Who we are :

We are a young and passionate team building the #1 tech platform in Africa dedicated to small and micro merchants. More than 1M merchants, in 15 countries, tested our flagship products (Konnash App and Mahaal App) to manage and grow their business.

We operate in small, autonomous, agile and independent teams. We encourage ownership, innovation and creativity in a supportive environment where sharing best practices is key.

We are looking for passionate and creative profiles who combine data and emerging technologies to break new ground in the mobile market. Driven by a culture of testing and learning, we welcome amazing talent to take on and manage unique, ambitious and challenging projects. Our goal is to strive for excellence, both individually and collectively, which means for us solving problems by breaking the rules, learning quickly and independently, and delivering the best performance possible.

About the role :

Were looking for a tech-savvy Product Manager to join inyad as we look to expand our Product team and create a best-in-class tool for small and micro merchants.

At its core, this job is about owning and managing product development from start to finish. You will be responsible for gathering requirements from sources both internal and external, conducting competitive analysis, conceptualizing new features and enhancements, ruthlessly prioritizing features, communicating product specifications to engineers, managing day to day delivery, and tracking the success metrics of launched features over time.

You will be responsible for :

• Deeply understanding your products users and broader market context
• Owning the product vision and connect it back to near term roadmaps
• Collaborating closely with Architects, Engineers and Designers to define great experiences and scalable solutions
• Ensuring flawless execution through management of yearly and quarterly objectives
• Being an accountable product owner, where you manage and prioritise e product backlog, write detailed user stories based on prioritised requirements
• Working closely with engineering through design, testing, and product release to deliver features
• Coordinating with Head of Product to roll-out new improvements and refine the product based on continual feedback.
• Demonstrating flexibility and the ability to adapt to change in a fast-paced work environment.

Your Qualifications :

• Experience required: 5+ years of relevant product experience with 2+ years as a Growth PO.
• Preference: Product Managers who have worked in high growth B2C consumer internet startups and have been instrumental in developing critical portions from scratch.
• Some of our products/initiatives are in the 0 to 1 stage or transitioning from this stage to scaling. So, the ideal candidate should have experienced the 0 to 1 phase in the past and should have helped scale the product from this phase into the next phase of growth.
• Ability to operate independently and be fully responsible for a product area.
• A team player with excellent communication skills; agile, creative and tenacious, who can thrive in a constantly changing environment.
• Strong analytical skills to identify the best approach to build successful products.
• Data-driven; taking decisions based on facts rather than opinions or assumptions.
• Experienced at scoping, planning and prioritisation and can successfully use known methods to tackle the problem at hand.
• skilled at applying PM best practices and can effectively lead the work of their product development team, with little or no mentoring and support from more senior product managers.
• Experience with scrum and other Agile development methodologies
• Experience in building highly scalable, dynamically deployed, reliable systems