Head of Growth Nigeria

LemFi provides international payment products for immigrants, including multi-currency wallets, global money transfers, payment requests, and eSIM connectivity.

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About LemFi

LemFi is a financial technology company offering international payment products designed to help immigrants thrive financially. Its services include multi-currency wallets, international money transfers to more than 30 countries, money requests and payment links, and eSIM connectivity. Transfers can be sent to bank accounts, mobile money, and other destinations, typically arriving within minutes.

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About the Role

You will own the Nigeria commercial strategy across the UK, US, and EU corridors. You will drive growth, revenue, pricing, product positioning, and market execution; build and lead teams; develop partnerships; and turn market insight into actionable plans. You will also use AI tools to strengthen analysis and market reviews.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in fintech, neobanking, or financial services, or 6–7 years of deep relevant experience in cross-border payments, remittance, or consumer fintech
  • Proven experience owning a P&L or revenue line in a fintech business
  • Experience leading a function or market across multiple geographies or corridors
  • Experience managing marketing or growth budgets of one to three million dollars per month
  • Experience across growth, acquisition, pricing, revenue, partnerships, product positioning, and customer retention
  • Experience leading diverse, distributed teams
  • Ability to align treasury, product, data, finance, and operations teams behind commercial targets

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute growth strategies for the UK, US, and EU Nigeria corridors
  • Own the Nigeria revenue line, including take rates, pricing, partnerships, routing optimisation, and revenue targets
  • Bundle, package, and position financial products to increase customer lifetime value and cross-product adoption
  • Build, recruit, and lead teams across growth, partnerships, and operations
  • Align with treasury, product, data, finance, and cross-functional general managers to remove blockers
  • Translate user and market intelligence into strategy and planning
  • Leverage AI tools to analyse markets, test growth assumptions, and conduct market reviews