Job description
A little bit about us:
We are Belvo, an open finance API platform with the bold vision of democratizing access to financial services in Latin America. We enable any financial innovator to access and interpret financial data, as well as initiate payments from their end-users accounts. We’re turning the messy complexities of the Latin American financial ecosystem into a modern set of tools to access and interpret data and move money in a seamless and secure way.
We’re a highly-technical, passionate, and driven team. We are more than 90 people and our team currently represents 20 nationalities. We have offices in São Paulo and Mexico City – while a large portion of us work remotely.
We are tackling a very stimulating problem: connecting fintech innovators with legacy financial infrastructure. We strive to go beyond the limits of what is possible today and to do so in an elegant and developer-first way.
Since starting our adventure in May 2019, we have raised $71m from the leading VC investors globally.
You can read more about our company here and about our team and culture here. Also, head to our blog for more news about what we’re building and how we work.
About the team:
We work in cross-functional, autonomous teams. We follow continuous delivery best practices executed on top of a modern technology stack.
Our products are built for developers, by developers. Technological excellence is at the heart of what we do.
We are pragmatic and customer-focused. We strive to find the right set of trade-offs in order to validate our hypothesis as early as possible, iterating on our products based on customer feedback.
We communicate transparently. We do weekly all-hands where we get together to discuss company performance and goals.
While we are global and remote-friendly, we also operate from our vibrant offices in CDMX and Sao Paulo. To accommodate the various time zone sin which we are based, we ensure we’re always synced up between 3 pm and 6 pm, CEST.
Also, we are backed by some of the leading investors in Silicon Valley and Latin America, including Founders Fund, Kaszek Ventures, and YCombinator.
Your opportunity:
As Open Banking becomes a reality in Brazil, Belvo needs to nail its entrance in the regulated Open Banking ecosystem. Your job is to guide the already started strategy of the company on how to leverage Open Banking regulation for the benefit of Belvo. As a Product Strategy Manager at Belvo, you will:
Conduct Market Research: Analyze market trends and identify opportunities for Belvo in Brazil.
Identify Open Finance Use Cases: Explore new adoption scenarios for Open Finance in both data and payments.
Establish Strategic Partnerships: Forge relationships with enterprises and financial institutions to expand Belvo’s reach.
Participate in Sales Processes: identify prospects and be a strategic asset to explain in detail our solutions to the most complex prospects of the company
Understand Financial Institutions’ Needs: Assess complex requirements of financial institutions to identify partnership opportunities.
Deepen Product Knowledge: Become an expert in Open Finance in Brazil, including current and upcoming products from the Central Bank.
Engage with Regulators and Ecosystem Players: Collaborate with regulators, financial institutions, and other stakeholders to advance the Open Finance ecosystem.
Create Informative Materials: Develop data-driven materials showcasing the status and areas for improvement in Open Finance.
Participate in Open Finance Groups: Join various Open Finance groups and coordinate internal participation to maximize value.
Monitor the Ecosystem: Continuously track the ecosystem, mapping new and existing players to understand market trends.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with product management, sales, customer success, and engineering stakeholders.
Navigate Open Finance Regulations: Possess a deep understanding of Open Finance regulations to coordinate discussions with legal, compliance, design, and product teams.
This position may be for you if:
3+ years of experience working in the fintech industry
You are an expert in the regulated Open Finance ecosystem in Brazil
You are familiar with how Open Banking data and/or payments solutions can be can be used for credit risk analysis improvement
You are able to guide and execute complex research projects and manage the relationship with different stakeholders
You are well connected in the Open Banking space and you already know who can be good partners in our Open Banking initiative
You are reasoned, data driven, insightful and have experience solving complex problems in elegant and efficient ways
You are adaptable, enjoy fast-paced environments
Good spoken and written English
Our process steps:
At Belvo every hire is so important to us, that we share the decision to hire as a team.
People team chat
Manager chat
Take-home challenge
Challenge presentation
Meet the founders
Our perks:
🚀 Stock options (we are all owners and this is very important to us)
📈 Annual company bonus linked to company performance
🔆 Flexible working hours
🔝 Remote friendly
🐶 Pet friendly
🧘🏾♀️ Access to mental health service
👩🏻⚕️ Health Insurance
🎊 Paid time off on your birthday
💻 Renew your laptop every 3 years
🙋 Training Budget
😎 Team building events
🙀 Bank holidays swap inside the same month
🔋 Fitness/ wellness stipends
🚀 Yearly offsite
🍒 Fresh fruit every week, all-you-can-drink tea and coffee
🏝 Extra days off when completing company anniversary
