Product Manager

Who we are

Moniepoint is an all-in-one financial services platform for emerging markets and the second-fastest growing company in Africa. 
Since 2019, Moniepoint’s technology has powered over 3 million people, offering personal and business banking, payment, credit and business management tools to help them succeed. Moniepoint processed $182 billion in 2023 and currently processes the majority of the POS transactions in Nigeria.

Curious about what makes Moniepoint an incredible place to work? Check out posts on how we cultivate a culture of innovation, teamwork, and growth.

About the role

As a Product Manager, you will be responsible for solving business objectives in line with customer needs, developing user requirements and translating them to user experiences and product requirement documents. You will be the vital link between our engineering capacity and our core business objectives with responsibility for the successful implementation and deployment of products that our customers love by driving user research, gathering product requirements, and implementing, testing and deploying our software products features. You will also work closely with the design, engineering, marketing, compliance, legal & other related teams to define and execute the next important thing to work on.

Responsibilities 

Business Development

• Work closely with Business Leadership in driving key objectives and results for the business unit.
• Own and develop relationships with partners, working with them to optimize and enhance our integration.
• Handle internal and external project communication.

User Discovery

• Create, plan and execute user research workshops that drive business objectives.
• Conduct user research using appropriate research methodologies.
• Systematically create and explore opportunities and solutions for ideas that solve customer problems.
• Distill and present research findings to key stakeholders.
• Work closely with designers in crafting ideas to test.
• Gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth.

Usability Testing

• Design and execute appropriate usability tests for a product or feature.
• Collate, analyze and report on findings to key stakeholders.

Product Design

• Develop, test & iteratively improve low-fidelity wireframes for features and products.
• Coordinate product design (high fidelity & prototypes) efforts using validated theories.

Product Development

• Defined tested and verified customer requirements to the engineering team, working closely with Technical Product Management to deliver features to required specifications.
• Perform quality assurance to ensure the solution being delivered is in line with the customer's requirements.

Product Analytics

• Define, set up and monitor key product OKPs & KPIs in line with the business objectives.
• Gather and analyze customer feedback.
• Generate insights and recommendations based on product usage and report findings to stakeholders.

Other

• Constantly be on the lookout for ways to improve monitoring, discover issues and deliver better value to the customer.
• Report on common sources of technical issues or questions and make recommendations to the product team.
• Work closely with marketing in designing awareness, sales and go-to-market campaigns.

Requirements 

• The candidate must have 5+ years of experience in product management in complex/matrix environments with some expertise in user experience. Preferably within a fintech, banking or technology organization.
• Proficiency in various user research techniques.
• Proficiency in various user usability testing techniques.
• Proficiency in various user data analysis tools and techniques.
• Effectively and appropriately communicate with various internal & external stakeholders.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills, combined with strong presentation and public speaking skills.
• Strong experience in a dynamic product management role.
• Ability to efficiently manage and juggle multiple responsibilities.
• Experience in working with several cross-functional teams - engineering, marketing, legal, etc.
• Diplomatically present your findings across to encourage buy-in.
• Excellent planning, problem-solving and strategic thinking skills.
• Experience leading multiple and distributed teams.
• Solid experience in writing SQL queries
• Strong knowledge in generating process documentation
• Experience designing or creating user interfaces.

What we can offer you

• Culture -We put our people first and prioritize the well-being of every team member. We’ve built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human.
• Learning - We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
• Compensation - You’ll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance,annual bonus, plus other benefits.

What to expect in the hiring process

• A preliminary phone call with one of our recruiters
• A panel technical interview with our Product Leads
• A behavioural and technical interview with a member of the Executive team.