Summary
Date Posted: Friday, November 29, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Product Manager
Reports to: CEO & Founder
Location: Based in Kigali, Rwanda
Purpose: As a Product Manager your core focus is delivering the vision for Minexx’s MineSmart platform. From mapping the business processes and pain points on users in the field; deciding what gets built and when; to working on integrations with developers you will be tasked with creating our software product. You will work closely with the CEO (a former product manager) and the wider team to create the final product. .

Responsibilities and Tasks
Understand commercial relationships
• Quick come up to a speed of the stakeholder landscape
• Form an educated opinion of user needs and product strategy
• Understand commercial relationships and prioritize development accordingly
Map processes in mining cooperatives
• Map the different roles and the processes and actions done
• Map the different KPIs and incentives of each role
• Gather user feedback, understand user need and design solutions
• Create and test prototypes with users
Manage requirement backlog
• Write user stories and full requirements
• Manage the priority and value each feature can bring to the customer
• Understand how requirements could get the built-in system and potential complexities
• Make necessary requirements compromises
• Dig into customer’s jobs to understand pain points
Manage development
• Design user interfaces for Mobile, Web, and USSD
• Develop basic requirements yourself in ‘low-tech’ platform
• Manage the development of APIs with an external developer
• Manage the development of Mobile Money integrations and USSD & Digital Wallet
Testing & Implementation
• End-to-end testing of the solution
• Train users and gather feedback

Job Skills: Not Specified

Person Specification
• University degree, preferably Engineering or Science
• 4 years’ experience as Product Manager
• Ideally key system experience with Zoho (or other ‘low code’ platforms), USSD, Mobile Money & Digital wallets and APIs between them.
• Effective communicator in cross-cultural teams. Fluency in English. Kinyarwandan and French desirable.
• Energy and Passion: Tackling these problems isn’t easy you’ll need to bring plenty of energy to do this and should be passionate about helping the miners get a better deal.
• Women are strongly encouraged to apply

Job Education Requirements: University Degree
Job Experience Requirements: 4 years

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Job application procedure
Benefits
• Salary
• Living in Kigali – a beautiful, safe, clean city in the heart of Africa
• Experience working in a fast-paced startup - there is a large potential for growth in this position whilst making an impact on the millions of miners and their families
• Potential for short term (6-month contract) if requested by the applicant
Send your C.V. and cover letter to marcus@minexx.co with ‘Product Manager in subject line

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