Senior Technical Product Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
iPay Holding is the digital innovation arm of the Inteltec Group. We accelerate the growth of best of breed solutions targeted towards the ICT, Mobile Money, E-commerce, Retail and Public Sectors in the region. There is also a division of iPay dedicated towards seeding and incubating in-house projects and majority-owned startup investments. We are a young and dynamic organization leading the development of Smart VAS, Mobile Money, Retail and Hospitality and Digital Innovation projects across the MENA region. As a business accelerator for both new business startups and distribution partnerships with international telecom service providers we drive the incubation, launch and operational execution of ventures across GCC and Africa.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Sr. Technical Product Manager at iPay will undertake the following responsibilities.
- Drive key prioritization decisions and take ownership of the product vision as it relates to third-party integrations, our client-facing API, and connectivity-related enhancements across our product suite.
- Align our API & Integrations strategy with our segment-specific product roadmaps and iPay broader strategic objectives.
- Develop a deep understanding of client use cases to identify creative, thoughtful solutions.
- Work closely with a best-in-class Engineering team to deliver high-quality product features in a timely and efficient manner.
- Become an expert in our API & Integrations functionality, with total knowledge of the ‘what, why, and how.’
- Use your expertise to articulate our product vision and support adoption of new features as they are deployed.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology or computer science.
- At least 10 years of professional product management or related technology experience, with a focus in third-party integrations specifically in payments and shipping and logistics companies, data connectivity, and/or enterprise API management.
- Strong technical background in the API space, with strong related coding experience
- Experience with financial data sets and settlements
- Experience crafting business requirements, scoping documents, and technical specifications.
- Great communication skills and an ability to tailor your messaging to engage various stakeholders.
- An ability to effectively engage with clients and professionals to distill stakeholder needs and incorporate end-user feedback.
- An ability to efficiently prioritize, triage, and synthesize multiple perspectives.
- Experience of working in finance and / or payments is required.
- Familiarity with API tools such as Postman, Insomnia, SoapUI or similar application
- Drive key prioritization decisions and take ownership of the product vision as it relates to third-party integrations, our client-facing API, and connectivity-related enhancements across our product suite.
- Align our API & Integrations strategy with our segment-specific product roadmaps.
- Strong working knowledge of relevant flowchart applications such as Visio.
- Strong knowledge of relevant mockup applications.
- High proficiency in technical writing.
PERSONAL SKILLS:
- Proven analytical skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience in working with an agile team.
- Experience in working on agile project management software like Jira.
- Ability to maintain an attention to details.
- Passionate and obsessed in creating seamless customer ex