Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job summary
Product Managers play a key role in bringing products to a consumer market. They coordinate the creation, design, implementation, and launch of products.
The Product Manager is responsible for the product planning and marketing of CyberRwanda, including managing the product and service workstreams of each product lifecycle. They will gather and prioritize requirements, and plan and scope tasks to ensure delivery and launch, based on informed, data-driven, strategic decisions.
This is a full-time, 12-month contractor role, which requires the candidate to be located in either of the following timezones: WAT, CAT, or EAT. Preference will be given to candidates who are based in Rwanda.

You will:
Strategy & Metrics
• Define product vision in collaboration with Design and create buy-in internally and externally to ensure alignment and focus.
• Formulate product ideas and features and inform decision making through an analytical and metric-driven lens.
• Synthesize quantitative data from tools such Google Analytics and Heat Maps to provide recommendations for product improvements.
• Own the product roadmap and aggregate product ideas into a cohesive and high impact product requirements and technical specs, with a focus on success metrics (KPIs, OKRs).
Work Planning & Roadmapping
• Manage product roadmap and backlog.
• Maintain and update processes to ensure documentation, reports, and plans are relevant, accurate, and iterative.
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements, user stories, and product specifications.
• Research and formulate a plan and framework for implementation, preparing necessary deliverables such as strategy documents and roadmaps.
Organization & Communication
• Facilitate meetings, standups, and workshops with the internal team, and key partners and stakeholders to ensure features are delivered on time and on budget.
• Scope, plan, and delegate tasks to team members, keeping in mind level of effort and prioritization.
• Collaborate closely with the team, especially design and development to test and launch new features at a steady and suitable cadence.
• Effectively track and communicate project status, metrics, and next steps, ensuring that the team is aligned on strategic objectives.

You are:
• Highly organized, efficient, and structured.
• An active listener, passionate about meeting user needs.
• An excellent communicator, both with internal team members and partners.
• Able to look at the bigger picture by thinking outside the box.
• Proactive about forecasting and measuring product performance.
• Great at time management and juggling multiple tasks.

You have:
• Extensive experience of the full software development cycle.
• Experience working on native applications as well as web applications.
• Ability to go from scoping requirements all the way to actual launch.
• Data-driven and analytical.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Attention to detail and ability to keep a team on deadline.

Desirable:
• Knowledge or experience of product marketing
• Experience with Human-Centred Design
• Knowledge or experience conducting market research

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
This is a 12 months contractor role and it is based in Kigali, Rwanda. To apply, send a resume, cover letter and link to your portfolio to talent@ylabsglobal.org  with the subject line: Product Manager - Rwanda. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
This posting will be open from 19th April to 19th May 2022. Once the application period closes, all applications will be reviewed by our Hiring Committee. YLabs recognizes the effort that goes into submitting an application; all candidates will be notified of their application status once the hiring process begins.

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