Head of Product

4 weeks ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya JUMIA KENYA Full time

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Jumia is the largest online retail store in Africa with over 100,000 unique visitors a day, buying everything from Fashion to Phones. Founded in 2012 in Nigeria, Jumia's mission is to revolutionize the concept of shopping by providing customers with the best online shopping experience.

Jumia is part of Africa Internet Group, a leading global incubator of startups specialised in e-commerce. Africa Internet Group is Africa's leading internet firm, with already over 3,000 employees in over 20 African countries and huge successes such as , , , , and It is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by MTN, Millicom and Rocket Internet.

Africa is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, offering excellent opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment. Its economic growth has enabled innovative businesses to flourish and this is where Africa Internet Group steps in.

JOB SUMMARY

What we are looking forExperience: 6-7 years as a Product Manager with solid Agile experienceTechnical Understanding: Strong understanding of technology, languages, and applicationsRequirement Definition: Proven ability to define requirements that address business challenges and identify necessary technical and business changesClear Communication: Ability to communicate clearly across technology and business teamsInitiative Support: Experience in supporting and rolling out initiatives to commercial teams

RESPONSIBILITIES

Vision and Strategy: Develop and communicate a clear vision for your product. Define the strategic direction across various verticals such as Mall, Marketplace, Supply Chain, Finance, and JumiaPay, ensuring alignment with the overall business strategyProduct Roadmap: Build and maintain a roadmap that reflects the business priorities while balancing the technical needs of backend systemsTeam Leadership: Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and continuously deploy innovative solutionsStakeholder Management: Act as the primary contact for all matters related to your product, liaising with stakeholders across the organization to gather requirements and transform them into actionable project streamsPerformance Metrics: Define and track key performance indicators for your product area, ensuring the team's output aligns with business goals and contributes to user satisfaction.Agile Practices: Champion agile best practices and methodologies to drive efficiency and effectiveness within your teamOptimize User Experience: Refine the processes users experience when interacting with our products.Data-Driven Decision Making: Help the product management team prioritize decisions based on comprehensive product data.Scalable Growth: Ensure the product organization scales and grows smoothly with minimal frictionVision and Direction: Provide vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders, creating requirements and specificationsBacklog Management: Oversee backlog management, iteration planning, and user story elaborationAgile/Scrum Best Practices: Guide the team and organization in the use of Agile/Scrum practices and valuesProduct Release Planning: Lead the planning of product release plans and set expectations for the delivery of new functionalitiesImpediment Mitigation: Actively mitigate impediments impacting the successful completion of Release/Sprint goals

REQUIRED SKILLS

Systems design, Relational databases (SQL), Database administration, Database query languages (SQL, others)

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree

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