Senior Product Manager, Ed Tech

• 5+ years of experience in product management (ideally in Edtech and generally in Software/Web Platforms as a Service Domain).
• A strong blend of technical and social impact background.
• Passion for design and user experience with evidence of ability to convey a product vision.
• Experience managing the product development process from Ideation to Scale.
• Ability to use clear examples through great communication to advice Edtech startup founders on Product Strategy
• A Human-Centered Design Approach to designing and building Edtech  product

• 5+ years of experience in product management (ideally in Edtech and generally in Software/Web Platforms as a Service Domain).
• A strong blend of technical and social impact background.
• Passion for design and user experience with evidence of ability to convey a product vision.
• Experience managing the product development process from Ideation to Scale.
• Ability to use clear examples through great communication to advice Edtech startup founders on Product Strategy
• A Human-Centered Design Approach to designing and building Edtech  product

Job Description

• Work closely with a number of Edtech Startups to understand their customer needs and gather product requirements.
• Lead the development of the product roadmap of the Edtech startups through conducting user research, analyzing the competitive environment, and understanding key product metrics.
• Work closely with the engineering team and User Interface and User Experience(UI/UX) team to help determine the best technical implementation methods as well as a reasonable implementation schedule for the Edtech ideas. 
• Work closely with the design team to create wireframes and write requirements/specifications for all product features that are new or already existing products features that need improvement.
• Build and document product use cases and scenarios
• Build backlogs of capabilities
• Help track the development of the products
• Display sound product judgment and present clear, measurable objectives that will lead to achieving business goals and social impacts for the Edtech products
• Support in measuring market trends and identifying solutions to support product development and iteration.
• Build Edtech Product Evaluation Toolkit Contextualized for the African Education Ecosystem