* Our Mission *
NALA is building Payments for the Next Billion. Faster, smarter, and fairer transfers for everyone. Since 2022, we\โve grown our business 120x, grown the team from 9 to 150+, raised $50M+ from top-tier investors, and were named to the Forbes Fintech 50 in 2025.
We operate two core products:
NALA
, our consumer app making cross-border payments cheaper, faster and more reliable for the global diaspora. Allowing users to send money from the UK, US and EU to Africa and Asia.
Rafiki
, our B2B payments infrastructure, is powering global payments.
Our team includes alumni from Wise, Stripe, Monzo, Revolut, and CashApp โ operators who\โve scaled world-class products. We act with urgency, think deeply, and put our customers first always.
At NALA, this isn\โt just a job. It\โs ownership, impact, and the chance to change global payments forever.
Join us in building Payments for the Next Billion.
* Your Mission *
Lead the design and delivery of next-generation B2B collections and treasury products that give businesses seamless access to multi-currency accounts, cross-border payments, and efficient reconciliation. Build embedded financial services that reduce friction, optimise cash flows, and allow our clients to operate as if they had a global bank account.
Act as the central driver aligning product, engineering, finance, operations, risk, and regulatory partners to bring this vision to life.
Your Responsibilities In This Role
- Bring a sense of urgency to your work and inspire the team to unite under your leadership to deliver an incredible product
- Work with a team of engineers to develop our collections and treasury in line with customer demand, business needs and technology capabilities
- Take full ownership to drive the product and business-planning process across cross-functional teams of the company
- Drive the execution of all product lifecycle processes for products, including product research, market research, competitive analysis, planning, positioning, roadmap development, requirements development, and product launch
- Develop product positioning and messaging that differentiates Rafiki and its features across primary market segments
- Collaborate with design, engineering, research, legal, and compliance teams to refine your plan and execute it effectively
- You\โll be speaking to customers on a near daily basis to understand needs and ultimately sticking to our ethos of \โcustomer first, always\โ
- Assess current competitor offerings to seek opportunities for differentiation
- Develop an understanding of our users at a deep level and gauge customer needs to propose prospective solutions
- Define initial product proposition and go-to-market strategies for new expansion markets
- Meeting with the C-suite to discuss financial data and ways to improve business operations
* Must-have requirements *
- You have 5+ years of product management experience shipping world-class products at fast-growing companies and have had demonstrable engagement with Design, Engineering and Leadership teams
- Hands-on experience with B2B integrations in a financial services/fintech company
- Experience in working with third parties, whether it\โs evaluating APIs and capabilities, mapping out integration plans or evaluating different technology options
- Proven experience shipping client-driven solutions within the financial services / fintech arena
- You have enough engineering context to know a bad MVP implementation from a good one and have experience with product discovery methodologies
- You have strong empathy for customers and an unwillingness to compromise on user-centric design
* Nice to have requirements *
- Has context of client needs from a UK, African and Asian perspective
- Experience with cross border payments or building payments infrastructure solutions
Interview Process****
You will need to first submit your application through our ATS Workable. There is no need to submit a Cover Letter.
If successful you will be selected for our interview process which has 4 stages:
-
(30mins) Interview with the Talent Team
-
We want to understand your experience and motivations
-
(1 hr) Interview with the Hiring Manager
-
A deeper dive into your CV and real-world experiences
-
(1 hour) Take Home task & Task review interview
-
Includes a short exercise based on a fictional but realistic task. You\โll present and discuss it with your potential manager and someone else in the team
-
(30mins) Leadership Interview
-
A final conversation with a member of our leadership team to discuss your task submission, motivation for the role and to give you space to ask your own questions
-
References
-
We conduct reference checks as standard for all of our hires at NALA
-
Decision
-
We\โll aim to come back to you with a timely decision and feedback on your overall interview process
* Benefits *
- 27 Days Off Plus UK Bank Holidays: Take the time to decompress. Working at a startup is hard
- Birthday Leave: Celebrate your special day with a bonus day off to take off in that month
- Enhanced Parental Leave: We offer 16 weeks of full pay for the primary caregiver and 4 weeks of full pay for the secondary caregiver (After a 6-month probationary period)
- Enhanced Pension: Salary sacrifice pension scheme via Penfold giving you flexibility and control on how you save for your future
- Global Workspace: Get access to WeWork locations worldwide
- Learning Budget: Fuel your growth with $1000 annually for learning and development
- Sarabi: Themed snacks and Friday lunch focused on building great working relationships with the team
- Monthly Socials: Join fun social events every month for great times
- Free Coffee: Enjoy barista-style coffee at your fingertips
Locations
Contact Detail:
NALA Recruiting Team