Associate Product Manager

Job Description

The Associate Product Manager will work as part of the Digitization and Automation team to help Sun King design, develop, and implement intelligent, tech-enabled solutions to help solve a large variety of our business problems. We are looking for candidates with an affinity for technology and automations, curiosity towards advancement in products and strong communication skills for our in-house software development team.

What you would be expected to do

• Gather, prioritize and refine requirements while keeping team members well informed.
• Create Use Cases, Flow Charts, Mock Screens, PRDs for business requirements, user requirements, functional & non-functional requirements and system requirements.
• Rolling out of new products/apps/automations and resolving stakeholder queries/issues.
• Work with cross-functional groups, development team and assist in the entire product lifecycle from design to development to launch.
• Test mobile applications/solutions/web panels at various stages of the lifecycle.
• Automate business processes using tools like Zapier/Google or Python Scripts, other automation tools.
• Perform regular data analytics to track, monitor and push product usage.
• Travel as per company requirement to places including but not limited to Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Myanmar and Tanzania.

You might be a strong candidate if you

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Prior 1-2 years of experience in software product management.
• Able to structure and analyse ambiguous problems.
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly through workflows, feature descriptions etc.
• Decent hands-on experience with Microsoft Excel and SQL, and any designing tools like Figma etc.
• Attention to detail and good documentation skills.
• Proactive and have willingness to get hands dirty.
• Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with the team and diverse mix of stakeholders within the organization.

What We Offer

• Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
• An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
• A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
• Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun Center for Leadership.