Yassir is the leading super App in the Maghreb region set to changing the way daily services are provided. It currently operates in 45 cities across Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia with recent expansions into France, Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa. It is backed (~$200M in funding) by VCs from Silicon Valley, Europe and other parts of the world. We offer on-demand services such as ride-hailing and last-mile delivery. Building on this infrastructure, we are now introducing financial services to help our users pay, save and borrow digitally. Helping usher the continent into a digital economy era. We’re not just about serving people - we’re about creating a marketplace to bring people what they need while infusing social values. About the role We are in search of a talented and motivated individual to join our team and start working on all sorts of interesting Financial Services and quick-delivery products. As a Product Manager at Yassir, you will be responsible for driving product initiatives from inception through execution. In this role, you will collaborate closely with designers, engineers, analysts, and other cross-functional team members within the organization to ensure that our products amaze and delight our users. You would be a leader who works in a highly collaborative environment, focused on building products in a lean way, as well as building strong relationships with your stakeholders and other product teams. If you like working in a product culture where teams value rapid testing and learning, then this is a great opportunity for you.
About your role as Product Manager
Co-create, coordinate and facilitate your team's product discovery process
Work with cross-functional collaborators, such as engineers, product designers, and marketers, to validate product ideas through a variety of product discovery frameworks and methods
Work closely with users and stakeholders to understand their needs and objectives, and to gain a deep understanding of the problem space through workshops and research
Conduct secondary and primary research, prototyping, and experiments (e.g. defining and understanding of proto-personas, customer journeys, customer interviews)
Translate customer insights into prioritized product ideas or experiments to be tested on the market and with customers
Synthesize data to make strategic evidence-based recommendations founded on the business, market, and customer needs
Facilitate and actively collaborate in the development of business models, go2market plans, and early-traction tactics for products to be launched in collaboration with our clients, the product team, and other experts (e.g. marketing)
Facilitate agile ceremonies in order to deliver a product or product initiatives in a timely manner and agreed on the quality
About your experience
Minimum of 3 years of proven experience in product management with digital products or in a similar product role at a Fintech Startup.
A track record of launching consumer-facing digital products and services (B2B or B2C)
Experience working with scale-ups
Ability to create and execute a customer discovery process to gather pains and opportunities
Ability to design and run various ideation workshops
Presentation skills and storytelling
Understanding of how to integrate analytics into a product for generating useful information
Understanding of the importance of branding and when it's important and when it's not
A strong understanding of value proposition design and what makes for a successful venture
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate and influence stakeholders at all levels
Knowledge of modern development practices like agile and scrum
General understanding of the technical aspects in digital product development with the ability to work closely with technical engineers and get the best out of them
Strong design sense with the ability to collaborate with designers to produce great work
Ability to manage stakeholders across the business and clients
Passion for digital products and human-centered design
Dependable, enthusiastic, curious with great energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Fluent English
Nice to have
Knowledge of lean startup techniques and what a good MVP should be across B2B and B2C
Technical, consulting, or design background
Understanding of metrics and how to define them for different companies and products
Understanding of behavioral psychology and how to make products with high engagement and stickiness
Understanding of the growth process across Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral and Revenue
Why you should join Yassir
😎 You will be part of one of the first Algerian startups to go through the Y Combinator program and one of the fastest-growing tech companies in North Africa. We are currently in +30 cities (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, France and, Germany)
💸 Attractive salary and you even get a stake in the company
🤙🏽Have a lasting impact on our company's culture
🚀 Perfect timing with renowned investors to build something great
📈 Extremely steep learning curve with own responsibility and intensive guidance
💯 Make a real impact on the world by helping us bring affordable financial and on-demand services to millions of Africans
🌎As a company, we are passionate about diversity and inclusion, 40% of our team are women leaders in the tech sector
