Overview

Babban Gona Agricultural Franchise is a financially sustainable, high impact and highly scalable social enterprise, which is part-owned by the farmers it serves. Babban Gona is an innovative model designed to serve the bottom of the pyramid and transform agriculture into a job-creation engine. Through this agricultural franchise, Babban Gona offers a suite of services to smallholder farmers, helping them to overcome the challenges of fragmentation and low economies of scale.

Job Position: Senior Technical Product Manager

Job Location: Lagos

Job Responsibilities

  1. Develop product requirements and roadmaps
  2. Leading product managers and coordinating with engineering, operations and other teams
  3. Incorporating feedback and input from customers, partners and in-house teams on product strategy and finding ways to expand product market reach
  4. Develop and implement product strategies consistent with company vision
  5. Collect and analyze feedback from customers, stakeholders and other teams to shape requirements, features and end products
  6. Work with senior management to create product plans and roadmaps
  7. Lead product managers and coordinate cross-functional teams
  8. Produce and review product requirements documents (PRD)
  9. Ensure products and releases are launched correctly and on schedule
  10. Make creative recommendations to expand product base and vision
  11. Suggest ways to track product use and impact on end users
  12. Collaborate with engineering team, product owners, program managers to share required product properties
  13. Collaborate with the Scrum Master on the product backlog prioritization to ensure incremental delivery of features
  14. Create clear-cut product requirements and product design documents for internal team.
  15. Collaborate and iterate with other stakeholders to manage competing priorities and guide decision making in-line business strategies.
  16. Collaborate with Enterprise Systems Engineering team to negotiate on the technical implementation options and make decisions based on the customer and business needs
  17. Create vision and multi-year roadmaps for products and programs; seek feedback/buy-in on roadmap as needed; keep roadmap up-to-date and in sync with development
  18. Exercise knowledge of Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) to enhance product features and internal processes
  19. Utilize meaningful KPIs and metrics to articulate progress made and impact on the customers; plan for capturing and reporting success metrics from the beginning
  20. Establish and review test plans; lead UAT to ensure team capability requirements and deadlines are met
  21. Conduct periodic feedback sessions with Enterprise Systems Engineering teams to continuously iterate and improve team processes and performance.

Job Requirements

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field or Bachelor’s Degree with equivalent professional experience
  • 4 – 5 years relevant work experience.
  • Proven experience as a Product Manager, Program or similar role
  • Experience in product lifecycle management
  • Background in software development and program management is preferred
  • Familiarity with Agile framework
  • Excellent communication skills; organizational and leadership abilities
  • Problem-solving aptitude; creative thinking skills
  • In Depth knowledge and hands-on experience of modern technology stack
  • Demonstrated ability to understand business need and accurately interpret data to support data driven decision-making
  • Demonstrated ability to interpret data to derive business insights
  • Demonstrated experience with workflow management systems; experience with Atlassian tools (Jira Core, Jira Software, Jira Service Desk)
  • Experience collaborating with Enterprise Systems Engineering Operations at a reasonable level of technical depth
  • Ability to efficiently prioritize projects and manage multiple dynamic priorities.
  • Proven ability to leverage technology to translate business requirements.
  • Ability to provide support to; and collaborate with internal units and external groups to achieve business objectives
  • Proven track record of managing complex technical products and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products on time and within budget.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously, while maintaining a high level of attention to detail and quality.
  • Strong understanding of software development methodologies, technology trends, and industry best practices..

How to Apply
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