team of engineers to deliver value often.
- Spend time with customers to discover new product ideas and validate solutions.
- Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, and sales teams.
- Create and manage product roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business goals.
- Prioritize product features based on customer value and business impact.
- Work with product marketing and sales to launch new products.
- Monitor product performance and drive continuous improvement.
- Act as primary point of contact for product related inquiries.
We’d love to hear from you if
- You're excited by building B2B fintech products and have hands on experience with banks, PSPs, SWIFT and local payment rails across MEA.
- You own your roadmap and can identify problems, make decisions, and drive things forward.
- You enjoy getting into the details and understanding the mechanics of your product and the data behind it.
- You're a strong communicator and enjoy working in cross functional teams.
- You're comfortable working with financial, risk, and legal stakeholders.
- You have enough technical depth to work closely with engineers.
- You thrive in ambiguous environments and bring structure to them.
Equal Opportunities
- Sokin is an equal opportunities employer and committed to maintaining an inclusive work environment.
- As a growing global startup, we promote an agile, flexible working culture.
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