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Head of Product - Lending Platform job at M-KOPA | Apply Now
M-KOPA, established in 2010, is a London-based fintech company operating in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa. Its mission is to provide affordable access to essential products and services through innovative financing models, combining digital micropayments with GSM connectivity. M-KOPA has earned recognition for its impact, including being listed in the Financial Times' "Africa's Fastest Growing Companies" rankings in 2022, 2023, and 2024, and being named in the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list in 2023 and 2024.
The company fosters a dynamic work culture that emphasizes innovation and employee growth, offering opportunities across various departments. As of 2024, M-KOPA has extended over $1.5 billion in credit to more than 5 million customers and employs over 3,000 staff members, with 30,000 sales agents across its markets. Its business model focuses on accessible financing for smartphones and digital services, utilizing daily repayment plans that align with customers' income patterns. M-KOPA's core values include customer-centricity, innovation, and financial inclusion.
The company actively engages in corporate social responsibility initiatives aimed at empowering underserved communities. For more information, visit their official website at www.m-kopa.com.
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Deadline:
30 May 2025
Job Title
Head of Product - Lending Platform job at M-KOPA
M-KOPA
Job Description
Job Title: Head of Product - Lending Platform
Organisation: M-KOPA
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
As Head of Product for our Lending Platform, you’ll be the driving force behind the systems that enable financial inclusion for millions. This isn’t about building incremental features—it’s about creating the infrastructure that powers life-changing financial services for people traditionally excluded from banking systems.
Your product leadership will translate into real-world outcomes: A small business securing its first significant inventory loan. A family financing their first smartphone and gaining digital access. A student funding their education through accessible credit. Your work directly empowers these journeys.
What Makes This Role Unique
You’ll sit at a fascinating intersection of technology and finance. Working alongside Engineering, Analytics, Data Science, Credit, and Finance teams, you’ll tackle complex challenges that require both technical depth and business acumen. You’ll lead the evolution of our loan management, billing, and accounting systems while ensuring they meet international financial reporting standards.
The platform you oversee will leverage machine learning models to make smart predictions across fraud detection, customer repayment forecasting, and debt funding requirements. Your ability to make the complex simple will shine as you transform raw financial data into actionable insights that drive business decisions.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.
If you are ready to make a difference and drive financial excellence in a dynamic and innovative environment, we want to hear from you!
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How to Apply
You’ll lead multiple product managers working on agile teams, each tackling different aspects of our lending infrastructure. One day, you might be collaborating with data scientists to refine credit prediction algorithms. The next, you could be working with finance leaders to ensure our systems provide the insights needed for strategic portfolio management.
Your responsibilities will span from shaping product vision to driving execution. You’ll make data-driven decisions that balance technical feasibility, business requirements, and customer needs. You’ll hire, develop, and coach product managers who share your passion for making complex systems elegant and impactful.
You’ll cultivate a culture of innovation, psychological safety, and accountability across your teams. The collaborative, low-ego environment we’ve built will give you the space to take calculated risks and learn quickly. And you’ll have a high degree of ownership over your domain, with the authority to make decisions that drive significant business outcomes.
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8+ years of product management experience with platform or infrastructure products, with demonstrated analytical excellence
Plus at least 2 years managing multiple product managers across agile teams, driving both strategy and execution
Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across finance, credit, and treasury functions
How Your Experience Will Find Purpose
If you’ve developed platform products, managed cross-functional teams, or worked in financial services, your experience will find new meaning at M-KOPA. Your analytical skills will directly influence how we extend credit to those who need it most. Your leadership abilities will empower teams building solutions that matter. And your communication skills will help bridge technical and financial worlds.
Those with experience in B2B or enterprise products will find this role especially rewarding. You’ll be translating complex requirements from internal stakeholders into clearly defined product roadmaps. Your ability to influence without authority will help you navigate collaborations with senior functional leaders across the organization.
