Project Manager (Financial Services)

**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. Role Summary We’re hiring a Project Manager to drive execution of strategic and operational projects in Financial [](http://Services.You)’ll run structured delivery across a wide range of initiatives — launching new services, integrating external partners, rolling out compliance and KYC/KYB policies, improving cash operations with agents/super agents, enabling new payment flows, etc. You sit in the middle of Product, Compliance, Finance/Treasury, Engineering, Ops, and Growth. Your job is simple: keep the plan real, keep owners accountable, and land the project in production with minimal drama. ### What You’ll Own - **1. Project Delivery :** - Own and drive end-to-end delivery of Financial Services projects from kick-off through launch. - Build and maintain clear project plans: scope, milestones, owners, deadlines, risks. - Push the project forward daily, unblock issues, and escalate when needed (before it’s on fire). - **2. Cross-Functional Coordination :** - Align Product, Engineering, Compliance, Finance/Treasury, Ops, Growth, and external partners around one plan. - Make sure each team knows: what they owe, by when, and what happens if they slip. - Capture decisions in writing and circulate updates so there is one source of truth. - **3. Regulatory & Compliance Readiness :** - Work with Compliance to ensure that projects respect internal policies (KYC/KYB, limits, AML triggers, cash handling, reporting). - Collect required documentation (policies, procedures, approval flows) and make sure they’re in place before go-live. - **4. Operational Readiness :** - Ensure operational teams (agent network, support, finance ops, treasury, etc.) are ready to run the flow on Day 1. - Confirm that we know: who monitors transactions, how refunds or reversals work, escalation path for incidents, and how money settles. - **5. Launch & Stabilization :** - Coordinate testing/UAT and sign-offs. - Run the go-live checklist and confirm all blockers are closed. - Monitor early performance and ensure any urgent post-launch fixes get an owner. ### How You’ll Be Measured - On-time delivery of committed milestones. - Quality of launch (no major incident in first days/weeks). - Internal alignment: Compliance, Finance, and Ops signing off before go-live (not after). - Clarity of communication — no surprises for leadership. ### What You Bring - **Must-haves :** - ~2–4 years of experience in fintech / payments / banking / telecom value-added services / PSP / wallet / financial operations / similar high-ownership environment. - You’ve previously managed or coordinated delivery of cross-functional projects (not only “followed up,” but actually drove timelines). - You’re comfortable sitting with engineers to clarify requirements AND sitting with Ops/Treasury to confirm how money moves. - You’re disciplined with tracking: action logs, RAID logs (Risks / Assumptions / Issues / Dependencies), status reports. - Strong written communication. If something isn’t written down, you assume it’s not real. - **Nice to have :** - Exposure to regulated financial products (wallets, P2P, bill payment, settlement, limits/KYC). - Understanding of how funds flow, settlement/reconciliation, refunds, or cash collection works. - Familiarity with compliance topics (KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring, limits by tier, AML escalation paths). - Experience coordinating external partners / vendors / billers. - **Soft skills we care about** - You escalate early, not emotionally. - You follow through. People learn that if you say “I’ll track this,” it’s tracked. - You’re comfortable saying “no, we’re not ready to launch yet” if Compliance/Finance hasn’t signed off. - You like structure. When there is none, you create it.