Technical Product Manager (Data & Platforms) at Kuda Bank

Kuda is a money app for Africans on a mission to make financial services accessible, affordable and rewarding for every African on the planet. We're a tribe of passionate and diverse people who dreamed of building an inclusive money app that Africans would love so it’s only right that we ended up with the name 'Kuda' which means 'love' in Shona, a language spoken in the southern part of Africa.

We're giving Africans around the world a better alternative to traditional finance by delivering money transfers, smart budgeting and instant access to credit through digital devices. We've raised over $90 million from some of the world's most respected institutional investors, and we’re rolling out our game-changing services globally from our offices in Nigeria, South Africa, and the UK.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Product Manager (Data & Platforms)

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Category: Product

Role Overview

• We’re searching for an experienced Data Product Manager to join the Growth team at Kuda. As a member of the Product Growth function, you will be responsible for owning the development and execution of our growth data product strategy.
• As a Data Product Manager in Growth, you’ll partner with our Growth, Engineering, Analytics, Data Science, Data Engineering and Core Product teams to create a roadmap full of events, analytics, automation, platforms and insights.
• You'll work with a high-performing, entrepreneurial, and product-focused group of engineers and analysts, in a highly collaborative and fun environment.
• In this exciting role, you'll have the opportunity to make a massive impact on the company, the product and most importantly, on the lives and livelihoods of our amazing users!

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of our best in class Growth Stack, ensuring we remain at the forefront of data innovation and improving the data within the growth ecosystem.
• Together with our Product Lead for Growth and the Data team, you will create a clear vision for how we execute and continuously improve the data, automation and insights we generate.
• Develop and execute a product strategy for growth/product data, focused on how we can increase our understanding of our customer base and build automation around it.
• Work closely with data consumers (other growth, product managers, data, marketing etc.) to solve their business problems using all the tools at your disposal.
• Own the full product discovery and delivery process from identifying the problem to ideating/research to delivering and then iterating.
• Collaborate with our Data Science team to find ways to help bring more predictive analytics into our Growth Stack.
• Coordinate resources, and create project timelines, to ensure on-time delivery with the highest quality.
• Deliver features and products that will create amazing user experiences and validate these with customers.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Data/Data Platforms/Analytics with at least 2 - 3 years Product Management
• Master of data, you are more than comfortable using, managing, manipulating and analysing data to help understand problems or measure outcomes across any product or service
• You have designed, built and implemented complex product data events/ tracking plans which works effectively across multiple different tools (visualisation, automation etc).
• Test & Learn Mindset; you are focused on failing and learning fast using experiments and data to lead the way
• Understanding of Data Lifecycle (Business Understanding, Data Analysis, Data Acquisition, Data Governance and Monitoring)
• Growth/ Data Stack; extensive experience working with behavioural analytics platforms (Mixapnel, Amplitude) and
• Making an Impact: you have a proven track record delivering impactful changes
• Bias for Execution; you focus on defining the right MVP, making difficult trade-offs, and shipping effective features
• Exceptional Curiosity; you’re unafraid to ask questions, tinker, and learn to help drive product success
• You will have a strong understanding of the mobile ecosystem.

Advantageous:

• SQL
• Previously built CRM, CDP or a Data Platform
• Worked within the Fintech space.
• Knowledge of African markets.
• An obsession with user experience.
• A desire to build something great.

Benefits
Why Join Kuda?

At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:

• Pension
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
• Group life insurance
• Health insurance
• L&D training
• We are advocates of work-life balance and offer a 3 day per week remote working option.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.