Technical Product Manager

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