Minimum Requirements

Requirements

• Appropriate degree (e.g. IT or Engineering)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in a software product-focused role in financial services.  You should be familiar with creating product requirements documents, managing stakeholder expectations, UX, and taking ownership of the product’s success.
• Minimum of 3 years SQL experience
• Experience with product management tools
• Proven track record of successfully delivering and managing complex products
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements
• A concern for order, quality and accuracy. A meticulous approach to work.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for building products that solve real user problems and deliver exceptional value.
• Passion for Africa and willingness to work in the developing world context
• Ability to travel across Africa

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Understand the software product value proposition in the business and market.
• Define and communicate the software product vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with business goals
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and prioritise product requirements, ensuring they are documented and clearly communicated to the development team.
• Lead the product development process, from ideation to launch, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions.
• Work with teams across the organsiation to ensure user adoption.
• Work across internal teams to ensure alignment in goals and ensure that dependencies are known, and work is followed through for delivery.
• Prioritise and manage the product backlog, making informed decisions on prioritisation and trade-offs.
• Define and monitor key performance indicators to measure the success of products and adoption thereof.
• Track trends and usage of the product and use this information to contribute to the product roadmap, in order to meet needs and solve pain-points.
• Drive continuous improvement of products.
• Define, prioritise and deliver product changes.
• Perform root cause analysis on issues experienced and drive solutions to resolve them.
• Act as the primary point of contact for all product-related matters, providing clear and effective communication to all stakeholders.
• Stay up to date with market trends and competitor offerings.