Product Manager (Unit Head) at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc - NIBSS

Grade: Assistant Manager
Department: Product Management
Division: Business Development
Reports to: Head, Product Management

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the product life cycle of payment solutions from strategic planning to tactical activities.
• Manage and monitor the performance of existing products and services as well as identify opportunities for new products.
• Specifying market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by on-going visits to customers and non-customers.
• Driving a solution set across development teams (primarily development/engineering, and marketing communications) through market requirements, product contract and positioning.
• Developing and implementing a company-wide go to market plan, working with all departments to execute.
• Analyzing potential partner relationships for the product.
• Knowledge of CBN policies framework with respect to industry payment platforms and solutions.
• Entrepreneurial, creative and persistent in pursuing business opportunities.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor degree relevant to the job role from an accredited university.
• Professional qualification(s) relevant to the job will be an added advantage.
• Master's degree will be an added advantage.

Required Experience:

• Minimum of 9 years of relevant experience related to the Job.

Competency Requirements
The desired candidate must exhibit competencies in the following:

• Customer focus
• Focus on excellent delivery
• Proactiveness
• Professional judgement
• Courage to challenge
• Team spirit
• Strategic perspective
• Change management
• Communication
• Stakeholder engagement/management
• Business development
• Information systems management
• People management
• Regulatory knowledge
• Risk Management.