Product Owner at Aku Fintech Services Limited

Aku is a digital bank licensed by the CBN to offer easy payment, simple banking for everyone. Send/receive money and pay bills via USSD, app, cards. We are on a mission to help africans get paid and grow.We leverage the power of tech to drive financial inclusion - one mobile device at a time.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Product Owner

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The Product Owner will be responsible for responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product life cycle, including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering team to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met.
• In this role, you will direct product development and ensure high return on investment (ROI.)
• You’ll translate ideas into strategy and features, and follow product development from start to finish.
• In addition to this, you will be required to prioritize and assess work for our technical team, this will include gathering feature requests as well as scheduling releases and coordinating sprints.
• To succeed in this role, you should be a perceptive and a reliable problem-solver who is able to identify user needs and work with cross-functional teams to manage product releases.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement product strategies consistent with company vision.
• Collect and analyze feedback from customers, stakeholders and other teams to shape requirements, features and end products
• Work with senior management to create product plans and roadmaps.
• Produce and review product requirements documents (PRD)
• Ensure products and releases are launched correctly and on schedule
• Make creative recommendations to expand product base and vision
• Suggest ways to track product use and impact on end users
• Incorporate feature requests into product roadmap
• Groom and prioritize backlog
• Develop user stories, define acceptance criteria and set sprint goals
• Write acceptance tests
• Plan releases and upgrades.
• Determine, Project and Analyse commercial viability of the product.
• Continuous improvement in the product to ensure adoption by new users and increase the stickiness of the product.
• Follow progress of work and address production issues during sprints
• Analyze preferences and requests of end users.

Requirements

• B.Sc / B.A in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role within a fintech environment
• Hands-on experience managing all stages of the product lifecycle
• Familiarity with Agile framework
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills to ensure you are able to work with cross functional teams to achieve results.
• Strong problem-solving aptitude
• Creative thinking skills
• Technical background with knowledge of software development and web technologies is a plus.

Benefits

• MacBook Pro
• Flexible working hours
• Remote friendly
• Health Insurance
• Team building events
• Paid Leave Days.

Application Closing Date
15th July, 2022.