About the Role
Develop, manage, and enhance lending products to drive portfolio growth, profitability, and customer satisfaction while ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal policies.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and launch new lending products aligned with business strategy and market demand.
- Continuously review and enhance existing lending products to improve competitiveness and profitability.
- Define product features, pricing, eligibility criteria, and customer value propositions.
- Monitor product performance, including volumes, revenues, margins, and delinquency ratios.
- Develop strategies to grow the lending portfolio while managing risk effectively.
- Analyze market trends, customer behavior, and competitor offerings to identify growth opportunities.
- Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, Operations, Sales, Finance, and IT teams for product lifecycle management.
- Coordinate with digital teams for online lending journeys and process improvements.
- Support sales teams with product training, campaigns, and sales enablement tools.
- Ensure all lending products comply with regulatory requirements and internal credit policies.
- Work closely with Risk teams to maintain appropriate underwriting standards and controls.
- Monitor portfolio quality and implement corrective actions where needed.
- Drive automation and digital transformation initiatives within the lending journey.
- Improve turnaround times (TAT) and customer experience across product touchpoints.
- Prepare MIS reports and dashboards on product performance.
- Present insights and recommendations to senior management.
Requirements
- 8–10 years of experience in lending product management within banking or financial services.
- Strong understanding of retail/SME lending products and credit processes.
- Familiarity with digital lending platforms and tools.
- Strategic thinking.
- Customer-centric mindset.
- Attention to detail.
- Proactive and results-driven.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Product management and development expertise
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of credit risk and lending lifecycle
- Stakeholder management and communication skills
- Commercial acumen and financial analysis
- Project management capabilities
Experience Level
- 8-10 years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
- Master’s degree (MBA) preferred.
About the Company
- Network International is the largest Financial Technology company in the Middle East and Africa.
- Payments is our core business where we provide services in more than 50 countries – UAE, Jordan, South Africa, Egypt are some of our key markets.
- Apart from payments, we provide services on Data and Insights, Lending, Insurance, Risk Solutions, etc.
- Our core customers are businesses at every scale and segment, though recently we have been growing in the direct-to-consumer card segment as well.
- At Network International, we always stay ahead.
- In the fast-paced world of financial services, we thrive on innovation, agility, and purposeful collaboration.
- We invest first in our people, empowering you to make bold decisions, learn fast, and grow your expertise alongside industry leaders.
- Here, solving complex problems means more than using cutting-edge technology; it’s about creating meaningful value for our customers, together.
- We foster a culture where trust, accountability, and achievement go hand in hand—because success isn’t just a goal; it’s how we work, every day, as one team.
