Product Manager at Edukoya

Role

• We are seeking a Product Manager with a passion for developing solutions that allow customers to intuitively use our products.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving the development and execution of innovative educational technology products.
• You will work closely with cross-functional teams, to define product requirements and deliver a superior user experience.
• Your role will involve identifying market opportunities, conducting user research, and translating insights into product strategies that align with business goals.

Role & Responsibilities

The individual in this role will:

• Conduct market research and manage product initiatives from ideation to shipment and growth
• Manage product and initiatives from strategic to tactical to build highly usable products for Stakeholders that handles the complexities of business.
• Ideate, design, build, and manage product(s) and feature(s) solving business challenges and routine issues. i. e. requirements gathering - a roadmap - PRD - Execution - Reviews - Go live, also influence Adoption and track its impact.
• Work with coordinating departments /Stakeholders (like Engineering, UX, Operations) to create and implement a decisive product plan from product development to go-live. Represent the voice of the Stakeholders throughout the development process.
• Regularly baseline and track usage and impact of the product on business and product metrics to recommend strategies that will improve the key product metrics like reducing the cost of execution, reduce Time to action, increase conversions.
• Ensure that high standards of reliability, quality, usability, and measurement are adhered to throughout each phase of product development, review, and adoption to facilitate and align a successful product /feature rollout.
• Ensure that various stages of product development, stakeholder review, go-live are completed on time.

Desired Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 4 years experience in product management is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to think both strategically and tactically including the ability to formulate data-driven and result-oriented decisions.
• Ability to prioritize in an ambiguous environment.
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication (spoken and written), and influencing skills and an ability to navigate a complex and unstructured cross-functional environment.
• Prior experience in an Edtech/ FinTech/B2B Product/eCommerce company.
• Previous startup experience
• Ability to create & implement a data strategy to enable analytics that enhance the business’s objectives
• Strong understanding of integration & service orchestration strategies.
• Experience working in an agile environment & is able to constantly test, learn & iterate based on user feedback & prioritize features
• Leadership skills, management skills & a great team player
• A collaborative approach & willingness to be wrong
• Passionate about users’ needs

Who we’re looking for

• Startup mentality: We work very much like a lean, agile startup. You need to be great at prioritizing and working closely with a tight-knit, small team. You'll be happy to get your hands dirty and will have recent tactical expertise across a number of channels.
• Management skills: You'll need to build and manage a team, with scope to grow the team in your own image. You will have experience recruiting and managing teams, inspiring them and ensuring their happiness and progress.
• Analytical, user-driven mindset: You’re able to use your analytical brain to spot trends and identify opportunities.
• Purpose driven: We are here to build the future of education in Africa. We truly believe in what we’re doing and want you to be part of that. You will need to be interested in early years education and well-being to be able to take us to the next level.