Job Vacancies at Babban Gona Agricultural Franchise

Babban Gona Agricultural Franchise is a financially sustainable, high impact and highly scalable social enterprise, which is part-owned by the farmers it serves. Babban Gona is an innovative model designed to serve the bottom of the pyramid and transform agriculture into a job-creation engine. Through this agricultural franchise, Babban Gona offers a suite of services to smallholder farmers, helping them to overcome the challenges of fragmentation and low economies of scale.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Associate, Product Manager

Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria

About the Job
Product Management

• Provide end-to-end product life cycle management from information gathering to reporting on effectiveness through analysis & financial management
• Collect quantitative product data and metrics through market research
• Synthesize customer research
• Gather product requirements and align them with business goals
• Coordinate with stakeholders to achieve the product vision
• Ensure that projects meet the needs of intended clients through efficient market research and regional input
• Collaborate with Enterprise Systems engineering team, program associates to share required product properties
• Create viable product design documents and clear product requirements for internal team.
• Continuously iterate with relevant stakeholders to manage competing priorities and guide decision making in line organizational goals.
• Continuously make iterative decisions based on customer and business needs
• Develop new product features
• Working on developing product strategies
• Actively mitigate impediments impacting the completion of release/sprint goals
• Efficiently translate business strategies into technical capabilities and product roadmaps
• Collaborate with Enterprise Systems Engineering team to negotiate on the technical implementation options and
• Clearly communicate key product changes and updates with relevant stakeholders appropriate avenues such as trainings, webinars emails etc to create awareness about products
• Exercise knowledge of Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) to enhance product features and internal processes
• Establish and review test plans; lead UAT to ensure team capability requirements and deadlines are met
• Conduct feedback sessions with Enterprise Systems Engineering teams to continuously iterate and improve team processes and performance
• Utilize and stay current with modern platforms and methods
• Other responsibilities and tasks required to support organizational goals and objectives

Requirements

• Experience in Product Management Role
• 1 - 3 years of related experience as a Product Owner or in a Product Management role
• Bachelor’s Degree in Product Management, Information Systems or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Proven knowledge and hands-on experience of modern technology stack
• Demonstrated ability to interpret data to derive business insights

Other Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience with workflow management systems; experience with Atlassian tools (Jira Core, Jira Software, Jira Service Desk)
• Ability to efficiently prioritize projects and manage multiple dynamic priorities.
• Proven ability to leverage technology to translate business requirements.
• Ability to provide support to; and collaborate with internal units and external groups to achieve business objectives

Start Up Environment:

• Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

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2.) Lead, Human Resources

Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Description

• Develop and implement HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall business strategy
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department
• Collaborates with executive leadership to define the organization's long-term mission and goals; identifies ways to support this mission through talent management.
• Ensures compliance with employment, benefits, insurance, safety, and other laws, regulations, and requirements.
• Maintains knowledge of laws, regulations, and best practices in employment law, human resources, and talent management.
• Drafts and implements the organization's staffing budget, and the budget for the human resource department.
• Participates in professional development and networking conferences and events.
• Develop and monitor overall HR strategies, systems, tactics and procedures across the organization
• Identifies key performance indicators for the organizations human resource and talent management functions; assesses the organization's success and market competitiveness based on these metrics.
• Researches, develops, and implements competitive compensation, benefits, performance appraisal, and employee incentive programs.
• Provides guidance and leadership to the human resource management team; assists with resolution of human resource, compensation, and benefits questions, concerns, and issues.
• Oversee and manage a performance appraisal system that drives high performance
• Administers salary administration program to ensure compliance and equity within organization.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required; Masters or law degree highly preferred.
• At least 7 years of human resource management experience required, with strategic, talent management, and/or business development experience highly preferred.
• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP strongly preferred
• Proven knowledge and hands-on experience using Human Resources Management Systems
• Proficient use of organizations HRIS, payroll, and similar employee management software

Other Requirements

• Exposure to Labor Law and employment equity regulations
• Effective HR administration and people management skills
• Full understanding of HR functions and best practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Works well under pressure and meets tight deadlines
• Fantastic organizational and time management skills
• Strong decision-making and problem solving skills
• Ability to provide support to; and collaborate with internal units and external groups to achieve business objectives

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3.) Lead, Product

Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Description
Product Planning and Strategy:

• Initiate and execute projects to provide strategic direction for innovative growth opportunities that leverage technology trends, market trends and integrated solutions.
• Develop user-centric product plans and identify new product opportunities by periodically conducting voice of the customer (VOC) research.
• Initiate, develop and maintain long term product strategies/road maps for our product portfolio.

Product Performance:

• Collaborating with the ES Engineering in product implementation. 
• Collaborating with the product design team to create intuitive designs.
• Risk management; escalating where required.
• Initiate and implement product strategies and plans for the portfolio and coordinate necessary cross-functional activities.
• Collaborating with product users to align on user requirements and critical operational functions.
• Contributing to a pro-active, self-motivating Scrum team, the technical architecture and implementation, and team efficiency initiatives and culture
• Consistently testing product performance, functionality, component(s) and systems
• Identify and drive process improvement within the product management function.

Customer Focus:

• Communicate with, and deeply understand customers, technology, and competition, and synthesize into product strategy
• Develop product requirement and priorities and communicate same  across the company by collaboration and building consensus
• Define key metrics that define the success of products
• Integrate user research studies, analytics, and market analysis into product requirements
• Participate in product user research, product design reviews and demos

Requirements

• Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities. 
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Product Management, Business Development or related experience.
• Experience interacting with both internal and external customers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Strong work ethic and demonstrated a willingness to drive projects to closure
• Strong deductive reasoning and attention to detail
• Ability to analyze, interpret and draw meaningful and accurate conclusions from data.
• The successful candidate will be expected to be a high-energy, creative and resourceful self-starter.
• Ability to effectively and actively communicate with both business, technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to efficiently manage multiple projects in a fast-paced & dynamic environment under tight timelines, while adaptive to change
• Strong sense of customer service to consistently and effectively addresses customer needs
• Knowledge of Agile software development framework, architecture concepts, and terminology
• Experience and/or accreditation in Scrum framework a plus

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Health Insurance
• Pension
• Performance Bonus
• Annual paid vacation
• Group Life Insurance

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