Product Manager at Umba

This person should have deep knowledge of the region, and an eye on the various competitors in the field. The ideal candidate is a proactive and motivated individual who excels in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities

• Working with our Vehicle Financing team and developing our feature set further with an emphasis on automation.
• Developing and managing our SME lending (UmbaPay) and Umba Payments. We want our SME experience to be best in class.
• Assessing competitors. What are we missing? What can we do better?
• QA the products that we are building
• Should be comfortable writing clear, concise PRDs as well as working with designers and engineers
• Work with internal stakeholders from risk, legal, operations, and executive management to translate business needs into product requirements.
• Establish product delivery timelines in close collaboration with the development team.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, engineering, data science, economics, or related technical field is preferred.
• 3-4 Years of Product Management Experience.
• Ability to translate complex problems and ideas into easily understood descriptions.
• Proven ability to dive deeply into specific functional areas and learn a domain.
• Proven ability to innovate and come up with ideas to help drive the product forward.
• Proven ability to understand the business and engineering sides and get into technical detail.
• Ability to assume a strong sense of responsibility and ownership in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent project management skills - delivery and action-oriented.