Lori is a venture-backed, rapidly growing start-up that has built a cutting-edge, tech-driven, logistics services platform that seamlessly coordinates haulage across frontier markets. With a mission to reduce the cost of goods in frontier markets, Lori is tackling a massive issue; $180 billion is spent annually on haulage across Africa, and up to 75% of a product’s cost is due to logistics (compared to 6% in the US).
Lori was recognized as the fastest growing start-up in Africa and won Techcrunch’s Battlefield Africa. Our tech-enabled and operations-driven marketplace efficiently connects transport to cargo. The system brings transparency to the logistics industry and has significantly improved flexibility, reliability, and cost savings (upwards of 20%). Billions of dollars of cargo move through the Lori platform annually.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Product Manager
Location: Lagos (Remote - The role can be based remotely +/- 3 hours from the East Africa time zone)
Department: Product
Employment Type: Full-Time
Minimum Experience: Experienced
About the Role
- We are seeking a world class Senior Product Manager to join our technology team and elevate our product strategy, processes and solutions.
- In this role, the successful candidate will collaborate with the Chief Product Officer to articulate a winning strategy, and with the engineering, product and other functional teams to deliver on Lori’s ambitious vision.
- You’ll be responsible for leading a product category throughout the development lifecycle, while seamlessly interfacing with a diverse network of global partners, clients and other stakeholders.
- You'll also be expected to fully own and lead product launches and landings, and collaborate closely with business and users.
- The ideal candidate is driven, ambitious, collaborative, visionary and relentless in her pursuit of product excellence.
- Attention to detail and experience building scaled products are essential, as are a passion for problem solving and a fundamental belief in technology as a force for shaping the future.
Responsibilities
What You Will Do:
- Drive and refine the vision, strategy, and roadmap for our cloud SaaS products to align with business strategy and stakeholder requirements
- Conduct market analysis, competitive analysis, and business case development that drives smart decisions
- Work closely with product and engineering leaders as a key strategist and thought partner
- Collaborate with Lori’s Executive Team to articulate and execute on product strategy
- Develop monetization strategies and product pricing
- Collaborate with customers and be their voice front of senior leadership, sales and marketing
- Understand business drivers and product requirements for the industry, and market dynamics across multiple geographies
- Engage closely with the engineering team to determine best technical implementation methods and implementation schedule
- Own adoption and drive product excellence across the organization
- Define the business and user focused use cases that drive technical product planning
Requirements
What It Takes:
- BA / B.Sc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or a related STEM field.
- 5+ years product management experience in a SaaS, Enterprise or Cybersecurity organization.
- Engineering management experience with a focus on software products and technologies
- Early stage startup experience in shipping features for enterprise software products.
- Demonstrated ability to set and achieve ambitious goals in an innovative and fast-paced environment
- Ability to strategically work through competing demands and priorities with a solutions driven mindset
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills.
- Proven leader with ability to motivate, mentor, manage and inspire teammates and colleagues
Bonus:
- Master of Science
- B2B, FinTech or Data Science experience
- Experience across multiple functional areas such as UX/UI, mobile development, finance, and/or marketing.
- Start-ups experience and plug into the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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