Job Openings at Cellulant

Job Description

• This role is responsible for identifying potential products; conducting market research; generating product requirements; determining specifications, production timetables, pricing, and time-integrated plans for product introduction; developing marketing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Determines customers' needs and desires by specifying the research needed to obtain market information.
• Recommends the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements; appraising new product ideas and/or product or packaging changes.
• Translating product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes (determining product specifications and designs)
• Collaborate with the technical team to take part in user acceptance testing and check the correct implementation of all features as defined in the product specification and designs.
• Monitor the products deployment in collaboration with the commercial and technology team. manage and communicate with cross functional teams.
• Manage product-related support, feedback and inquiries from users. use feedback to inform product refinements and ongoing development
• Assesses market competition by comparing the company's product to competitors' products.
• Provides source data for product line communications by defining product marketing communication objectives.
• Obtains product market share by working with product manager to develop product sales strategies.
• Facilitates inventory turnover and product availability by reviewing and adjusting inventory levels and production schedules.
• Brings new products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs; preparing return-on-investment analyses; establishing time schedules with software development
• Determines product pricing by utilizing market research data; reviewing production and sales costs; anticipating volume; costing special and customized orders.
• Maintains product management staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Skills and Qualifications

• Product management, people management, understanding the customer, product development, requirements analysis, pricing, planning, competitive analysis, sales planning, inventory control, financial planning and strategy skills
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Technology or other related field.
• Vast product development experience in a financial payment institutions such as commercial banks, mfbs or other fintech institutions.

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Job Description

• We are currently in an exciting period of transformation, as such we are seeking new Product Manager to join our team
• This role requires an energetic and collaborative individual who is able to build strong senior stakeholder relationships throughout the business.
• Our product team is responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for our product line as well as marketing, forecasting, and profit and loss (p&l) responsibilities. if you have a high achievement orientation, strong knowledge of payment industry trends, then this may be the opportunity for you.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute financial payments strategy
• Manage third party relationships from a strategic perspective and seek to leverage these partnerships to; drive account sales and organisational growth, optimise profitability and improve customer experience outcomes.
• Manage third party cost and revenue items and optimise their contribution to p&l
• Work with cross-functional team s such as product development to determine customer needs by specifying the research needed to obtain market information.
• Assesses product market data by calling on customers with field salespeople and evaluating sales call results.
• Provides information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product sales forecasts and special reports and analyses; answering questions and requests.
• Introduces and markets new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production.

Relevant Experience and Skills

• Degree/Qualifications in Business is highly regarded
• Vast product/payments experience in a financial payement institutions such as Commercial Banks, Microfinance Banks or other Fintech organisations.
• Experience in managing a product P&L and maximising revenue opportunities
• Setting payments strategy and driving strategic change
• Strong relationship and stakeholder engagement skills
• Sound analytics skill