User Growth Regional Lead at Wave · Kinshasa

Our mission

We're making Africa the first cashless continent.

In 2017, over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That's for good reason—the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.

We're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.

Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that's where you come in...

How you'll help us achieve it

We’re looking for a Growth Regional Lead who is resourceful, data-driven, and excited about getting things done. You'll be responsible for managing product roll-outs and supervising user growth activities throughout our field locations as we rapidly scale our business in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

In this role you’ll;

• Manage a team of supervisors who in turn, manage field-based promoters
• Identify and find solutions to critical blockers for user growth and maintain active usage of our financial products in assigned areas
• Hire, train and manage distribution team members and build systems to rapidly scale distribution as needed
• Build the roadmap for the distribution team in your area to achieve its quarterly key objectives, including iterating on a strategy based on growing our customer base day after day within an assigned region of the DRC.
• Use data to make decisions on distribution strategies and monitor the performance of the team
• Work closely with the agent team to align key objectives and operationalize strategies
• Help to develop Wave’s distribution strategy by sharing insights and learning from the team’s experience
• Lead by living Wave's values, and ensure they're deeply ingrained within your team.

Key Details

• Location: You'll work from our office in Kinshasa/Bandundu and may travel to field locations.
• Contract Type: Permanent.
• Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula.
• We pay 100% of your health care insurance premium cost for yourself and your dependents.
• We support working parents - we offer generous parental leave policies (26 weeks for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers) and subsidized childcare when you return to work.
• We help you live your fullest life now- we subsidize gym memberships and fitness classes.
• Airtime reimbursement.
• Free food and a beautiful office space

Requirements

• Proficiency in French is required, with English being a plus as this role involves interacting with non-French-speaking stakeholders. Knowledge of local Congolese languages (Lingala, Kikongo, etc.) is a significant plus.
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience specifically managing field teams or user acquisition teams based in the field.
• At least 1 year’s experience designing strategies for user acquisition for a telecom, payment service provider, FMCG, or financial institution.
• At least 1 year’s experience managing large teams (50+ people).
• Prior launch/expansion experience is desirable.

You might be a good fit if you:

• Have successfully planned and managed customer acquisition strategies for mobile/financial, or FMCG products before.
• Communicate effectively and often, both in writing and in person, to the point of overcommunication.
• Are detail-oriented and seek to achieve excellence in everything you do.
• Are a self-starter and proactive about achieving ambitious targets.
• Enjoy owning projects - you're autonomous yet know when to escalate problems.
• Willing to go the distance to get something done.
• Adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions.
• Are tech-savvy: comfortable navigating Excel and onboarding to new tools.
• Have a teamwork spirit.

Our team

• We have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Uganda, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon plus remote team members spread across the world.
• We're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.
• We foster autonomy for our employees. You'll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production.
• We raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world-class investors, include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa.
• We are onY Combinator's top companies by revenue.

How to apply

Fill out the form below, and upload a resume in English and a cover letter describing your interest in Wave and the role.

We review applications frequently and recommend that you apply to the role that most closely aligns with your skills, experience and career goals.

Wave is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.