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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Product Manager

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time

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.

Requirements

• 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 2yrs 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.

Application Closing Date
Not specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online 

The Process:

• First level call with the Product Lead and HR Team.
• Assessment.
• Final call with the CTO and Product Lead.