Vice President of Operations FinTechCryptocurrency

Vice President of Operations (FinTech/Cryptocurrency)

Our Client is Africa s portal to the They are building digital financial infrastructure a centralised crypto wallet, a launchpad, an exchange, and a Layer-1 blockchain as their core products to fully bring Sub-Saharan Africa into the new world of decentralised finance, ownership, and With the backing of premier crypto investors and Silicon Valley VC firms, they have launched their first product in Nigeria, and are quickly moving to expand into Kenya, Ghana, and the

Job Type: Full Time | Remote

Salary: Negotiable

Head Office: Kenya & Nigeria

Requirements

• At least 7+ years experience in Operations, with 3 of those being in management roles
  
• Master s degree or comparable educational achievement
  
• Work and living experience in emerging markets, particularly in Nigeria or elsewhere in West Africa
  
• Proven experience establishing, implementing, and executing operational process in a highly dynamic and fast-growing company
  
• Strong understanding of blockchain technology and digital assets
  
• Experience developing and managing a culture of continuous learning and improvement
  
• Experience managing and coordinating teams to deliver consistent quality on a tight schedule
  

Salary and Benefits

• Significant early-stage equity and company Token package
  
• Competitive base salary commensurate with global industry standards
  
• Full benefits package
  

Responsibilities

• Structure and optimise current operational activities and iteratively adjust based on learnings as the business evolves
  
• Manage and track daily/weekly metrics from key business functions while ensuring consistent alignment to companywide strategic objectives
  
• Develop and keep informative, data-driven, and insightful business reports for use by the Executive
  
• Reports will be leveraged to derive an accurate idea of the state of the business at any given time
  
• Work with the Strategy team to support team leaders in the development of department objectives, key results, and initiatives
  
• Collaborate with the Finance team to support team leaders in the development and maintenance of relevant and detailed budgets
  
• Set up process for and then complete quarterly operational reviews and reports that feed into the strategy development process
  
• Oversee the building and/or continuous improvement of operational SOPs and SLAs between Central Operations and Departmental Operations to help them most effectively achieve their goals
  
• Lead initiatives to automate and reduce time spent on operational tasks across the business
  
• Build and maintain carefully structured processes and systems that leverage and produce data that informs business decisions across West Africa and beyond
  
• Maintain and improve playbooks, detailed manuals that document all relevant parts of the company s operating model; continually update and improve these manuals in preparation for supporting other teams
  

If you are interested, please send your CV to or apply via our website!

I look forward to hearing from you!

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Black Pen Recruitment is a global recruitment agency that targets European, African and American Markets with headquarters based in Malta (Europe) and Cape Town (South Africa).

At least 7+ years experience in Operations, with 3 of those being in management roles Master s degree or comparable educational achievement Work and living experience in emerging markets, particularly in Nigeria or elsewhere in West Africa Proven experience establishing, implementing, and executing operational process in a highly dynamic and fast-growing company Strong understanding of blockchain technology and digital assets Experience developing and managing a culture of continuous learning and improvement Experience managing and coordinating teams to deliver consistent quality on a tight schedule Salary and Benefits Significant early-stage equity and company Token package Competitive base salary commensurate with global industry standards Full benefits package Responsibilities Structure and optimise current operational activities and iteratively adjust based on learnings as the business evolves Manage and track daily/weekly metrics from key business functions while ensuring consistent alignment to companywide strategic objectives Develop and keep informative, data-driven, and insightful business reports for use by the Executive Reports will be leveraged to derive an accurate idea of the state of the business at any given time Work with the Strategy team to support team leaders in the development of department objectives, key results, and initiatives Collaborate with the Finance team to support team leaders in the development and maintenance of relevant and detailed budgets Set up process for and then complete quarterly operational reviews and reports that feed into the strategy development process Oversee the building and/or continuous improvement of operational SOPs and SLAs between Central Operations and Departmental Operations to help them most effectively achieve their goals Lead initiatives to automate and reduce time spent on operational tasks across the business Build and maintain carefully structured processes and systems that leverage and produce data that informs business decisions across West Africa and beyond Maintain and improve playbooks, detailed manuals that document all relevant parts of the company s operating model; continually update and improve these manuals in preparation for supporting other teams If you are interested, please send your CV to or apply via our website! I look forward to hearing from you! ------- Black Pen Recruitment is a global recruitment agency that targets European, African and American Markets with headquarters based in Malta (Europe) and Cape Town (South Africa).