Head of Product
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Job Summary
Yassir is the leading super app in the Maghreb region transforming how daily services are delivered. Operating across 45 cities in Africa and beyond Yassir offers ride-hailing last-mile delivery and is rapidly expanding its financial services ecosystem to enable users to pay save and borrow digitally.
With a global distributed tech team and a fast-scaling product organization Yassir is building a multi-vertical platform serving millions of users across emerging markets.
We are looking for a Head of Product to lead product strategy and execution across one or more key verticals.
This role will be responsible for defining the product vision leading a team of product managers and driving end-to-end product delivery at scale. The ideal candidate combines strong product thinking business acumen and leadership experience in fast-paced high-growth environments.
- Define and drive the product vision aligned with Yassirs overall business strategy
- Own the product roadmap across multiple product lines or value streams
- Identify opportunities for growth monetization and market expansion
- Lead mentor and scale a team of Product Managers and Product Leaders
- Establish strong product culture focused on ownership impact and accountability
- Partner closely with Engineering Design Data and Business teams
- Ensure high-quality timely delivery of product initiatives across squads
- Drive outcome-based roadmaps (KPIs OKRs business impact)
- Oversee prioritization trade-offs and resource allocation
- Work closely with Heads of Engineering Design and Business stakeholders
- Align product initiatives with company-wide objectives and regional needs
- Act as the key product representative in leadership discussions
- Champion customer-centric product development and discovery
- Leverage data research and feedback loops to inform decisions
- Understand local market nuances across multiple geographies
- Define product processes frameworks and best practices
- Improve product development lifecycle and team efficiency
- Ensure clear product governance and decision-making frameworks
- 10 years of experience in Product Management
- 5 years in leadership roles managing Product Managers or product teams
- Proven experience building and scaling products in fintech marketplaces or super apps
- Strong experience in multi-sided platforms (e.g. users merchants partners)
- Track record of delivering products from 0 1 and scaling to maturity
- Deep understanding of data-driven product development
- Experience working in high-growth fast-paced environments
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience in emerging markets (Africa MENA or similar)
- Experience managing multi-country product organizations
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About Company
With the super app Yassir, you can access on-demand daily services such as ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments
