• Application Deadline:
• Position: Head of Product


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 10 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Product Management 
  

About Role

• As the Head of products, you will be a key member of the product leadership team responsible for crafting the vision and strategy for our products - Vendease e-Procurement, Vendease Inventory Management System, CostEasy, Point of Purchase and FoodDI - while scaling critical growth engine of our business.


• You will also be responsible for overseeing the delivery and management of the Vendease products.

What You’ll do

• Collaborate with senior leaders and executives across Vendease to clearly define and articulate the product vision and desired functionality, scalability and success metrics for our Product Users


• Take charge of the product vision and plan the roadmap for all Vendease product to ultimately drive user adoption and self-service


• Ensure in-depth analyses of user cohorts in terms of key commercial metrics as well as attributes such as demographic, location, customer segment/business vertical etc. to guide roadmap decisions


• Influence, oversee and be accountable for all Vendease product delivery by ensuring the team run frequent field trips and in person user research to deepen understanding of the target persona and most pressing needs


• Drive design, prototyping, A/B testing and solution development of key features to attract & retain more users and improve key metrics


• Creatively overcome challenges to deliver value for large customers in a scalable way that unlocks future growth opportunities for the company


• Become an active promoter for the Vendease Product team, including the creation of future product vision and strategy with product roadmaps, and report out to a variety of stakeholders and senior leadership on metrics and adoption


• Facilitate a collaborative and agile environment, while also leading process improvement efforts


• Manage a team of seasoned product leaders with a large and growing set of surface area and products


• Partnering with internal Product and Tech teams, partners, and contractors to creatively deliver on product commitments

Requirements

• 10+ years of product management experience (including 3+ years of executive leadership experience)


• Specific experience leading and building SaaS/Software products that have scaled beyond Nigeria and for large enterprises


• Proven experience in working with large customers to deliver solutions at scale


• Entrepreneurial spirit in building new products and services


• A track record of success in managing Product Managers and in building a high performing product management team


• Knowledge of restaurant/hospitality industry and a background in software development is a plus


• Good command of Jira and SQL


• Excellent written and verbal communication skill


• Excellent teamwork skills and proven ability to influence cross-function