Job Vacancies at First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank)

Ref Id: 19000059
Location: Lagos
Work Locations: Cards And Channels
Organization: DMD Directorate
Schedule: Regular
Job Type: Full-time
Grade Range - From : Assistant Manager Grade Range - To : Manager

Description

• Drive the product roadmaps, enabling teams to bring products to market.
• Develop best product vision for our customers and transform vision into compelling products
• Lead cross-functional, agile, product design team (research, prototype, test, and build)
• Conduct scans, prepare and present summary reports on new trends and product/service offerings in the Financial Services, Financial Technology and adjacent segments, while identifying opportunities for the Bank
• Co-ordinate ideation sessions to shape and refine ideas/opportunities into marketable product concepts
• Conduct market-testing and pre-feasibility studies
• Jointly develop business plans and commercial launch plans for feasible products with Digital Lab Lead
• As part of the organisation’s information security requirements, maintain the security of all information entrusted and comply with the principles and policies in the information security handbook.

Qualifications
Education:

• First Degree Computer Science or Engineering.

Experience:

• Minimum experience - Over 7 years’ experience business strategy & analysis into consumer facing products.

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Job ID: 1900005B
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard

Duties & Responsibilities

• Determine customer needs and desires by specifying the research needed to obtain market information.
• Develop project rationale and perform scoping assessments to determine feasibility of products
• Recommends the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements; appraising new product ideas and/or product changes.
• Develop product delivery estimates & complete financial model (costs, savings, revenue opportunities, investment horizon, etc.)
• Brings new products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and following through on implementation/delivery of products; establishing time schedules with related stakeholders.
• Introduces and markets new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production.
• Monitor the realization of benefits against what was defined in business case.
• Ensure that relevant stakeholders are involved in specification of new services and/or major upgrades to existing services
• Assesses market competition and obtain product market share data by benchmarking against similar products in the market.
• Assesses product performance by engaging existing and prospective customers.
• Determines product pricing by utilizing market research data and anticipating customer adoption vis-à-vis customer requirements/needs.
• As part of the organisation’s information security requirements, maintain the security of all information entrusted and comply with the principles and policies in the information security handbook.

Knowledge:

• Experience of analysing and breaking down problems and information using structured frameworks and methodologies
• Proficient understanding of business financial models and business justifications
• Proficient knowledge of functional requirements design
• Experience of analysing and breaking down problems and information using structured frameworks and methodologies
• Understanding of financial services market
• Banking services/product
• Quantitative technique (mathematical and statistical).
• Business development and sales planning.
• Client Industry Knowledge
• Business/Operational Strategy
• Business/Product Development.

Skill/Competencies
Core SFIA 5 Skill Requirements:

• Requirements Definition and Management (REQM 3)
• Business Analysis (BUAN 5)
• Benefits Management (BENM 5)

Other SFIA 5 Skill Requirements:

• Service Acceptance (SEAC 4)
• Stakeholder Relationship Management (RLMT 4)
• Portfolio, Programme and Project Support (PROF 2)
• Learning Delivery (ETDL 3).

Other Required Knowledge and Capabilities:

• Sound interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with  other business unit leads
• Sound conflict management skills
• Customer-centricity
• Creative, results-oriented and  analytical with strong problem-solving capability
• Good leadership and influencing ability
• Coaching.

Qualifications
Education:

• Minimum of a First Degree or its equivalent in a Business/IT related discipline

Experience:

• Minimum experience: 4+ years of experience in product management, 1+ years of experience in managing relationships with internal business customers.

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Job ID: 1900005A
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Grade Range: From Banking Officer  to Assistant Manager

Duties & Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement new Software Systems
• Provide innovative improvements to features and performance of existing Software Systems
• Develop and maintain comprehensive Software documentation
• Partake in user story writing workshops
• Participate in ideas generation workshops
• Design, write and execute automated tests
• As part of the organisation’s information security requirements, maintain the security of all information entrusted and comply with the principles and policies in the information security handbook

Qualifications
Education:

• Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in Computing or related disciplines

Experience:

• Minimum experience – Over 3 years’ experience in design and development solutions.

Knowledge:

• Proficient knowledge of modern Software development paradigms (Object Oriented and Functional programming)
• Proficient knowledge of software development life-cycle
• Proficient knowledge of unit testing
• Proficient knowledge of distributed version control systems
• Understanding of agile development process (Scrum)
• Knowledge of Secure software programming
• Knowledge of Computer Network protocols and standards (TCP, IP, HTTP etc)
• Knowledge of database design and development
• Proficient knowledge of web services and API development

Skill/Competencies
Core SFIA 5 Skill Requirements:

• Systems Design (DESN 4)
• Software Development (PROG 4)
• Database Design (DBDS 3)

Other SFIA 5 Skill Requirements:

• User Experience Analysis (UNAN 3)
• User Experience Design (HCEV 2)
• Stakeholder Relationship Management (RLMT 4)
• Configuration Management (CFMG 3)
• Learning Delivery (ETDL 3)

Other Required Knowledge and Capabilities:

• Sound interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with  other business unit leads
• Sound conflict management skills
• Customer-centricity
• Creative, results-oriented and  analytical with strong problem-solving capability
• Good leadership and influencing ability
• Coaching.

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Job ID: 1900005C
Location: Lagos
Organization: DMD Directorate
Job: ALT Channels
Schedule: Regular
Job Type: Full-time
Grade Range - From : Assistant Banking Officer  Grade Range - To : Senior Banking Officer.

Description

• Ensure quality standards, test procedures and methodology are adhered to
• Assist with developing and maintaining quality policy and procedure documents
• Design, document and implement test automation strategies
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure maintenance of defined quality standards
• Participate in ideas generation workshops
• Partake in user story writing workshops
• Monitor performance of quality management using defined KPIs
• Maintain test deliverables including test approach, scenarios, conditions & expected results, test Cycle control sheet, test scripts
• Resolve, document, and report problems that arise during testing
• Document and communicate results from testing
• Assist with conducting quality-control tests and analyses to ensure that software meets or exceeds specified standards and end-user requirements
• Retest corrections to ensure problems are resolved
• As part of the organisation’s information security requirements, maintain the security of all information entrusted and comply with the principles and policies in the information security handbook.

Qualifications
Education:

• Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in a business /IT related discipline
• Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage 

Experience:

• Minimum experience - 3+ years of experience in IT quality management.