Job
description
Fenix International
(http://www.fenixintl.com)
is seeking a highly motivated and entrepreneurial Product Development manager
with leadership experience to contribute to our management team by driving the
design, improvement, and innovation of our flagship product, the ReadyPay Power
System. The role will report to the East Africa Managing Director and will work
cross-functionally with our engineering, customer service, product development,
sales, marketing, and technical teams to gather necessary business requirements
and convey them in a clear and succinct format
to our hardware engineering
team.
This position offers
an incredible opportunity to work with an elite team of business professionals
and engineers and directly contribute to the success of a Silicon Valley
startup operating in the East African social enterprise space. Candidates must
have a passion for entrepreneurship, renewable energy, and sustainable
development in frontier markets. As a Product Development Manager, you will be
based in Kampala, Uganda (with regular trips to the office in San Francisco)
working on critical projects with real and immediate impact. There will also be
opportunities to travel domestically within East Africa to better understand
Fenix’s customer base.
Key
Responsibilities
- Work
with key business stakeholders to collect business requirements and ensure
product design serves our customers and the needs of the business. - Help
facilitate definition of project scope, goals, milestones and
dependencies. - Translate
needs into actionable requirements. - Collaborate
with stakeholders to plan development schedules; determine the priority
and release schedule of new products and features and communicate
timelines, and release notes to all key stakeholders. - Maintain
multiple interdependent projects and update as need and priority changes. - Define and
implement stage-gate model for product life cycle from cradle to grave. - Identify
necessary hardware development resources required to minimize project risk
and ensure on-time delivery. - Help
create and design innovative new hardware product offerings for customer
base, and guide the implementation of the tools needed to launch. - Test
all newly developed products for desired form, functionality, quality, and
experience and provide feedback to engineering team. - Train
various business representatives on key hardware functionality and
updates. - Seek to
optimize customer experience and user interface of the product.
Required Skills
& Experience
- 2+
years of product development experience, preferably at a hardware company.
- Ability
to maintain big-picture vision while simultaneously focusing on the minute
details. - Leadership
and project management experience: we are looking for entrepreneurial
candidates who have started or contributed significantly to a particular
project, team, or new company and we especially value candidates who have
seen projects through from start to finish, from design to scale up phase.
- Commitment
to live and work with Fenix in East Africa for at least 1 year. - Strong
interpersonal skills to interface with all members of both the business
and engineering teams. - Outstanding
written and verbal communications skills (English). - High
competency in Microsoft Office products. - Ability
to work independently. - Thrives
on teamwork. - Bachelor
degree.
Highly Desired
Skills
- Education
and/or work experience in East Africa. - Experience
designing products for emerging markets. - Masters
degree.
How
to apply
Please apply via fenixintl.com/careers.
Email aevangelides@fenixintl.com with additional questions.
