Product/ Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead the product understanding process using data to identify opportunities to remove friction and accelerate growth and market adoption of our products. 
• Explore and analyze the competitors, market position, industry and market developments to propose new innovation.
• Refine internal processes between departments and develop new systems where appropriate
• Research and analyze the market, the users, and the roadmap for the product and manage the feedback of user engagement to optimize future product development.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders across the company including Product Development, Operations, Marketing, and Finance
• Coordinate Daily Creative Scrums with all necessary stakeholders, consolidating feedback & ensuring team  members know next steps and assign action items
• Develop and prioritize initiatives and drive innovation.
• Continuously find ways to streamline workflow and optimize the process to identify best practice
• Continuously evaluate and communicate the status of ongoing projects, identify any bottlenecks or risks, manage expectations as needed
• Monitor and measure the success of new product features through analytical tools.
• Tracks project statuses and manage project issues and risks, to include evaluation of progress/quality from both an "on-time" and "on-budget" perspective while developing action plans to address gaps/risks throughout the project life cycle to ensure delivery.
• Drive execution by managing the entire product development Lifecycle and bringing the business into alignment with the company vision.
• Manage concurrent projects while developing timelines with key milestones and delivery
• Understanding and analyzing pain points and inefficiencies in the current product, validating hypotheses and prioritizing solutions.
• Formulate strategic insight, carry out primary research on customer experience and make recommendations accordingly to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals
• Translating business strategies into product strategies assortments and product specifications that deliver against both our core customer needs and our company's strategic and financial goals. 

Requirements:

• High level of commercial awareness with experience of using market insight to create value propositions. 
• An uncompromising focus on user-centric design, applying data, research and judgment to prioritize the biggest impact.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in leading feature development and product integration. Background in FinTech a Mandatory.
• Educational qualification in the marketing, business or engineering field
• Ability to use instinct to influence technical and business decisions backed by strong business and commercial understanding.
• Ability to understand and balance commercial needs against technical requirements and capabilities.
• Eager to ask questions and understand business and product objectives.
• Working knowledge of project and workstream management tools such as Confluence, Jira.
• Ability to establish ways of primary research, execute and implement changes accordingly.
• Tenacious, self-starter who thrives in understanding the details of complex, cross-functional projects and can effectively distil into actionable project plans.
• Superb organizational skills and an analytical view on maximizing productivity, with a focus on value and not getting caught up in the process.
• Have the energy and patience to work in a dynamic environment and rapidly growing industry.
• Inherently curious about how things work and the ability to self-educate when necessary.

We’re looking for:

• Innovative
• Action-oriented
• Sharp minded and creative thinker with analytical and problem-solving skills.
• A passion for leveraging analytics and metrics to drive effectiveness.
• Able to think strategically, structurally solve problems and drive execution.
• Able to partner with product design and able to design for growth and market adoption.

Additional skills and experience:

• Previous experience as a product owner or product manager/project manager in a B2B software environment. 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Self-starter and strong management skills.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience within the fintech industry is an Advantage

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Work with a young and dynamic team of exceptional talents.