Technical Product Manager at Nomba (Formerly Kudi)

Nomba, launched in 2017 as "Kudi.ai", is a chatbot that responds to financial requests on social apps. Nomba has since evolved to empower independent businesses to act as neighborhood banks offering basic financial services such as cash withdrawal, transfer and bill payments to all Nigerians, especially those in underserved communities. Today we process more than $500m in payments monthly.

With a vision to enable economic prosperity by supercharging businesses to run efficiently and meet their goals, nomba is making it easier for businesses to accept payments, make payments and manage their operations. With over 250 employees and more than 150,000 businesses on our platform across the country, we are creating a distinct gateway into the digital economy by providing businesses with access to everyday tools that simplify payments and drive their growth. With these easy-to-use tools, businesses of all sizes can now accept, process and manage payments online and offline while optimizing their operations.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Product Manager

Location: Lekki, Lagos

Job Description

• We're looking for product managers to join our Product team to manage 3rd party technical integrations. This helps accelerate the growth of businesses and in turn enables them to grow their business with us.
• This role is a unique mix of technical product development, business, strategy, and execution, all in the name of helping businesses grow. You will identify and prioritize various growth levers, including:
  • Leading the scrum team towards integrations with API providers 
  • Diagnosing problems with existing integrations to identify areas for improvement
  • Identifying ways ways to ensure efficient routing of transactions to optimise reliability and cost
  • Drive the adoption of new features / providers added
• You will push boundaries, trying anything and everything that helps drive long-term success for the credit product and the businesses we serve.
• The right candidate will have extensive experience of working within a technical product manager setting and should be able to demonstrate a strong track record of managing technical integrations and API builds.

About the Role

• Manage product lifecycle; gathering and prioritising customer requirements, defining product vision and working closely with necessary stakeholders to deliver winning products.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to establish technical integration patterns and adequately liaise between technical and business stakeholders
• Manage the process from conceptualisation, design, prototyping, development, testing, business, support, product launch and post deployment analytics.
• Maintain and manage the product roadmap owning and writing the relevant PRDs for all features.
• Identify and meticulously track key success metrics for product features.
• Have a clear plan for product operations: the achievement of growth 
• Create an avenue to receive input from product stakeholders ensuring their input is a key Influence in product development.
• Drive product launch alongside marketing team and other product management team members.
• Gain deep understanding of customer experience in a bid to identify and fill product gaps that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive business growth.
• Partner with the Legal and Compliance teams to ensure the products developed are compliant with relevant regulations.

About You

• A technical background or Computer Science / Software Engineering Degree or equivalent work experience in a technical product development and management setting.
• Ideally an engineer who has transitioned to product development
• Strong Agile SCRUM experience
• At least 2 years Experience working in the Financial Technology Industry.
• Proven track record of working with sales, designers, engineers and various stakeholders to coordinate, plan, execute and track product releases.
• Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products.
• A self-starter who works well both collaboratively as an individual contributor.
• Exceptional communication (written and oral) and presentation skills.
• Empathy, and a genuine desire to solve our customer’s problems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without enforcing authority.

What We Offer

• Inspiring culture and people who work based on our EPIC values.
• Opportunity to work with the brightest minds.
• Focus on Mental and Physical health - health insurance, gym & spa sessions, and therapy sessions.
• In-office lunch.
• Paid annual leave.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Career growth.
• Pension.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should: 
Click here to apply online