We are now looking for a highly motivated individual that will be able to support this fast pace growth by ensuring that Gozem’s product constantly evolves to meet the needs of its users. If you have a strong entrepreneurial spirit and love setting a vision, solving problems, and creating something from nothing, this may be the opportunity you’ve been looking for.

The Product Manager role at Gozem is a unique opportunity to have a direct and significant impact at the earliest stages of a tech startup in West Africa. As a key member of the team, you will oversee and optimize Gozem’s product to achieve rapid growth. This role calls for a rare combination of problem-solving skills, creative business thinking, and strong interpersonal ability/people skills.

The Product Manager needs to be competent in all facets of the design process, hands-on experience with visual design, user research and exceptionally talented and skilled in Interaction and Information Architecture Design. As a well-rounded UX/UI professional you will connect the dots between business needs, innovation and good design. A great communicator with extensive cross functional collaboration experience and able to balance user needs and business objectives.

What You’ll Do

Ability to define the full specifications of new product functions and engage with the engineering team to develop them
Ability to rigorously test functions to ensure they match specifications and UX expectations
Ability to build user flow charts, storyboards, wireframes, and related elements that play into the planning phase of an application.
Strong focus on usability and interactive design.
Researching and analyzing industry UX/UI trends and competitor sites and strategies.
Regular review of usage data to analyze user behaviour, pain points and to inform design decisions.
Able to handle expectations of Stakeholders and setting clear vision and get buy in cross functional.

What You’ll Need

Bachelor or Masters in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering , Operations Research or Mathematics/Statistics
3 years of relevant experience in related fields
Familiarity with database structuring needed
Familiarity with API based product needed
Basic knowledge of any programming language a plus
Experience in interfacing with other teams and departments to deliver impact solutions for organisation
Self-motivated, independent learner, and enjoy sharing knowledge with team members
Detail-oriented and efficient time manager in a dynamic and fast-paced working environment
Fluent in French and English

Nice to have

Previous experience as a growth hacker in a startup or tech company is a plus
Experience in geospatial databases or graph databases
Recent programming experience in a production environment

About US

Gozem is Africa's Super App. The app, available on Android and iOS, provides a suite of transport, ecommerce and financial services to consumers and transport providers of Francophone Sub-saharan Africa.

Gozem is currently operating in 8 cities in Togo and Benin with more than 400,000 registered users that have completed more than 2 million trips since their launch in November 2018.

Website: http://www.gozem.co

Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gozem

Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gozem/id1441247963

Our Spirit

Do you aspire to flourish in a stimulating and friendly environment? Do you want to evolve and progress in digital, dynamic and disruptive contexts?

Help us grow and become Africa's next unicorn! Join a company where long-term vision, ambition and human values will be the connectors of your professional project!

If you share our vision of moving Africa forward quickly, apply to join our team today.