Associate Product Manager (Remote)

<p><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:148px;height:46px;"><img width="148" height="46" class="fr-fic fr-dii"></span></span></p><p><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 0.25pt;margin-top:16.15pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Job Role:Associate Product Manager</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 0.85pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Department: Engineering/Product Design</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 0.85pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Reports to:Chief Product Officer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-left: 0.19999999999999996pt;margin-right: 6.65pt;text-indent: -0.5pt;margin-top:12.4pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">We have a vision for our company; to help African businesses grow and manage their finances&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">more</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;efficiently.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.1400000000000001;margin-left: 0.2pt;margin-right: 1.95pt;margin-top:12.85pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">We also have a vision for you; to help build your career in a fast-paced, Fintech Company.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Whether you are a marketing guru, a coding genius or sales rock star, we want you on the team&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">and we think you’ll love it here.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></p><p><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 0.25pt;margin-top:12.85pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Job Description</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;padding:11pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The ideal candidate is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle, including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, based on the potential customer’s expectation on wealth management and savings, defining the product vision, and working closely with the engineering team.</span></p><p><strong><br></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 0.95pt;margin-top:12.8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Key responsibilities:</span></strong></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 24pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Coordination:&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">You will be involved in all phases of the product life cycle, from planning to release. You will work with the Chief Product Officer with keeping track of deadlines and making sure everything is running smoothly between the other teams (design, technology, QA, Developers), and with the rest of the stakeholders (management, business development, customer experience, marketing, etc.</span><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">).</span></strong></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 24pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Research &amp; Market Intelligence: You will take part in gathering data on the competitor landscape, our users and staying up to date on banking and finance trends in the technology space.</span></strong></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 24pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Data Analytics: You will perform recurrent analysis on the usage of the product and extract key insights for the improvement of the product. You’ll also be responsible for analysing important customer data points as well as information about our competitors.</span></strong></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 24pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Reporting: You’ll be required to present key findings on various product success KPIs including findings on defects, improvements, status updates and risk management.</span></strong></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 24pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Documentation: You will document user stories and use cases for new features or enhancements in the product. You will also support the documentation of product release notes for both internal and external communication.</span></strong></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 24pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Information Hub: To perform well in this role, you’d need be a sponge; soaking up bits of information about our core business, products and features. You’d need to act as a source of all things related to our products and our business to be able to provide information when and where needed across multifunctional teams to help them make key decisions that may impact overall product and business goals.</strong></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 0.85pt;margin-top:26.75pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Requirements</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></p><ul style="margin-left: 1px;"><li dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 26.75pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">You have 1-3 years’ experience in product management or in a similar role around software development and information technology. No product management experience is required however, we’d ideally want someone who had taken a previous course understanding Product/Project/QA/ Risk Assessment/Agile and/or Software Development methodologies.</span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">You are a driven, ambitious individual who’s excited about working in Product Management and looking to build a career at an exciting very fast-growing fintech&nbsp;startup.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">You’re highly research oriented and able to collect and analyse user feedback and useful product data.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">You have strong attention to detail and can deliver effectively against tight deadlines.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">You’re friendly and able to work well with others: This role is highly collaborative, and we’d prefer someone who is able to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">You’re great at using Product &amp; Project Management Tools including any of the following: Trello, Clubhouse(now shortcut), Asana, ClickUp, Jira, Aha!, Microsoft Planner, Whiteboard and/or Kanban Boards.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">You’re familiar with any of these design tools including Figma, Invision, Sketch &amp; Adobe XD to conduct reviews and give constructive feedback to the design team.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">You’ve been told you’re a highly creative person and have the ability to solve complex problems.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 0.95pt;margin-top:12.8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 0.95pt;margin-top:12.8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 0.95pt;margin-top:12.8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 24.2pt;margin-top:40.75pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 24.95pt;margin-top:13.75pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#202124;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">.</span></p>