Technical Product Specialist job at Interswitch
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Vacancy title:
Technical Product Specialist

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Business Management and Administration , Category: Admin & Office ]

Jobs at:

Interswitch

Deadline of this Job:
14 December 2021  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
Responsible for the overall success of the product and any improvement/transformational plans of product in portfolio.

Job Responsibilities:
• Product Management Duties
• Define the product vision, strategy & roadmap
• Work closely with technical, sales, marketing and support teams to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met
• Participate actively & works with marketing team in designing communication/marketing strategies of product(s)
• Set pricing to meet revenue and profitability goals
• Estimate the consumer demand for the product, identify potential customers, stay informed of any competing products
• Develop pricing strategies and oversee product development
• Responsible for gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements
• Obtain feedback/challenges from clients about product periodically & debrief internal stakeholders
• Work with technical team with respect to prioritizing problem/issue resolution and for continuously enhancing the product. Maintain backlog of product(s)
• Drive the product concept and product requirements based on customer needs and ideas that come from various sources. Evaluate and prioritize the requirements and develop them into a feature set
• Responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle advising management on which product to drop or enhance
• Work with marketing for product positioning, go-to-market strategy, messaging and product launch.
• Work with cross-functional internal team (sales, legal, marketing etc.) and partners.
• Develop an understanding of customer needs, industry market trends and competitive landscape.
• Gather market information to understand customer/product problems and design innovative solutions to translate them into revenue opportunities with assistance from requisite teams
• Continuously benchmark product with that of competition and ensure own product is better and adds more value
• Ensure all product documentation are accurate and up to date at all times
• Propose an overall budget to ensure success of the products
• Coordinates ideas, concepts and product feature research and makes the case for enhancements where necessary
• Periodic duties:
• Attend seminars, trade shows, events & other marketing initiatives to demonstrate technical specification of products
• Product Training
• Quality Assurance
• Relationship Management
• Manage client relationships and regularly interface with Client representatives and colleagues to understand and resolve any issues as pertaining to product usage and functionality
• Develop a mechanism for obtaining feedback from clients (and key players) using products in portfolio
• New Business Development
• Recommend new business opportunities and develop business case in support of such opportunities.
• Project Management
• Oversee the development of relevant company or client proposals for the products in portfolio
• Develop relevant product training manual/presentation slides
• Liaise effectively with development team and Project Management Office with respect to projects/integration handled
• Participate in UAT sessions of developed solutions before deployment/customer sign off
• Facilitate product training sessions/workshops of product(s) in portfolio as required
• Perform solution testing and give feedback to clients and development team where necessary

Education Qualification
• A degree in Computer Science or Social Sciences
• Experience
• 3-5 years minimum experience in a similar function.
• Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Send your application to; careers.ke@interswitchgroup.com 

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Job Info
Job Category: Administrative jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 14 December 2021
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 30-11-2021
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 30-11-2021
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 30-11-2065
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