Head of Product at M-Gas

M-Gas is using technology to transform lives by providing clean cooking gas to all Kenyans 24 hrs, 7 days a week. We give you our cylinder filled with gas, a smart meter, a gas cooker and a key card as part of our package so you don’t have to pay the high upfront fee of buying a gas cylinder and cooker.
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Head of Product

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldICT / Computer  , Product Management 

About the Job

  • Proactively and holistically lead teams in building products that customers love and support the strategic growth plan of the company.
  • Identify customer needs and more prominent business objectives for a particular product, articulate what success looks like.
  • Translating product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes.
  • Gathering and prioritizing customer requirements to create winning products.
  • Creating buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners.  
  • Duties & Responsibilities
  • 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.
  • Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners.
  • Develop product pricing and positioning strategies.
  • Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes.
  • Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact.
  • Work closely with engineering teams to deliver with quick time-to-market and optimal resources. 
  • Drive product launches including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members.
  • Evaluate promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed.
  • Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding.
  • Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on company products and services

Personal Attributes

  • Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies.
  • Understanding of the different types of agile principles, methodologies, and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level. 
  • Understanding of existing, new, and emerging technologies, and processing environments.
  • Strong leadership skills with exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
  • Knowledge of all components of enterprise architecture, business and IT principles and processes.
  • Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
  • Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job. 
  • Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in a matrix organization.
  • Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills.
  • Excellent written, verbal, communication, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences. 
  • Ability to present technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Enthusiasm to continually improve skills and learn new technologies.
  • Fluent in English  

Academic Qualifications

  • BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or other relevant graduate degree is a plus    Degree

Skill Qualifications

  • Startup business experience is a plus  
  • Knowledge in AWS technologies and services.  
  • Experience managing technical teams; in different geographical locations   
  • Four or more years of experience as a software developer/engineer or technical lead. 
  • Product management experience as part of a global team.

 Deadline: Sep 29, 2023

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to M-Gas on careers.mgas.ke to apply

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