Senior Product Manager at Sabi

Job Purpose

• As a Senior Product Manager, you will be responsible for working collaboratively and guiding the strategic, tactical, and operational components of our Product Portfolio.
• The successful candidate will be at the helm of sometimes complex business strategy and help crystallize it into tangible and innovative product offerings through curating successful analysis, design, and development.
• This will involve organizing & facilitating ideation and incubation sessions to uncover creative and disruptive digital solutions that will result in an actionable portfolio roadmap for execution toward business strategy.
• We are seeking a savvy, tech, and product minded individual with a flare to grow and lead our businesses strategic intentions.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead as a Senior Product Manager as well as enable activities within a Product Owner capacity, when necessary
• Understand and research customer needs, market trends and potential partnerships, basing it on cost vs revenue perspectives.
• Translate and collaborate with the Cofounder/Head of Product on the Product Strategy and concisely articulate it into detailed requirements and prototypes.
• Dive product and business-planning processes across different business units in the company
• Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements. Translate business requirements into technical specifications and design solutions accordingly.
• Ensure that product deadlines are met, and the relevant stakeholders are always kept up to date on interest elements.
• Create and maintain a high standard of reliability, quality and usability during product phases and ensure measurements are adhered to.
• Strategize and derive go-to-market plans with the Head Product and Product Marketing/commercial teams.
• Report and measure product launch success through qualitative and quantitative metrics.
• Actively coordinate, prepare, and manage up product aligned business strategy for execution.
• Support the build and delivery through to our delivery teams in building a range of products & services that could include responsive digital apps, APIs and data solutions to drive our digital strategy.

Requirements

Special Skills and Qualifications

• 7-10 years’ experience in Product Management building Fintech, AgriTech or ecommerce products.  
• A bachelor's degree in any related field of study such as Business, Marketing, Computer Science / Engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and translate business needs to technical requirements.
• Demonstrated skill in Product Management with tools and technology to effectively manage, prioritize and strategize.
• Experience working, facilitating, and leading in multi-disciplinary teams consisting of Designers, Engineers, Business, Product and Marketing
• Strong business acumen and business analysis abilities
• Experience in launching Digital and Physical products in emerging markets.
• Understanding the application of human centered and service design concepts and assist in delivery facilitation with close collaboration with the UX/UI team.
• Fluency in technology and emerging trends in the African context to drive adoption, inspiration to help product and technology teams grow.

Candidate Specification

• Motivated by the mission of Sabi
• Pragmatic with quantitative and analytical ability and attention to detail
• Driven, independent thinker and leader who can juggle multiple projects simultaneously with fast-changing priorities
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency.
• A focus on execution. Willing and able to get hands dirty.
• Flexibility to roll up your sleeves and attack problems and projects as they arise, where you will need to set out a clear structure, method and outcomes yourself .

Benefits

• Rapid Career Growth
• Annual Training Budget
• Robust Health Coverage, including
  • Optical Cover, and
  • Dental Cover
• Wellness Programs, including
  • Free Gym Cover
  • Free Spa Cover
• Competitive Pension Plan
• Opportunity to work in other global office.
• Life Cover
• Performance Bonus
• Paid Vacation Days
• Fully-funded Team Bonding Activities