Project Manager at NewGlobe

About the role

• We are an international, distributed and passionate team, all working together to help children in underserved communities gain access to quality education.
• Our digital portfolio is a set of software solutions that enable governments and communities to shape and re-shape educational systems in an evidence driven manner.
• Reporting to the Director of Product Management and closely collaborating with our Engineering, BI, Analytics and Design teams. In this role you will be responsible for shaping and building our portfolio of data products to help transform education systems worldwide.
• The Product Manager will lead the development and lifecycle of our new data products, from concept to launch. This role involves strategic planning, market research, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure our product portfolio meet customer needs and business goals.
• This role will be part of the Product Management team and our Technology group in Lagos, Nigeria.
• If you are a passionate, mission driven professional that wants to make a tangible, positive impact on the world through your work and help us shape our growing team in Lagos we want to hear from you.

What we offer:

• Being part of a global, mission driven company
• Great level of autonomy in shaping your role
• Being an early joiner and helping us shape our growing team in Lagos

What You Will Do:

• Drive definition of the data products, coordinate the strategy, roadmap including decisions on what to build, buy, or use from open-source.
• Lead the product development lifecycle, encompassing ideation, defining requirements, quality assurance.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, data science, and internal stakeholders to deliver successful and user centered data products
• Lead the planning, management, and prioritization of the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with overall company strategy and stakeholder interests.
• Lead on setting up product success metrics, monitor product performance, define improvements.
• Coordinate roll-out plans and ensure alignment with stakeholders across different locations to define best go-to-market strategy.
• Define and set up testing and experiments to drive product improvements and iterations.

Skills:

• 5+ years experience working in product management, data analytics or engineering
• Proven track record of managing (at least one) product throughout whole product lifecycle
• Experience working with data science and BI teams
• Comfortable presenting to senior leadership
• Strong problem solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves
• Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in a matrix organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Additional, desirable skills:

• Experience working with data products
• Experience within EMIS ecosystem