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JOB TITLE: Lead Product Manager
JOB LOCATION: Lagos
Employment Type: Contract
JOB DETAILS:
- This is a strategic role where you will work closely with the CEO and lead a team of professionals to design, build and roll-out our digital banking products that deliver the company’s vision and strategy.
Role Objectives
- Manage the product roadmap and backlog for all digital products
- Oversee and manage lead requirements discovery, solution design, user story writing, feature development, and user acceptance testing.
- Partner with the executive teams to identify key capabilities needed as well as identifying potential issues
- Partner with cross functional teams regularly to ensure alignment on feature development and prioritization
- Partner with IT to manage the roadmap and backlog to ensure that IT delivers all capabilities on time and per expectation.
- Work with product marketing to develop positioning and messaging to ensure differentiation from competitors.
- Monitor and evaluate product performance to ensure constant product iteration and improvements.
Responsibilities
- Manage the product roadmap and backlog for all digital products
- Oversee and manage lead requirements discovery, solution design, user story writing, feature development, and user acceptance testing
- Partner with the executive teams to identify key capabilities needed as well as identifying potential issues
- Partner with cross functional teams regularly to ensure alignment on feature development and prioritization
- Partner with Technology team to manage the roadmap and backlog to ensure that the team delivers all capabilities on time and per expectation
- Monitor and evaluate product performance to ensure constant product iteration and improvements
- Scoping and prioritising activities based on business and customer impact.
- Driving product launches through collaboration with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members.
- Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding.
Your Profile
- You have 3-5 years of experience in a similar role with a solid experience in conceptualizing, developing and launching products on time using a design thinking approach.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field+ MBA would be a plus
- Demonstrable experience working with Digital Banking products is highly preferred (eg internet banking, Faster payments, mobile apps, Blockchain etc)
- Consumer financial services industry experience and strong understanding of Digital business, while experience with travel, lifestyle, or other consumer product development is a strong advantage.
- Strong product management experience in digital companies with a customer focused, results based approach and able to deliver to deadlines.
- You have a solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
- Technical mind-set, paired with strong analytical skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder skills and the confidence in your experience to champion your ideas
- User journey design and customer testing across digital services.
What’s On Offer?
- Make a real positive impact on lives of Africans through access to affordable financial services!
- Leadership position
- Attractive compensation
- Leadership position
- Flexible working options.
Apply Now
Deadline: November 24, 2021
Job Features
Job Category | Manager |