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Who we are

We are a team of young, innovative, and creative individuals with a wide range of skills and abilities, working together to solve real-time technical problems in emerging markets to generate new economic opportunities.

We are committed to making the digital dreams of the African youth a reality. To achieve this, we innovate and develop novel solutions that will drive modern technologies to the next level.

We believe the innovative potential of millennials, combined with the power of technology, will be a powerful force to achieving sustainable goals.

Who is this role for?

• You have strong attention to detail and can deliver effectively against tight deadlines
• You are super organized: You balance a packed schedule, an endless to-do list, can manage a team, and never let anything drop
• You are a creative problem-solver, no challenge is too complex, no issue is too hard, and “no” is not an acceptable answer
• You must have a strong analytical background, have a thorough understanding of product management frameworks, and be constantly seeking out novel challenges.
• You’re highly research oriented and able to collect and analyze user feedback and useful product data.
• You’re not open to the pressures of building at a startup – For this role, we need someone who’s a self-starter and extremely passionate about innovating and building new products in a fast paced -high pressured environment.
• You have a passion for quality and an ability and willingness to grow the ability of others in your team to meet those standards.
• You are highly detailed driven with emphasis on accuracy, coupled with the ability to see the broader picture.

Responsibilities

• You will be involved in all phases of the product life cycle, from ideation to delivery, oversee product feature development – Ideation, Inception, Error/Risk mitigation, timely delivery, initial release, and data feedback gathering for informing future development.
• You will be responsible for developing deep insights into the customer’s needs and how the roadmap addresses them, based on strong customer empathy.
• You’ll be required to present key findings on various product success KPIs including findings on defects, improvements, status updates and risk management.
• You will document user stories and use cases for new features or enhancements in the product. You will also support the documentation of product release notes for both internal and external communication.
• You will work with the Senior Technical PM with keeping track of deadlines and making sure everything is running smoothly between the other teams (design, technology, QA, Developers), and with the rest of the stakeholders (management, business
  development, customer experience, marketing, etc.).
• You will perform recurrent analysis on the usage of the product and extract key insights for the improvement of the product. You analyze data from multiple sources to identify key insights, identify optimization opportunities, and inform product decisions.
• You will take part in gathering data on the competitor landscape, our users and staying up to date on crypto trends in the technology space.
• You analyze data from multiple sources to identify key insights, identify optimization opportunities, and inform product decisions.
• You define the right MVP, make difficult trade-offs, and deliver effective features.
• You will be working on different tasks and problems including identifying new product opportunities, creating product metrics, conducting user research and building design flows with our technology team.

Requirements

• 3+ product management experience in building interactive web and mobile products in fintech, marketplaces, SAAS or other products at the intersection of user experience & operations management.
• Possess strong analytical skills and technical intuition, along with an ability to parse through customer requests/feedback, internal needs, and industry trends to craft a balanced plan of action (taking into account current and future needs).
• Experienced in analyzing data from a wide variety of sources in order to identify key insights, pinpoint optimization opportunities, and make informed product decisions.
• Entrepreneurial and self-driven, you thrive on solving problems, are proactive and excel at knocking down any barriers to success.
• A solid understanding of Agile, Lean, and XP principles.
• Proficient in analyzing data from a variety of sources to identify key insights, pinpoint optimization opportunities, and inform product decisions.
• Extensive experience using remote communication tools and project management tools like Jira, Monday, and other project management tools as well as applying clear communication and collaboration practices to effectively engage team mates and stakeholders.
• Expertise in designing user-centric products and a strong product instinct with the ability to refine a list of vague, dense, undefined requirements and desires into actionable items for implementation.
• Must have a strong leadership mindset that motivates others to achieve better results together.
• An understanding of any of these design tools, such as Figma, invision, whimsical, Miro, sketch or Adobe xd, would be considered a plus, as would an understanding of project management tools such as Miro, Monday, Trello, ClickUp, Jira, Aha, Microsoft Planner, Whiteboard and/or Kanban Boards.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Application Question(s):

• Can you tell me about your most successful product and why it was successful?
• Why do you think you’re a good fit for a product manager role in a fintech start-up?

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