Product Manager

Our client is a venture-backed, rapidly growing organization that is building a cutting-edge logistics infrastructure for trucking in Africa. It is a tech-enabled and operations-driven marketplace, efficiently connecting transport to cargo. The supply chain management system brings transparency and has significantly improved flexibility, reliability, and cost savings (savings upwards of 18%). The company has experienced 30% month-over-month compounded growth since inception.

The Position

Our client is seeking a talented Product Manager to develop solutions and implement requirements to support the growth of their organization's products worldwide. This includes launching software products and working closely with their engineering and other product teams to define requirements to launch effective products. The successful
candidate will work closely with their engineers and data scientists, to help design and develop technologies that
optimize haulage and cargo movement on the continent. They’ll be responsible for guiding products throughout the
development cycle, focusing specifically on analyzing, defining, positioning, packaging, promoting and tailoring our
solutions to the markets where the organization does business, and users for whom they build those solutions.

Responsibilities

• Launch products on a regular sprint cycle.
• Understand customer needs and gather product requirements.
• Identify market opportunities and define product vision and strategy.
• Develop new products and enhance existing products.
• Engage closely with the engineering team to help determine the best technical implementation methods as well as a reasonable implementation schedule.
• Design products to align with business strategy and stakeholder requirements.
• Own adoption and product excellence across organization.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical field.
• 2 years of product management or related experience.
• Experience with product management or product design with a focus on software products and technologies.
• Experience developing Internet products and technologies.
• 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience building B2B, SAAS, Fintech or data science a big plus.
• Experience across multiple functional areas such as Product Management, Engineering, UX/UI, Mobile development, Finance or Marketing a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve strategic goals in an innovative and fast-paced environment,
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills.
• Master of Science or Business a plus