Head of Product

Responsibilities:

• Head the entire product management department ensuring key roles are being executed
  
• Develop product vision experience and roadmap for the brand and product and inspire influence and lead creative teams and cross functional partners
  
• Ensure the successful creation of a product that drives brand strategy and vision
  
• Recommend product development strategies that generate increased revenue through the sales of new products
  
• Conduct research and analysis to gain valuable insights into the target market to evolve product development strategies continuously and deliver improved customer experiences
  
• Oversee the entire product innovation process with a problemsolving approach
  
• Interview and hire product employees and teams to ensure the best candidates are chosen to maximize value
  
• Own the product vision build customercentric experiences delightful product features and a clear roadmap to drive mass product adoption
  
• Lead the strategic planning and prioritization of product capital spend against budget
  
• Establish Key Performance Indicators to track product usage and growth
  
• Manage endtoend product development
  
• Own and execute the product portfolio and deployment to market through working collaboratively with cross functional team members
  
• Manage measure and report on the required quality scope budget and outcomes of product delivery to the appropriate stakeholders
  
• Ensure overall product portfolio risks and dependencies are clearly managed and communicated
  
• Set clear product vision motivate and inspire team members to deliver exceptional outcomes
  
• Identify opportunities to improve effectiveness through Agile new working practices collaboration and partnerships
  
• Represent Product internally and externally to commercial partners and investors.
  

Requirements

• MSc/MBA in Business Administration or relevant field would be an added advantage.
  
• 1012 years with a minimum of 8 years in the leadership position particularly on the role in question
  

• The preferred candidate should have extensive experience with product management agile development methodologies product launches scaling and change management especially within the Fintech space.
  
• A track record in setting clear direction and driving high levels of engagement and performance across multidisciplinary teams.
  
• Leadership experience in communicating product expectations at the executive level.
  
• Indepth knowledge of payment processing acquiring technologies and industry regulations.
  
• Ability to influence through persuasive verbal and written communication. Entrepreneurial curious and highly proactive behavior is essential.
  

Benefits