Risk Road Map Programme Manager at Vodafone

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Role Purpose

The Risk Road Map Product Manager role based within Risk and Compliance.

A senior role in MPESA Africa to work alongside business and compliance stakeholders to develop product strategy, roadmap and requirements for Risk and Compliance tools to support M-Pesa services on the mobile money platform and associated integrations. You will provide thought leadership and direction to deliver a compelling compliance roadmap that underpins the growth of the M-Pesa business by not only fulfilling regulatory requirements, but protecting the strong reputation that M-Pesa has in the mobile money industry!  The digitisation of the compliance programme is a key strategy of the compliance teams who will be reliant on the technology delivered.

Your responsibilities will include:

Aligning with the Risk and Compliance Director, you will shape the roadmap for Risk and Compliance technology, with a focus on electronic KYC registration solutions, enhancing AML control capabilities, and  exploring options for fraud platform convergence
Keep abreast of new developments and opportunities in the field of compliance technology and regulatory change. Plan and execute product discovery activities to identify market and technology trends, and customer challenges
Work with internal and external stakeholders to build the product vision for M-Pesa compliance technology, champion and maintain the Product roadmap in line with business priorities
Be accountable for the definition and prioritisation of feature backlogs to reflect business and compliance priorities
Prepare RFPs for vendor selection
Assess feasibility and ensure solutions are aligned to compliance objectives and technical needs
Ensure stakeholder alignment buy in and alignment to roadmap across the organisation
Be an active member of project work-streams, ensuring that business intent is shepherded through solution development lifecycle to deliver compliance technology change in line with vision and objectives.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

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A graduate with a degree in Business, Engineering or IT.
Professional certification in risk management and information systems e.g. CISA or CPA (K) or equivalent.
A proven track record of delivering change in a complex, high volume, regulated business environment
Experience working in a Risk and Compliance, or Anti-money laundering product role.
Experience of software development lifecycle is essential, in agile and waterfall methodologies
Ability to work within a demanding environment, being a key contributor to a fast-moving product development process.
Strong understanding of the financial services industry (e.g banking, mobile money, retail financial services).
Ability to analyze significant amounts of data and information and distill it to the key points in analyzing risks in a given situation.
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
High level experience and skills working with stakeholders
Strong background in auditing, accounting or the legal field.
At least 4 years  proven experience in risk analysis in a telecommunications or financial services environment

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