Product Manager at Umba

We are looking for someone to define, scope and manage our feature roadmap for the Kenyan market.
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.