Product Manager, Innovations

Location: Nairobi

Industry: Nonprofit, Education & Government

Company: Award-winning, Non-profit Social Enterprise

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Job Description

The Product Manager, Innovations will lead and manage the enhancement of value proposition through expansion of its product and services portfolio. S/he will work with members of cross-functional teams - Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Product Intelligence and Development, Finance, Impact Monitoring, Business Improvement and Information Services - to bring these new projects to fruition. The position will report to the Head of Marketing & Innovation and will be based in Nairobi with travel within Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Responsibilities:

• Product Development Roadmap/Product Portfolio Management.
• Facilitate the decision-making process for expanding product/services portfolio and developing product roadmap.
• Analyze product mix and each product's contribution to overall gross margin.
• Develop and pilot strategy for bundling products and services into a holistic solution to be packaged and offered.
• Product Management of Irrigation Technologies that enable smallholder farmers to increase income.
• Work with the Product Intelligence and Development and Marketing & Innovation teams to determine product features, pricing, positioning, and promotion.
• Manage project timelines & deliverables.
• Conduct training of Sales Team, oversee field implementation of pilots, and evaluate sales performance post-launch.
• Product Management of Financial Services designed to enhance the impact created by our Irrigation Technologies
• Tailor design of our existing Mobile Layaway service (micro-savings via M-PESA mobile money transfer) to target farmer groups in Kenya and Tanzania.
• Design and pilot Rent-to-Own (micro-credit version of Mobile Layaway) service.
• Evaluate performance post-launch.

Qualifications

Please compose a thoughtful cover letter that describes your commitment to the mission and how your experience satisfies the following:
• 1-3 years experience in product design, product management, or product marketing, and in sales and marketing of physical products, ICT services, and/or financial services.
• Experience in project management and implementation.
• Experience in team leadership and management with a high level of responsibility.
• Strong analytical skills including Microsoft Excel financial modeling skills.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and unstructured environment.
• Fluency in English. Kiswahili preferred.
• Experience working or living in developing countries, preferably in Africa.
• MBA or relevant Master's degree preferred.

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