Product Owner

Core responsibilities:

• Gather requirements from cross-functional teams to translate strategy into clear product specifics and develop product roadmaps
• Lead ideation and user-focused product design, creating systems to gather user feedback and integrate it into products
• Conduct market research, user testing, and analyze quantitative data to drive improvements in user experience
• Project manage the entire tech product development cycle, including backlog prioritization, release planning, and developer management

This role creates positive change by developing technology solutions that help prepare youth in Africa to learn, earn and thrive in today's economy, with a focus on reaching marginalized rural girls and young women through accessible tools.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field (nice to have) with minimum 3 years work experience
• Experience building both web and mobile applications with offline capabilities and working with program delivery platforms like USSD, SMS, WhatsApp
• Broad understanding of tech product development process with experience creating product roadmaps, user journey maps, and backlog grooming
• Experience using qualitative and quantitative data (especially from A/B tests) to make product decisions and basic knowledge of MySQL/Postgres, JIRA, and Figma

Benefits include:

• A vibrant, mission-driven environment with a supportive and fun team
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Learning & growth opportunities

Educate! prepares youth in Africa to learn, earn and thrive in today's economy by introducing employment-focused school subjects and delivering livelihood boot camps for out-of-school youth, with over 500,000 youth impacted across East Africa.