Job Description
Summary and Scope
- The Product Support Officer plays a pivotal role in ensuring the seamless development, deployment, and support of products within the organization.
- Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, this role is responsible for providing support in managing product requirement documents, supporting pre and post-deployment activities and monitoring adherence to product policies.
- Additionally, the Product Support Officer is instrumental in driving market research efforts, analyzing data, and presenting findings to aid decision-making processes.
Duties and Responsibilities
Collaboration and Support:
- Work closely with relevant Product team members to provide support services for team projects, ensuring product requirements are accurately implemented.
- Support pre and post-product deployment activities to facilitate smooth transition and resolve any issues that may arise.
- Collaborate with Marketing, Customer Engagement, and Sales teams to provide second-level support aimed at continuously improving the marketing lifecycle.
Documentation Management:
- Manage product requirement documents (PRDs) to ensure they are up to standard and readily available to all stakeholders.
- Ensure product models are maintained to meet implementation goals and standards.Monitor and enforce adherence to guiding product policies and goals.
Customer Experience Enhancement:
- Monitor the customer experience for users of products, overseeing continuous improvements to enhance user satisfaction.
- Identify and address any issues or concerns raised by customers to improve overall product quality and usability
Product Portfolio Management:
- Manage and remove obsolete products from the portfolio to streamline offerings and maintain relevance in the market.
- Initiate and support market research efforts to gather insights into customer needs, preferences, and market trends
Analysis and Reporting:
- Complete all necessary work to support market research needs, including data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
- Prepare and present reports containing necessary analysis and project insights to key stakeholders.
Key Performance Indicator:
- Effectiveness of products developed
- Quality of market evaluation done to achieve teams’ objectives
- Quality and effectiveness of PRDs
- Quality of analysis done to aid decision making
- Quality, Accuracy, and Timeliness of reports
Required Experience and Skills
- Proven experience (1- 2 years at least) in product support role.
- Having the experience within the financial services sector is an added advantage.
- Good understanding of financial markets, investment products, and regulatory frameworks.
- Good analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- Familiarity with agile development methodologies is an advantage.
- Experience with Product lifecycle Analysis and voice of customer (VOC)
- Good knowledge and use of existing software packages (Power BI and Microsoft Excel)