Head of Technical Products (Strategy) - E-Mobility at M-KOPA Nigeria

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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Technical Products (Strategy) - E-Mobility

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full time
Department: Mobility

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

Application Closing Date
Not Specified

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Requirements
Our hiring process is as much about us selling to you as the other way round. Our hiring process is a series of meetings as follows*

• Recruiter call 30 mins - an introduction to the process and M-KOPA
• Hiring Team call 45 mins - High level introductions with an Engineer
• Presentation/Task done at home 2/3 hrs prep
• Task Deep Dive/Final interview 60 mins - This is where most of the magic happens.