Chiedza Muguti on Getting into Fintech industry as a non-technical Product Manager

Being in a product management role demands a lot from you as a PM, it requires you to wear many hats, and deal with many stakeholders. Your role also changes depending on the industry you’re in, and changes as you grow within the organization you’re part of. In today’s episode, we focus particularly on fintech as an industry. We opened a discussion on how to prepare ourselves to get into fintech as a non-technical PM, how to work with different departments that share similar roles or tasks, the importance of emotional intelligence, and many more!Our guest today has a massive experience from both the business and technical development areas. this is why she is the perfect guest to talk about this particular topic. Chiedza Muguti is the Head of product at PENTA, the digital platform for business banking aimed at SMEs and startups. Their vision is to build a platform of connected services around a bank account which would allow business owners to use one platform for all their financial needs. It is designed to let business owners save time and money on banking so that they can focus more on their core business.