Minimum requirements:

• Bachelors Degree (preferably in IT-related, Marketing or Commerce)
• MBA (preferred)
• 5+ years experience working as a Product Manager, or Product Owner
• Experience working with Development teams using agile methodology
• Exposure into the Africa landscape preferred
• A passion for technology and the large picture of how it can impact the continent
• A passion for inclusion in technology and how language can facilitate that
• Leadership capacity
• Strategic thinking
• User empathy
• Superb articulation and communication capabilities
• Customer-facing experience
• Experience in a Technology Company

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the product vision and roadmap
• Deeply understand our customers needs and challenges
• Explore and analyse the competition globally to build product strategy
• Create epics and user stories for new products and enhancements to existing products
• Approve the product readiness prior to launch (UAT)
• Document and communicate newly released features to stakeholders and provide training where required
• Align and communicate with internal stakeholders, partners, and providers
• Coordinate product releases with marketing, sales, operations, and development team
• Gather feedback from customers, partners, and stakeholders
• Understand the African payment market
• Stay up to date with industry trends and players

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