Group Product Manager - Core Services
- Role
- Product
- Employment
- Full-time
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No BS summary
Strategic and highly technical product leader needed to define and scale shared services for product innovation. Requires deep platform product management experience, a strong internal customer mindset, business judgment, and influential leadership to partner across the organization and build toward a unified platform vision.
At Wave, we help small businesses to thrive so the heart of our communities beats stronger. We work in an environment buzzing with creative energy and inspiration. No matter where you are or how you get the job done, you have what you need to be successful and connected. The mark of true success at Wave is the ability to be bold, learn quickly and share your knowledge generously.
The Group Product Manager, Core Services is a strategic and highly technical product leader responsible for defining and scaling the shared services layer that powers product innovation across the organization. This role owns the strategy and execution of core shared services, including orchestration workflows, business capabilities, and reusable platform services, that enable customer-facing product teams to build, launch, and scale experiences efficiently, consistently, and at scale.
This leader manages a team of Product Managers and brings deep platform product management experience with a strong internal customer mindset – driving adoption of shared services, APIs, and workflow capabilities while balancing short-term delivery needs with long-term platform health. This role requires strong business judgment, technical fluency, and influential leadership to partner across the organization and build toward a unified platform vision.
What you'll do
- Defining and scaling the shared services layer that powers product innovation across the organization.
- Owning the strategy and execution of core shared services, including orchestration workflows, business capabilities, and reusable platform services.
- Enabling customer-facing product teams to build, launch, and scale experiences efficiently, consistently, and at scale.
- Managing a team of Product Managers.
- Driving adoption of shared services, APIs, and workflow capabilities.
- Balancing short-term delivery needs with long-term platform health.
What they require
- Strategic and highly technical product leader.
- Deep platform product management experience.
- Strong internal customer mindset.
- Strong business judgment.
- Technical fluency.
- Influential leadership.
- Ability to partner across the organization and build toward a unified platform vision.
Benefits
- We value diversity of perspective. Your unique experience enriches our organization.
- We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
- Let’s talk about how you can thrive here!
- Wave is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible candidate experience.
- If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing careers@waveapps.com. We will work with you to meet your needs.
- We use Google Gemini, a secure AI assistant, during interviews for note-taking purposes only. Notes are kept confidential and are not shared outside the hiring process. This allows our interviewers to stay fully focused on you during the conversation.
Wave is building financial services that just work to make Africa the first cashless continent. With millions of users across 9 countries, the company provides no-fee mobile money solutions for cash deposit, withdrawal, and payments in challenging environments.