Senior Product Manager Vending Technologies Zambia Ltd

Designation: Senior Product Manager

Reporting to: Chief Technology Officer

Department: Technology & Technical Partnerships

Company: Opay Zambia

Location: Lusaka, Head Office

Purpose

As a Senior Product Manager under the leadership of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), you will take ownership of the Engineering and Product team’s product roadmap and manage the end to end delivery of new features. To be successful you’ll collaborate with a talented team of engineering, commercial, and of course product colleagues. You’ll also become an expert on customers, by analysing data, curating feedback across multiple channels, and by speaking directly to customers. You will enjoy this role if you care about helping small businesses succeed, you enjoy creating innovative technology, and you want to see ideas quickly shipped into production.

Key Accountabilities for the Senior Product Manager

• Own the product roadmap for the team, and be responsible for setting priorities, backed up by data and customer feedback
• Conduct market and customer research to identify potential features or releases.
• Produce high-level product requirements, iterate with your design and engineering teams.
• Be the voice of your customers, and ensure a high quality customer experience
• Work closely with software engineers and turn requirements into wireframes, specifications and user stories

Senior Product Manager

• Work with stakeholders across the business to identify new opportunities and help them understand how technology can better achieve their goals
• Manage the end-to-end delivery cycle of product features, including roll-out to customers and across the internal team
• Coordinate go-to-market strategies when launching a new product or features

Key Requirements for the Senior Product Manager

• Bachelor degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Technical background will be a plus.
• 5+ years’ experience in fintech, Banking or Telco product management and market strategy.
• Proven track record of working with designers, engineers, and various stakeholders to coordinate, plan, execute, and track product releases from beginning to end.
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to think outside the box and roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done.
• High energy, hands-on, detailed-oriented and able to work independently.
• High degree of self-initiative, proactive and self-driven to drive results.
• Able to think outside the box, innovate and differentiate.
• Good organizing skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter, ability to work and thrive within a fast paced, culturally diverse and hands-on environment.
• Prior experience using Agile methodologies such as Scrum will be a bonus

Closing Date

The closing date for receiving applications is Monday, 21st March 2022.