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Technical Project Manager
2026-10-10T18:08:16+00:00
Thunes
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Information Technology
Computer & IT,Business Operations,Management
KES
MONTH
2026-10-23T17:00:00+00:00
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Background

At Thunes we made it our mission and we work 24/7/365 to solve one of the world’s most pressing problems: making financial services global and accessible to everyone. We are currently recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Key Responsibilities

We’re looking for a highly driven, self-motivated, technically hands-on person who is truly excited about having a meaningful impact within the company and for our partners.

In this role, you will combine a startup mindset with the scale of an industry leader. Working with different types of partners you must remain agile and always adapt your process and mindset to the partner you are dealing with. In this role you will

  • Proactively scope the technical solution required to address customer requirements, assesses customers’ met and unmet needs, and recommends solutions that optimize value for both the customer and Thunes.
  • Coordinates closely with sales, sales support, and delivery teams to align solution design with customers’ business requirements
  • Secure from customer technical resource commitments needed to ensure a deal’s “technical close.”
  • Lead and drive the partner integration from the analysis phase though the integration design until go live and post-delivery monitoring
  • Support existing partners that are already integrated to the platform with their daily challenges and expansion plans
  • Provide solutions and contribute to proof of concepts outside the box for some special projects
  • Drive improvements for internal monitoring, reporting and operational tools and processes
  • Provides training to the sales team in order to enhance their product knowledge, technical acumen, and technical sales skills

To stand out you will

  • Be customer facing – you will have a close relationship with our partners and business development teams to expand our coverage and services
  • Work closely with different internal teams to understand and support operational processes and new solutions
  • Always keep a solution mindset and look for improvements that you can bring to the organization
  • Work with an agile and expanding team, offering mentoring, training and possibly management to junior members
  • Participate in continuous integration, managing updates from concept to deployment
  • Opportunistically pursues additional business development opportunities within customer firms

What we are looking for

  • Prior & proven min. ~5 years of experience in a technical project management (API / Integrations) or solutions delivery role with external stakeholders
  • Experience in a B2B company supporting partners on a technical solution or service
  • Experience working and strong interest in the Fintech and/or Payment Industry and market innovations
  • Experience working and integrating with APIs over IP (REST, Web Services, …)
  • Experience working in an Agile environment – Jira management is a plus
  • Demonstrate motivation to learn new skills and technologies
  • Ability to work effectively, multitask, agile and take responsibility in challenging situations
  • Strong customer focused and result oriented mindset
  • Independent and proactive - willing to get things done
  • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, be creative, friendly and solution-oriented with customers and colleagues
  • Good written & verbal communication skills in English
  • Proactively scope the technical solution required to address customer requirements, assesses customers’ met and unmet needs, and recommends solutions that optimize value for both the customer and Thunes.
  • Coordinates closely with sales, sales support, and delivery teams to align solution design with customers’ business requirements
  • Secure from customer technical resource commitments needed to ensure a deal’s “technical close.”
  • Lead and drive the partner integration from the analysis phase though the integration design until go live and post-delivery monitoring
  • Support existing partners that are already integrated to the platform with their daily challenges and expansion plans
  • Provide solutions and contribute to proof of concepts outside the box for some special projects
  • Drive improvements for internal monitoring, reporting and operational tools and processes
  • Provides training to the sales team in order to enhance their product knowledge, technical acumen, and technical sales skills
  • Be customer facing – you will have a close relationship with our partners and business development teams to expand our coverage and services
  • Work closely with different internal teams to understand and support operational processes and new solutions
  • Always keep a solution mindset and look for improvements that you can bring to the organization
  • Work with an agile and expanding team, offering mentoring, training and possibly management to junior members
  • Participate in continuous integration, managing updates from concept to deployment
  • Opportunistically pursues additional business development opportunities within customer firms
  • API / Integrations
  • Technical Project Management
  • Solutions Delivery
  • B2B Support
  • Fintech and/or Payment Industry knowledge
  • API Integration (REST, Web Services)
  • Agile Environment
  • Jira Management (plus)
  • Troubleshooting
  • Analytical Skills
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Communication Skills (English)
  • BA/BSc/HND
  • Prior & proven min. ~5 years of experience in a technical project management (API / Integrations) or solutions delivery role with external stakeholders
  • Experience in a B2B company supporting partners on a technical solution or service
  • Experience working and strong interest in the Fintech and/or Payment Industry and market innovations
  • Experience working and integrating with APIs over IP (REST, Web Services, …)
  • Experience working in an Agile environment – Jira management is a plus
  • Demonstrate motivation to learn new skills and technologies
  • Ability to work effectively, multitask, agile and take responsibility in challenging situations
  • Strong customer focused and result oriented mindset
  • Independent and proactive - willing to get things done
  • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, be creative, friendly and solution-oriented with customers and colleagues
  • Good written & verbal communication skills in English
bachelor degree
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Vacancy title:
Technical Project Manager

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Information Technology, Category: Computer & IT,Business Operations,Management]

Jobs at:
Thunes

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, October 23 2026

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi

Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, October 10 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Background

At Thunes we made it our mission and we work 24/7/365 to solve one of the world’s most pressing problems: making financial services global and accessible to everyone. We are currently recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Key Responsibilities

We’re looking for a highly driven, self-motivated, technically hands-on person who is truly excited about having a meaningful impact within the company and for our partners.

In this role, you will combine a startup mindset with the scale of an industry leader. Working with different types of partners you must remain agile and always adapt your process and mindset to the partner you are dealing with. In this role you will

  • Proactively scope the technical solution required to address customer requirements, assesses customers’ met and unmet needs, and recommends solutions that optimize value for both the customer and Thunes.
  • Coordinates closely with sales, sales support, and delivery teams to align solution design with customers’ business requirements
  • Secure from customer technical resource commitments needed to ensure a deal’s “technical close.”
  • Lead and drive the partner integration from the analysis phase though the integration design until go live and post-delivery monitoring
  • Support existing partners that are already integrated to the platform with their daily challenges and expansion plans
  • Provide solutions and contribute to proof of concepts outside the box for some special projects
  • Drive improvements for internal monitoring, reporting and operational tools and processes
  • Provides training to the sales team in order to enhance their product knowledge, technical acumen, and technical sales skills

To stand out you will

  • Be customer facing – you will have a close relationship with our partners and business development teams to expand our coverage and services
  • Work closely with different internal teams to understand and support operational processes and new solutions
  • Always keep a solution mindset and look for improvements that you can bring to the organization
  • Work with an agile and expanding team, offering mentoring, training and possibly management to junior members
  • Participate in continuous integration, managing updates from concept to deployment
  • Opportunistically pursues additional business development opportunities within customer firms

What we are looking for

  • Prior & proven min. ~5 years of experience in a technical project management (API / Integrations) or solutions delivery role with external stakeholders
  • Experience in a B2B company supporting partners on a technical solution or service
  • Experience working and strong interest in the Fintech and/or Payment Industry and market innovations
  • Experience working and integrating with APIs over IP (REST, Web Services, …)
  • Experience working in an Agile environment – Jira management is a plus
  • Demonstrate motivation to learn new skills and technologies
  • Ability to work effectively, multitask, agile and take responsibility in challenging situations
  • Strong customer focused and result oriented mindset
  • Independent and proactive - willing to get things done
  • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, be creative, friendly and solution-oriented with customers and colleagues
  • Good written & verbal communication skills in English

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Friday, October 23 2026
Duty Station: Nairobi | Nairobi
Posted: 10-10-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 10-10-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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