Associate Product Manager at Babban Gona

Babban Gona Agricultural Franchise is a financially sustainable, high impact and highly scalable social enterprise, which is part-owned by the farmers it serves. Babban Gona is an innovative model designed to serve the bottom of the pyramid and transform agriculture into a job-creation engine. Through this agricultural franchise, Babban Gona offers a suite of services to smallholder farmers, helping them to overcome the challenges of fragmentation and low economies of scale.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Associate Product Manager

Location: Lagos

Key Responsibilities
Product Management:

• Provide end-to-end product life cycle management from information gathering to  reporting on effectiveness through analysis & financial management
• Collect quantitative product data and metrics through market research
• Synthesize customer research
• Gather product requirements and align them with business goals
• Coordinate with stakeholders to achieve the product vision
• Develop new product features
• Work on developing product strategies
• Actively mitigate impediments impacting the completion of release/sprint goals
• Efficiently translate business strategies into technical capabilities and product roadmaps
• Ensure that projects meet the needs of intended clients through efficient market research and regional input
• Collaborate with Enterprise Systems engineering team, program associates to share required product properties
• Create viable product design documents and clear product requirements for internal team.
• Continuously iterate with relevant stakeholders to manage competing priorities and guide decision making in line organizational goals.
• Continuously make iterative decisions based on customer and business needs
• Collaborate with Enterprise Systems Engineering team to negotiate on the technical implementation options and
• Clearly communicate key product changes and updates with relevant stakeholders appropriate avenues such as trainings, webinars emails etc to create awareness about products
• Exercise knowledge of Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) to enhance product features and internal processes
• Establish and review test plans; lead UAT to ensure team capability requirements and deadlines are met
• Conduct feedback sessions with Enterprise Systems Engineering teams to continuously iterate and improve team processes and performance
• Utilize and stay current with modern platforms and methods
• Other responsibilities and tasks required to support organizational goals and objectives

Reporting Line

• This position reports to Head, Enterprise Systems Product.

Requirements
Experience in Product Management Role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Product Management, Information Systems or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 1 - 3 years of related experience as a Product Owner or in a Product Management role
• Proven knowledge and hands-on experience of modern technology stack
• Demonstrated ability to interpret data to derive business insights

Other Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience with workflow management systems; experience with Atlassian tools (Jira Core, Jira Software, Jira Service Desk)
• Ability to efficiently prioritize projects and manage multiple dynamic priorities.
• Proven ability to leverage technology to translate business requirements.
• Ability to provide support to; and collaborate with internal units and external groups to achieve business objectives

Start Up Environment:

• Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Health Insurance
• Pension
• Performance Bonus
• Annual paid vacation
• Group Life Insurance

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.