Bank Products Manager at First Community Bank

Key responsibilities

•  Conceptualizing and crystalizing new product ideas into concrete business cases and proposals. The approved businesses cases culminate into new products;
• Planning and implementing all elements of new products/up-grading and rolling them out in conjunction with Manager Marketing;
• Coordinating with various support services, as required, for product features implementation and user acceptance testing;
• Customer, competitor and market monitoring to identify new/upgraded product needs and opportunities(environment scanning and comparison);
• Negotiating with and closing deals with third party vendors, service providers and other external dependencies as required for the product;
• MIS generation and analysis by preparing manuals and procedures, preparing product approval papers and arranging sign-offs; and
• Product maintenance for certain products which involves trouble shooting for technical hitches and breakdowns including coordination with external vendors as necessary.

Requirements

Qualifications:

 Academic Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Marketing, Strategic Management or its equivalent from a recognized institution will be an added advantage; and
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems, Strategic Management, Marketing or its equivalent from a recognized institution

Professional Qualifications

• Chartered Institute of Marketing diploma or its equivalent; and
• Member of Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) or equivalent professional body.

Experience

• At least 5 years relevant experience in a similar role.

 Generic Competencies

Ability to write complex letters, comprehensive reports and to perform complex calculations

Skills and Attributes

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Strong people management skills;
• Strong innovative and creative thinking skills;
• Excellent problem solving and decision making skills;
• Excellent project management skills; and
• Should demonstrate knowledge of banking applications