Offer summary

Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in Product Management, particularly in a platform context., Experience in delivering identity management features and services such as KYC flows and authentication., Strong understanding of modern development practices and planning processes., Proven leadership skills with the ability to set a vision and organize teams..

Key responsabilities:

Drive the Identity Management strategy to enhance customer experiences.

Lead a cross-functional team of engineers to execute the identity management roadmap.

Gather requirements and develop product specifications to minimize ambiguity for engineers.

Collaborate with various stakeholders to align on product strategy and execution.

Job description

About Tala

Tala is on a mission to unleash the economic power of the Global Majority – the 4 billion people overlooked by existing financial systems. With nearly half a billion dollars raised from equity and debt, we are serving millions of customers across three continents. Tala has been named by the Fortune Impact 20 list, CNBC’s Disruptor 50 five years in a row, CNBC’s World's Top Fintech Company, Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for eight years running, and Chief's The New Era of Leadership Award. We are expanding across product offerings, countries and crypto and are looking for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about our mission.

By creating a unique platform that enables lending and other financial services around the globe, people in emerging markets are able to start and expand small businesses, manage day-to-day needs, and pursue their financial goals with confidence. Currently, over nine million people across Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India have used Tala products. Due to our global team, we have a remote-first approach, and also have offices in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.

Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!

You'll drive product strategy and execution for Tala’s Platform initiatives to build the future of financial services for the global emerging middle class. As a key member of the product team, you will be responsible for defining and delivering platform services and capabilities that enable Tala to move fast, scale, and create best-in-class experiences for our customers. You will collaborate closely with a cross-functional global team to achieve exceptional business results while delivering on Tala’s vision of financial agency for all.

What You'll Do

Drive Tala’s Identity Management strategy to move fast, scale, and create best-in-class experiences for our customers

Deeply understand Tala’s platform infrastructure, processes, needs, and business goals to prioritize and deliver an identity management roadmap

Lead a high-performing, cross-functional team of engineers to drive execution and deliver measurable results

Gather requirements, determine features, and develop product specs that minimize assumptions and ambiguity for engineers

Create and leverage monitoring, analysis, and qualitative insights to drive prioritization

Drive alignment with a cross functional group of stakeholders including Product, Credit, Data Science, Engineering, Finance, Marketing and Legal

Collaborate with the broader PM community on strategy, dependencies, and creating a center of excellence

Share product and technical architecture insights and best practices with the broader product guild to help educate peers and evolve the platform

What You'll Need

5+ years experience in Product Management, with some in a platform context

Experience delivering identity management features & services (e.g., profile settings, KYC flows, contact info management, preferences, authentication)

Strong understanding of modern development practices and planning processes

Comfort working in a fast paced, dynamic environment with distributed teams

Strong leadership presence with ability to vision set and organize teams

Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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