Head of Product

Job Summary

The Head of Product is responsible for leading the business strategy, development, implementation, and support processes for the company’s existing and new products. This position requires the development of Go to Market, Retention and Technology strategies for our products, in addition to leading the product managers and collaborating with our investment, sales, services, operations, technology, legal, marketing, and business teams. This includes client interactions with investors and touch points with potential partners in financial services, fintech, market/industry groups or regulators. The Head of Product should have experience working for a financial and/or technology organization, with strong attention to detail, communication and leadership skills.

Job Details

• Create the long-term vision, strategy and roadmap for the company’s products
• Lead, build and grow a high performing team of Product Managers, Design, Customer Support and Developer Relations (including hiring, mentoring, development, etc.)
• Take responsibility for implementation and maintenance of product management best practices
• Closely collaborate with the leadership team in order to align on high level business requirements
• Drive a digital first approach to all Products
• Implement a clear vision for all Products, digital consumption and commercial proposition and viability
• Provide thought leadership internally and bring in best-in-class product development practices
• Develop the roadmap and prioritize execution with the delivery team
• Have full ownership of the Product roadmap and strategy, across multiple product designers and dev teams
• Deploy a customer-first approach, utilising data and feedback from across the business to optimise the product

Requirements

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a similar course of study from a reputable university
• MBA is an added advantage
• Minimum of 7 years’ product management experience preferably as a Head of Product/ Product Lead / Senior Product Manager in a finance environment
• Minimum of 2+ years’ experience leading a product management team
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Certified Innovation Leader Credential (CIL) or other Product Management certification would be an added advantage
• Proven track record designing and delivering consumer facing propositions
• Deep understanding of Agile principles and experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies
• Prior experience writing business requirements, user stories or functional specifications required

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Attributes

• Proven ability to build, lead and grow an effective and results driven team
• Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products, as well as strong interest and understanding of technical architecture, and development tools
• Sound business case development and good knowledge of planning, monitoring, and controlling techniques
• Experience in market analysis and determining customers’ needs by obtaining market information
• A leader and a problem solver with a strategic mindset and ability to see projects through end to end.
• Deeply understand our products, how they are integrated, what our challenges are, and how we can build a market-leading offering.
• Ability to understand complex technical challenges and support the team in making the right decisions
• Comfortable working in large, cross-functional teams 
• Can produce high-quality market scans, competitor analyses and other reports as they are required
• A “self-starter” - willing to own all aspects of the product and the team
• Exacting attention to detail, picking up on the details that others miss
• Outstanding written and communication skills including a strong track record of cross-team and cross-client team participation
• An energetic, positive and innovative demeanor, with leadership and facilitation skills to bring projects to a successful delivery

About Company

Sankore Global Investments

https://www.sankore.com/

Founded in 2010, Sankore Investments is a wealth management firm that provides advisory, brokerage, fund management and other investment services to a range of clients including individuals and corporations. Our mission is to help our clients build, manage and preserve their wealth and we do this primarily by providing a bouquet of investment services tailored to the individual needs of each client. We are duly licensed by the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and hold the following SEC registrations across our business units: Investment Adviser, Portfolio Manager, Fund Manager, Broker/Dealer, Registrar, Issuing House and Trustee. We believe in Financial Inclusion and this is expressed in the technology products developed by one of our subsidiaries – Wealth Tech Limited.