Associate Product Manager job at IDinsight
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Vacancy title:
Associate Product Manager

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Computer & IT ]

Jobs at:

IDinsight

Deadline of this Job:
25 January 2023  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

About the Role,
We are seeking candidates with a background in engineering, data science, product & research who are looking to transition into a product management role. The ideal candidate should be passionate about solving difficult social problems.

As an APM, the day-to-day work may include the following:
• Participating in team meetings and removing blockers for IDinsight developer teams
• Assisting in sprint planning and retrospectives
• Creating and managing project work plans and budgets
• Communicating with IDinsight project teams and clients on software planning and execution
• Reviewing team deliverables for quality control

Qualifications
Technical qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree.
• 0-2 years of product experience & less than 4 years of cumulative experience to support our software development capabilities.
• Experience working with software development teams.
• Experience using agile principles and tools.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and related concepts such as version control, testing, and continuous integration/deployment.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Required qualifications:
• Proven ability to work alone and with teams in a dynamic, multicultural environment.
• Passion for improving lives through evidence-informed policy.
• Outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English. Fluency in languages spoken in countries where IDinsight works is a plus, particularly Hindi or French.
• Strong values aligned with IDinsight’s stated values.
• Ability and interest in sharing knowledge, mentoring others, presenting work, and reviewing the work of others.
• Deeply passionate about global development and improving lives in disadvantaged populations.
• Open-minded self-starter who will thrive while tackling new, unusual, and unpredictable challenges.

Preferred qualifications:
The most competitive applicants will satisfy one or more of the following requirements:
• Advanced degree, preferably in Computer science, Engineering, Business, Public policy, Economics.
• Previous experience in Product development/management. You have supported the shipping of at least one product that has delivered meaningful results.
• Writing user and developer-facing documentation for software projects.
• Familiarity with software systems architecture.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure using a hosting service like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Familiarity with user research methodologies.
• Strong project management skills including the ability to translate user requirements into actionable user stories.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to IDinsight on internationalcareers-idinsight.icims.com to apply


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Job Info
Job Category: Computer/ IT jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 25 January 2023
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 12-01-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 12-01-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 12-01-2067
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