Product Manager at Pesapal

Job Summary:

• This is a full-time role for a Product Manager at Pesapal, located in Nairobi County, Kenya. The Product Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day management and enhancement of our payment and business tools. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product requirements, develop product roadmaps, and oversee product launches.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive the execution of all processes in the product lifecycle, including product and market research, competitor analysis, planning, positioning, product requirements and roadmap development, and product launch.
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for prototyping and final development by engineering teams.
• Monitoring the market and developing competitive analyses and metrics to assess product and feature success.
• Create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high-level use cases, technical requirements, revenue, and ROI.
• Analyse market data to develop sales strategies and define product objectives for effective marketing communications.
• Collaborate closely with technical, marketing, and sales teams in developing, QA, and releasing products, as well as balancing resources to ensure success for the entire organization.
• Develop product positioning and messaging that differentiates Pesapal Products in the market
• Develop a complete product requirements document as well as templates for reference.
• Work on prioritizing new features for the technical team based on usability, functionality, and user experience.
• Support in designing a proper pricing model based on competition analysis.
• Maintain a complete backlog of all the activities, processes, and workflows of all the relevant teams, stakeholders, and any external influencers and consultants.
• Responsible for developing metrics to assess the success of products and features and determine necessary enhancements.

Education/Experience Needed:

• 3 + years of experience as a product manager in a software development environment.
• Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies and knowledge of consumer marketing analytics
• Extensive knowledge of various product functions and the software development process.
• Ability to work in an Agile Environment.
• Ability to mentor and develop others.
• Proven success in overseeing all elements of the product development lifecycle
• High effectiveness in working with cross-functional teams
• A deep understanding of the product vision, product launch, and Minimum Viable Product concepts.

Skills and Abilities Required:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to adapt well to change and successfully set and adjust priorities as needed.
• Good planning, detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
• Problem-solving skills and resourceful thinking
• Attention to detail and analytically driven.