Lead Product Manager (Technical Product Lead)

Kolomoni Microfinance Institution (Gambia) is a CBG-licensed microfinance institution serving customers across The Gambia. We are recruiting a Lead Product Manager to own product delivery across our technology initiatives.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Develop maintain and communicate product roadmaps aligned with organisational objectives.
  
• Translate business requirements into clear product requirements user stories process flows and acceptance criteria.
  
• Own and prioritise the backlog on business value customer impact and dependency.
  
• Hold requirements to standard sufficiently defined and technically assessed before development begins.
  
• Facilitate refinement sprint planning demonstrations and release planning and coordinate user acceptance testing.
  
• Manage dependencies risks constraints and delivery blockers escalating what the team cannot resolve.
  
• Ensure security compliance regulatory and operational requirements are built in rather than retrofitted.
  

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Substantial experience in product management or product ownership delivering software through a full lifecycle.
  
• Experience working directly with engineers on technical feasibility and delivery planning.
  
• Working knowledge of APIs system integration and application architecture.
  
• Agile and Scrum delivery experience.
  
• A first degree in computer science engineering business or a related discipline. Product Agile or project management certification is an advantage.
  
• Experience in financial services payments or another regulated environment is an advantage.