As a Product Manager, you will be involved in the product development process and collaborate with relevant stakeholders at all levels of the business. You will also be responsive to daily unexpected events that impact the products for which you are responsible as well as manage the processes that ensure that your products deliver on their promise.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the product lifecycle: Oversee the development and optimization of our products from ideation to launch.
- Champion the customer perspective: Conduct market research and user analysis to identify opportunities for new products and enhancements.
- Make data-driven decisions: Use data insights to optimize performance, analyze trends, and inform strategy.
- Collaborate effectively: Work with cross-functional teams- —Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Credit Risk, and Customer Support to align product strategy with business goals.
- Aim for excellence: Define product goals, monitor key metrics, and promote continuous improvement.
- Clarify requirements: Document and distill product requirements into clear user stories.
- Drive Agile development: Manage the product roadmap and development process in line with Agile methodologies.
- Prioritize efficiently: Analyse and prioritize requirements and issues, resolving development challenges swiftly.
- Ensure quality and performance of products: Oversee user tests, manage bugs, monitor releases, and track product progress.
- Support product launches: Collaborate with marketing and contribute to product strategy and roadmap planning.
Required Qualifications:
- – Experienced product leader with over 4 years of expertise in financial services, particularly in managing lending products.
- – Strategic thinker with a deep grasp of product development, market trends, and regulatory landscapes in Nigeria’s financial sector (MBA or advanced degree is a bonus).
- – Data-driven decision-maker skilled in transforming insights into actionable and impactful product strategies.
- – Collaborative team player with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, fostering strong cross-functional relationships.
- – Customer-focused advocate committed to delivering outstanding user experience for all our products
- – Proficient in product management tools and software, ensuring smooth and efficient processes.