Mixx by Yas is hiring: MFS program director (core wallet transformation)

Mixx by Yas is hiring an experienced MFS program director (core wallet transformation) to lead a major core wallet transformation program in Dar es Salaam.

This role is suited for a senior fintech, payments, mobile money, or digital banking professional with strong experience in program delivery, stakeholder coordination, vendor management, migration execution, regulatory compliance, and large-scale digital transformation.

Job title

MFS program director (core wallet transformation)

Organization

Mixx by Yas

Location

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Education requirements

Applicants should have:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business administration, or a related field.
• A master’s degree, MBA, or equivalent qualification is preferred.

Experience requirements

Applicants should have:

• At least 12 years of progressive experience in program or portfolio management.
• At least 5 years of experience in fintech, payments, or digital banking.

Core responsibilities

The MFS program director will be responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of the core wallet transformation program, ensuring successful execution, governance, and operational readiness.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the core wallet transformation program, ensuring roadmap execution, milestone achievement, and strategic alignment.
• Coordinate all migration workstreams, including product, compliance, operations, technical integration, data migration, and customer readiness.
• Manage cross-functional teams across engineering, product, operations, compliance, vendors, and group functions to ensure integrated delivery.
• Establish governance structures, executive reporting, and stakeholder coordination to drive decision-making and issue resolution.
• Act as the key liaison between leadership, technology teams, vendors, partners, and customers throughout the transformation program.
• Oversee Huawei Core Wallet and third-party vendor performance, ensuring timely delivery, quality standards, and operational readiness.
• Lead migration and cutover execution, including testing, rehearsals, go-live coordination, and seamless customer transition.
• Identify and mitigate program, operational, cybersecurity, and customer-impact risks while ensuring regulatory and audit compliance.
• Ensure compliance with fintech and mobile money regulations, including PCI DSS, AML, KYC, GDPR, and GSMA standards.
• Drive operational excellence through KPI monitoring, transaction efficiency, reconciliation, post-migration support, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee wallet modernization initiatives, including cloud-native architecture, APIs, integrations, scalability, performance, and security optimization.
• Lead change management, communication, and capability-building initiatives to enhance adoption, customer experience, and business growth.

Core competencies

Applicants should demonstrate strong capability in:

• Large-scale digital transformation and fintech program leadership.
• Financial, operational, and multi-stakeholder management expertise.
• Technical expertise in cloud-native platforms, APIs, and payment integrations.
• Regulatory, compliance, cybersecurity, and risk management knowledge.
• Strategic leadership, communication, and problem-solving.

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the core wallet transformation program, ensuring roadmap execution, milestone achievement, and strategic alignment.
• Coordinate all migration workstreams, including product, compliance, operations, technical integration, data migration, and customer readiness.
• Manage cross-functional teams across engineering, product, operations, compliance, vendors, and group functions to ensure integrated delivery.
• Establish governance structures, executive reporting, and stakeholder coordination to drive decision-making and issue resolution.
• Act as the key liaison between leadership, technology teams, vendors, partners, and customers throughout the transformation program.
• Oversee Huawei Core Wallet and third-party vendor performance, ensuring timely delivery, quality standards, and operational readiness.
• Lead migration and cutover execution, including testing, rehearsals, go-live coordination, and seamless customer transition.
• Identify and mitigate program, operational, cybersecurity, and customer-impact risks while ensuring regulatory and audit compliance.
• Ensure compliance with fintech and mobile money regulations, including PCI DSS, AML, KYC, GDPR, and GSMA standards.
• Drive operational excellence through KPI monitoring, transaction efficiency, reconciliation, post-migration support, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee wallet modernization initiatives, including cloud-native architecture, APIs, integrations, scalability, performance, and security optimization.
• Lead change management, communication, and capability-building initiatives to enhance adoption, customer experience, and business growth.

• Large-scale digital transformation and fintech program leadership.
• Financial, operational, and multi-stakeholder management expertise.
• Technical expertise in cloud-native platforms, APIs, and payment integrations.
• Regulatory, compliance, cybersecurity, and risk management knowledge.
• Strategic leadership, communication, and problem-solving.

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business administration, or a related field.
• A master’s degree, MBA, or equivalent qualification is preferred.
• At least 12 years of progressive experience in program or portfolio management.
• At least 5 years of experience in fintech, payments, or digital banking.