M-KOPA is a fast-growing FinTech company offering millions of underbanked customers across Africa access to life-enhancing products and services. From our roots as the pioneer in pay-as-you-go �PayGo� solar energy for off-grid homes, we have grown into one of the most advanced connected asset financing platforms in the world, empowering a broad range of customers to achieve progress in their lives.
Description
- Are you looking for an opportunity to work in a company where progress and humility are valued as highly as technical excellence? At M-KOPA we use the latest technologies and tools to build fantastic customer experiences with a socially and environmentally conscious mission that echoes throughout the organization.
- You can join our journey too as a Head of Product_ E-Mobility
- As one of Africa’s leading fintech lenders, M-KOPA issues millions of micro-loans to our customers every year with a focus on financial inclusion for empowering assets, including Smartphones, Digital Financial Services, and now Electric Motorbikes.
- M-KOPA is positioned to lead the African e-Mobility financing sector and as the Head of Product, you will be part of this objective.
- We're looking for a blend of technical product management experience, strategy and analytics experience.
- You will be based in Nairobi or be able to travel there frequently and will report to Managing Director of M-KOPA Mobility.
Responsibilities
In this role, you’ll be expected to:
- Know all things electric mobility - from battery supply chains to battery management system AI algorithms to future price curves to electric charger types to manufacturing assembly tax benefits
- Be a key leader in defining the product strategic direction of M-KOPA's electric mobility business
- Design, run, and iterate M-KOPA's electric vehicle and electric charging / swapping tests and feed that input back into product evolution
- Manage M-KOPA's electric vehicle, charging infrastructure, and supply chain partners
Key Details:
- Location: Ideally Nairobi, Kenya - but other locations possible with frequent travel
- Travel: Moderate travel to/within Kenya, and other locations where supply chain partners operate (Africa, India, China, Taiwan, etc)
Requirements
Your application should include:
- Evidence of Data Driven Product Development and management
- Successful collaborations with cross-functional team members
- Experience working closely with external stakeholders such as supply chain partners
- Technical experience with products involving electric vehicles and/or lithium ion batteries and/or EV battery management systems and/or finance lease software systems.
You might be a good fit if:
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience working as a Head of Product or Sr. Product manager
- Priority will be given to those with deep technical experience with products involving electric vehicles and/or lithium ion batteries and/or EV battery management systems and/or finance lease software systems.
- Priority will be given to those with market experience in the markets M-KOPA operates in
- You are passionate about products and product management and leading product teams
- You are passionate about electric mobility and lithium-ion batteries and engaging with motorbike drivers, riders and EV companies
- You understand and appreciate the power of credit financing for underbanked populations
- You have experience building electric mobility products and services
- You thrive equally as well in the field engaging with and running customer tests as you do in the Board room reporting on key metrics and building long-term strategy
- You thrive in a fast paced, highly dynamic, work environment
- Be excited about the future of electric mobility and all the social and customer benefits it brings
- You like to have fun and being apart of a close-knit team
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