Country Manager, Philippines

InVenture Mobile Philippines, a direct subsidiary of U.S.-based InVenture Capital Corporation, seeks a strongly experienced consumer financial services pro to lead the expansion of our business in the Philippines. InVenture is East Africa's largest provider of smartphone-based credit scoring and short-term unsecured direct lending using mobile money. We have been working in Kenya since 2012 and in Tanzania since earlier this year. Our Mkopo Rahisi mobile lending product is available in both Kenya and Tanzania and we are expanding at a dramatic rate.



Expected Experience:

7+ years leading medium-to-large teams.
5+ years top-level business development and partnerships experience, specifically in mobile network operators, mobile money operators, and financial services sectors.
5+ years leading consumer financial service products, preferably mobile products.
Extended work experience in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries.
5+ years experience working within international teams
Deep network of contacts amongst mobile money operators, mobile network operators, banks, eCommerce companies and other Internet and financial service providers
Comfort overseeing technical, marketing, customer service and operations teams.
Extensive experience recruiting, hiring, and mentoring staff to build exceptional teams.


Responsibilities:

Identify, target and land top-level business development partnerships.
Identify, evaluate and lead strategic and tactical business opportunities. Work with senior staff to revise and expand product and services.
Lead InVenture's in country engineers, operations, and customer service teams.
Report directly to CEO of parent company and work with global company leads.
Identify and deploy offline marketing campaigns.
Oversee Customer Research, Customer Experience and Borrower Fulfillment.
Needed Qualities:

Well regarded for both always getting results and well respected by all coworkers and partners.
The confidence that comes from a long track-record of business growth and success.
A casual and formal over-communicator, both in person and in writing.
Natural mentor and team leader.
Fluent in English and Filipino



About InVenture:

InVenture builds mobile products that help creditworthy individuals in emerging markets validate their financial identities and get access to fair credit to advance their businesses and families. Using a simple Android device, we are able to determine an individual’s financial ability and send and receive all funds instantly via mobile money… and our customers love it! You can see our flagship app in theKenyan Google Play store or read glowing customer testimonials.

InVenture is well-funded and backed by DCVC, Lowercase Capital (Chris Sacca), Google Ventures,Collaborative Fund and other leading venture & fintech investors. Fast Company ranked InVenture as the World’s Most Innovative Money Company in April 2015 and our work has been highlighted by Wired UK, Forbes, the Economist, Vodafone, TED and many others.