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Description
At Careem, our mission is to simplify & improve the lives of people, initially through solutions that make transportation in the region reliable, and over time, through disruptions in payments and logistics. In the process, we want to build an organization that inspires and become a world-class institution from the region.
Careem is the MENA regions leading ride-hailing platform and newest Tech Unicorn. With 30% monthly growth, we now operate in 100+ cities across 13+ countries and host over 15 million users. With our recent Series D funding success, we are positioned on the cusp of significant scale and well on target to deliver our goal of creating one million jobs in the region by 2018.
Join us in building a world-class institution in the Middle East and experience the thrill of being part of a high-growth technology company, to improve people's lives
Job Overview
To lead CareemPay Pakistan's Products
Reporting
The role reports into Head of CareemPay Pakistan based in Islamabad
Responsibilities
- Product owner for all CareemPay products
- Responsible for designing CareemPay products from all aspects, such front-end and back-end processes, user interface and experience
- Working with cross functional Careem teams for development and integration of various services
- Ensuring compliance of regulations where applicable
- Working with partners for implementation of products throughout the product development cycle
- Defining back end processes and ensuring smooth operations through cross functional teams
Requirements
Qualifications/Skills required
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or Business
- Minimum of five years work experience, with at least two years within digital financial services
- The ideal candidate should have an immense drive to be successful and should possess great problem solving skills
- Highly entrepreneurial and hands-on - ability to get things done fast by rolling up their sleeves and with minimal resources
- Highly adaptable to new initiative and ability to find fast and practical solutions for complex challenges
- Strong leadership skills - ability to build and lead teams to move fast
- Stakeholder management - strong negotiation skills and ability to influence at all levels
- Sound understanding of local market trends and needs - commercial acumen to spot opportunities and convert ideas into products
- Sound understanding of revenue and cost drivers
- Ability to balance strategic, commercial and operational considerations for the business
- Strong understanding of the payments ecosystem and appreciation of new technologies
- Possess can do/will do attitude
About the Company
We are a brand that aims to simplify people's lives by revolutionizing the transportation industry. A brand that strives to inspire everyone it interacts with, and supports every single person who dares to believe. #BeCareem
Careem is the MENA region's leading ride-hailing service and newest Tech Unicorn. With 30% monthly growth, we now operate in 50+ cities across 11 countries and host over 6 million users. With our recent Series D funding success, we are positioned on the cusp of significant scale and well on target to deliver our goal of creating one million jobs in the region by 2018.