Technical Product Manager

Why Airtel Africa?

At Airtel, we don't just make things we make things possible. Airtel Africa is on a mission to change the world by

connecting people with ideas. We are building next generation systems to improve the quality of life for millions of users

spanned across 14+ countries.

What will you do?

• Building Digital Consumer and Enterprise platform, products & team from scratch

• True enterprise problem Platforms and products built once, deployed for multiple enterprises/ countries.

• True scalable products Products will be deployed in countries with subscriber base ranging from 100k subscribers

to 200M subscribers

• Start-up culture with resources and scale of a multi-billion $ company

• Unparalleled responsibility and career opportunity to make a highly visible global impact

What will make you successful?

• 8+ years of full time technical product management experience within an engineering or technical team

• Demonstrated success managing multiple major and concurrent programs to envision, develop and deliver Products.

• Prior experience conceptualizing and development plus delivery of Web Products.

• Significant experience working with software engineering leadership, technical teams and individual contributors

• Knowledge of project management tools, like Jira and Confluence

• Ability to communicate authoritatively at a sufficient technical depth

• Agile coaching and practitioner experience (Scrum, Kanban) with multiple teams

• Experience in managing all phases of end-to-end product development

• Knowledge of Internet client/server applications and systems

• Hands-on software development experience a plus

What will you be responsible for?

• Drive the product management and program management for a Web Application which will be used by millions of Airtel customers.

• Participate in one or more scrum teams as a product owner to define quarterly and sprint goals, set priorities and manage backlog

• Work with engineering and architecture leadership to define product and underlying platform capabilities

• Collaborate with the multiple functional teams in Airtel Africa to deliver features which might require upgrade of Core Platform capabilities.

• Liaise with other teams inside Airtel Africa that are instrumental in delivering the project management capability

• Set criteria for release readiness with regards to functionality of the solution

• Support multiple cross-functional technical teams to deliver their objectives in fast-paced and complex programs and projects

• Develop strong partnerships with engineering and product management leaders to drive focus on strategic and tactical program objectives

• Build strategic relationships with key technology and business leaders to ensure program success

• Drive teams and individuals in planning and executing roadmaps, releases, and work backlogs

• Lead efforts to identify risks, resolve key project conflicts, and establish appropriate resolution paths

• Work closely with the SRE team for deployment and delivery of features