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  • Posted: Sep 25, 2023
    Deadline: Not specified
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    M-Gas is using technology to transform lives by providing clean cooking gas to all Kenyans 24 hrs, 7 days a week. We give you our cylinder filled with gas, a smart meter, a gas cooker and a key card as part of our package so you don’t have to pay the high upfront fee of buying a gas cylinder and cooker.
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    Head of Product

    About the Job

    • Proactively and holistically lead teams in building products that customers love and support the strategic growth plan of the company.
    • Identify customer needs and more prominent business objectives for a particular product, articulate what success looks like.
    • Translating product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes.
    • Gathering and prioritizing customer requirements to create winning products.
    • Creating buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners.  
    • Duties & Responsibilities
    • Gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify, and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth.
    • Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners.
    • Develop product pricing and positioning strategies.
    • Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes.
    • Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact.
    • Work closely with engineering teams to deliver with quick time-to-market and optimal resources. 
    • Drive product launches including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members.
    • Evaluate promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed.
    • Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding.
    • Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on company products and services

    Personal Attributes

    • Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies.
    • Understanding of the different types of agile principles, methodologies, and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level. 
    • Understanding of existing, new, and emerging technologies, and processing environments.
    • Strong leadership skills with exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
    • Knowledge of all components of enterprise architecture, business and IT principles and processes.
    • Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
    • Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job. 
    • Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in a matrix organization.
    • Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills.
    • Excellent written, verbal, communication, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences. 
    • Ability to present technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
    • Enthusiasm to continually improve skills and learn new technologies.
    • Fluent in English  

    Academic Qualifications

    • BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or other relevant graduate degree is a plus    Degree

    Skill Qualifications

    • Startup business experience is a plus  
    • Knowledge in AWS technologies and services.  
    • Experience managing technical teams; in different geographical locations   
    • Four or more years of experience as a software developer/engineer or technical lead. 
    • Product management experience as part of a global team.

     Deadline: Sep 29, 2023

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to M-Gas on careers.mgas.ke to apply

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