Project Manager
Somewhere
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. This role is suited for senior-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
About the company:
They are building the future of wearable payments.
The company sits at the intersection of fintech, consumer hardware, and digital payments. The company designs affordable NFC-enabled wearable payment devices that allow consumers to securely tap and pay without carrying a wallet or phone.
Unlike traditional wearable technology, their mission is to make contactless payments accessible through beautifully designed, affordable products that can be deployed at scale—from everyday consumer use to concerts, festivals, sporting events, hospitality experiences, and enterprise partnerships.
Today, they operates across several complementary business lines:
* Wearable Payment Devices– NFC-enabled payment wristbands that integrate directly into the Mastercard ecosystem.
Wearable Payment Devices– NFC-enabled payment wristbands that integrate directly into the Mastercard ecosystem.
* Next Generation Smart Ring– A new wearable combining health biometrics with embedded payment technology, delivering many of the capabilities of premium smart rings at a fraction of the cost.
Next Generation Smart Ring– A new wearable combining health biometrics with embedded payment technology, delivering many of the capabilities of premium smart rings at a fraction of the cost.
* Embedded Financial Services– A new digital banking initiative including direct deposit accounts and debit cards developed alongside major financial partners.
Embedded Financial Services– A new digital banking initiative including direct deposit accounts and debit cards developed alongside major financial partners.
* White Label Partnerships– Building payment-enabled wearables for brands looking to launch innovative financial products under their own name.
White Label Partnerships– Building payment-enabled wearables for brands looking to launch innovative financial products under their own name.
* Large Scale Event Solutions– Supplying custom payment wearables for global events and strategic partners.
Large Scale Event Solutions– Supplying custom payment wearables for global events and strategic partners.
They have worked alongside global financial institutions includingMastercard, while simultaneously partnering with manufacturers, banking partners, payment processors, provisioning companies, and technology providers around the world.
The company is also launching an exciting joint venture alongsideThe Marathon brand, founded by the late Nipsey Hussle's family, focused on combining financial inclusion with innovative banking products.
As these initiatives accelerate simultaneously, they are investing in building its first true internal operations team.
About the Founder
The Founder is a lifelong entrepreneur who has spent years bringing together two incredibly complex industries:
* Consumer hardware
Consumer hardware
* Financial services
Financial services
Rather than simply building products, the founder specializes in creating strategic partnerships between Fortune 500 companies, banks, payment processors, manufacturers, and emerging technology businesses.
Over the years he has built a global network of contractors spanning the United States, Latin America, Europe, Pakistan, China, and the UK. As the company enters its next stage of growth, he's looking to replace ad hoc contractor management with exceptional full-time operators who can help scale the company.
This role works directly alongside the founder.
The Opportunity
The company doesn't need a traditional project manager.
They need someone who can create structure inside a fast-moving startup where multiple complex initiatives are advancing simultaneously.
You'll become the operational hub connecting:
* Banking partners
Banking partners
* Mastercard
Mastercard
* Payment processors
Payment processors
* Manufacturing partners
Manufacturing partners
* Product suppliers
Product suppliers
* Hardware developers
Hardware developers
* Internal stakeholders
Internal stakeholders
* Strategic partners
Strategic partners
One day you may be coordinating timelines for a new wearable ring launch.
The next, you may be managing onboarding timelines for a new banking partner or ensuring multiple vendors stay aligned across an international product launch.
If you thrive in ambiguity, love organizing chaos, and enjoy making complicated projects run smoothly, you'll love this role.
What You'll Do:
* Own project plans across multiple strategic initiatives
Own project plans across multiple strategic initiatives
* Build and maintain detailed project timelines and Gantt charts
Build and maintain detailed project timelines and Gantt charts
* Coordinate work across banks, processors, manufacturers, vendors and strategic partners
Coordinate work across banks, processors, manufacturers, vendors and strategic partners
* Keep projects on schedule by proactively identifying blockers
Keep projects on schedule by proactively identifying blockers
* Lead project status updates and ensure accountability a
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Somewhere
Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 828 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →