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  • Posted: Apr 28, 2017
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Head of Product

    About this role

    As Head of Product, you will lead both design and product at Komaza. You will be responsible for understanding our users, understanding our technology, and crafting well designed products that are simple and intuitive enough for our audience of new smartphone users. We need a hands-on doer & facilitator who is equally comfortable collaborating with operations, engineering, and business intelligence, designing user behaviors, and sketching product screens.

    What You Will Do

    • Work with Operations, Engineering, and our Executive Leadership team to set the product vision for our next phase of development
    • Design and develop elegantly simple UI/UX for our mobile and web applications
    • Monitor data streams to identify top development priorities
    • Lead “lean ux” research to develop insights into user adoption
    • Synthesize quantitative and qualitative data to steer product vision
    • Set product timelines and lead sprint planning for timely delivery

    What You Should Have

    • Bachelor's degree in related field with superior academic performance
    • Minimum of 5 years post-undergraduate, full-time work in Product or Design, technical backgrounds preferred.
    • Experience leading agile development and driving fast-paced, iterative product releases with use of simple collaborative tools like Trello & Asana.
    • Experience mapping information flows (Lucidchart), designing mockups (Sketch & Invision), and managing analytics (MixPanel).
    • Knowledge of front-end programming, the latest Javascript frameworks, data visualization tools, and mapping integration are a plus.
    • Excellent verbal and written communications and interpersonal skills.

    You’re also

    • High energy and enthusiasm; Flexible and self-motivated with the drive to do whatever necessary to get the job done
    • Comfortable working in a company that acts and feels a lot like a startup (dynamic, unstructured, and frequently changing)
    • Self-directed and intellectually curious - you know how and when to seek feedback in the pursuit of continuous improvement
    • Growth-obsessed with a strong desire for personal development
    • A collaborative problem solver who seeks the opinions of other teammates and departments in the development of creative and sustainable systems

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Komaza Kenya on jobs.jobvite.com to apply

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