Job Summary
To lead and execute the Product strategy for a specific product by building products that achieve product market-fit while also exceeding business outcomes in alignment with the Business strategy (grow revenue, new market penetration and market share).
Key Responsibilities
- Develop & execute the product vision and product strategy in alignment to the organization’s goals and objective
- Lead the management of the assigned products, including lifecycle of products/platforms to support the growth and success of the products in Nigeria and othermarkets Interswitch is present.
- Conduct market research and competitive analysis to stay abreast of industrytrends and adjust the product roadmap accordingly
- Engage customers to develop a deep understanding of the customer needsusing practices like customer journey, empathy maps, prototyping, A/B testing
- Accountable for the development of clear and concise product artifacts
- Tightly collaborate with business stakeholders and engineering teams to supportagile product delivery
- Accountable for the product progress at each iteration and the final product.
- Owns the product for continuous improvement, maintenance, or retirement.
- Use Agile and Design Thinking/creative thinking/approach methodologies in product discovery.
- Facilitate Product discovery workshops
- Proactively identify gaps in the current product offering and lead the effort to develop solutions that solve customer problems create business value and growth.
- Translate ideas/product concepts into an executable plan for taking the product from concept to development to market to in-life/ Benefit realization
- Provide guidance on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems. Identify issues, risks, and dependencies to track product development.
- Become the product expert for your area and be able to represent at all levels within the organization and externally.
- Define or update product roadmaps and features as and when required.
- Manage the implementation of a new product or product enhancements with competing business needs, with the ability to define business trade-offs, generate outside-the-box solutions and take uncertainty in stride.
- Define, Monitor and Maintain product KPI, SLO, Goals & Metrics
- Be accountable for achieving specific goals for the product
- Product Profitability Tracking.
EDUCATION
General Education
- BSc. Computer Science or related field of study from an accredited University.
EXPERIENCE
General Experience
- At least 3 - 5 years of experience in Product Management, Product Marketing or Product Development roles
- Support the development and execution of Product Strategy to achieve product-market-fit
- Working knowledge of financial industry laws and regulations
- Understanding of design thinking practices
Managerial Experience
- At least 3 years experience (proven track record) in developing, cultivating & leading high-performing product management teams
- Demonstrated experience in modelling requirements through User Stories and other means as well as in the agile approach (Scrum, Kanban, XP etc)