Lead Software Product Manager at Aldelia Limited

At Andela, we find the brightest young people in Africa,
train them to be world-class developers and connect them with employers
around the world seeking top technical talent. Passion, excellence,
entrepreneurial spirit and determination to improve the status quo are
only a few of the many resources the remarkable Andela team brings with
them.

With the youngest population in the world, Africa is the world’s
greatest untapped source of spectacular talent. The four-year Andela
Technology Leadership Program is the core mechanism by which we
transform Andela fellows into passionate change agents able to drive
current and future tech-enabled growth in Africa and around the world.
Guiding and molding these elite young people to achieve their maximum
potential is an essential aspect of both individual and organizational
success.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:


Job Title: Lead Software Product Manager

Location: Lagos
Type: Full Time

Job Description

• Andela is seeking a Lead Software Product Manager with
  world-class expertise in software product management to build and
  execute on Andela’s product roadmap, and contribute to the continuing
  growth of our team of African technology leaders. At Andela we do
  things a little differently.
• We consider our product to be the talented people we embed into
  technology teams around the world. We build software and products to
  support these talented people (we call them Fellows) in continuously
  developing their skills while doing exceptional work for their clients
  and colleagues.
• You know how to collaborate with various stakeholders to
  understand the company’s goals, and gather an understanding of industry
  trends and opportunities in order to formulate and direct the
  company’s product roadmap.
• You also know how to transfer the knowledge, behaviours and
  beliefs of your expertise to any technology professional from entry
  level to senior product managers. You’ll also find new challenges in
  crafting vertically integrated software products that supports the
  Andela Fellowship.

You’re the kind of person who:

• Has a clear passion and expertise in Product Management
• Are relentless in your desire to understand your users and the challenges they face.
• Believes in the effectiveness of collaborative problem solving
• Loves unlocking the potential of others and wants to learn how to do it even better
• Can support apprentices in learning from more experienced team members

In this job you will:

• You will lead our Product Management efforts. You will ensure
  that our internal software meet our business needs and have high
  usability.
• You will also have a strong hands-on presence: from mentoring
  and coaching Andela Fellows, to working seamlessly with our Education,
  Recruitment, Sales, Marketing, Success, Operations and Engineering
  departments, you’ll ensure alignment and deliver results.

You will also:

• Manage Andela’s product roadmap
• Create and prioritize the product backlog
• Communicate product direction to all relevant team members
• Maintain product requirements documents, use case documents and other assets that articulate  Andela’s user needs
• Oversee product execution from inception to delivery
• Define learning outcomes for Product Management expertise at different levels of the Andela Fellowship
• Mentor and advise fellows wishing to become Product Managers

Requirements
What makes you a great fit for this role:

• The ability to be located in Lagos, Nigeria or Nairobi, Kenya and travel regularly between our centers.
• 5-7+ years of product management experience at a software company
• Consensus-builder; develops relationships across the company with ease
• Technical fluency. You don’t have to be an engineer, but you do need to speak the language
• An eye for design.
• Strong project management and analytical skills, with a tendency toward data-backed decisions
• A Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a a technical field.

How to Apply
 


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