Yassir

On-demand ride-hailing, delivery, and digital finance

Junior Product Manager

Product ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeAlgiers [El Djazaïr], AlgeriaNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

A minimum of 3 years of proven experience in product management with digital products or in a similar product role at a mobility, last-mile, or quick-delivery startup.
A track record of launching consumer-facing digital products and services, in B2B or B2C.
Experience working with scale-ups.
Ability to create and execute a customer discovery process to gather pains and opportunities.
Ability to design and run ideation workshops.
Understanding of how to integrate analytics into a product to generate useful information.
Understanding of branding and when it is important.
Strong understanding of value proposition design and what makes for a successful venture.
Knowledge of modern development practices such as agile and scrum.
General understanding of the technical aspects of digital product development, with the ability to work closely with technical engineers.
Strong design sense and ability to collaborate with designers.
Ability to manage stakeholders across the business and clients.
Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

Co-create, coordinate, and facilitate the team's product discovery process.
Work with cross-functional collaborators, including engineers, product designers, and marketers, to validate product ideas through product discovery frameworks and methods.
Work closely with users and stakeholders to understand their needs and objectives, and develop a deep understanding of the problem space through workshops and research.
Conduct secondary and primary research, prototyping, and experiments, including defining and understanding proto-personas, customer journeys, and customer interviews.
Translate customer insights into prioritized product ideas or experiments to test in the market and with customers.
Synthesize data to make strategic, evidence-based recommendations grounded in business, market, and customer needs.
Facilitate and actively collaborate on business models, go-to-market plans, and early-traction tactics for products to be launched with clients, the product team, and other experts such as marketing.
Facilitate agile ceremonies to deliver products or product initiatives on time and at the agreed quality.

Desired Qualifications

Knowledge of lean startup techniques and what constitutes a good minimum viable product across B2B and B2C.
A technical, consulting, or design background.
Understanding of metrics and how to define them for different companies and products.
Understanding of behavioral psychology and how to create products with high engagement and stickiness.
Understanding of the growth process across acquisition, activation, retention, referral, and revenue.

About your role as Product Manager:

Co-create, coordinate and facilitate your team's product discovery process
Work with cross-functional collaborators, such as engineers, product designers, and marketers, to validate product ideas through a variety of product discovery frameworks and methods
Work closely with users and stakeholders to understand their needs and objectives, and to gain a deep understanding of the problem space through workshops and research
Conduct secondary and primary research, prototyping, and experiments (e.g. defining and understanding of proto-personas, customer journeys, customer interviews)
Translate customer insights into prioritized product ideas or experiments to be tested on the market and with customers
Synthesize data to make strategic evidence-based recommendations founded on the business, market, and customer needs
Facilitate and actively collaborate in the development of business models, go2market plans, and early-traction tactics for products to be launched in collaboration with our clients, the product team, and other experts (e.g. marketing)
Facilitate agile ceremonies in order to deliver a product or product initiatives in a timely manner and agreed on the quality‍

About your experience:

Minimum of 3 years of proven experience in product management with digital products or in a similar product role at a Mobility, last mile, or quick delivery Startup.
A track record of launching consumer-facing digital products and services (B2B or B2C)
Experience working with scale-ups
Ability to create and execute a customer discovery process to gather pains and opportunities
Ability to design and run various ideation workshops
Presentation skills and storytelling
Understanding of how to integrate analytics into a product for generating useful information
Understanding of the importance of branding and when it's important and when it's not
A strong understanding of value proposition design and what makes for a successful venture
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate and influence stakeholders at all levels
Knowledge of modern development practices like agile and scrum
General understanding of the technical aspects in digital product development with the ability to work closely with technical engineers and get the best out of them
Strong design sense with the ability to collaborate with designers to produce great work
Ability to manage stakeholders across the business and clients
Passion for digital products and human-centered design
Dependable, enthusiastic, curious with great energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Fluent English

Nice to have:

Knowledge of lean startup techniques and what a good MVP should be across B2B and B2C
Technical, consulting, or design background
Understanding of metrics and how to define them for different companies and products
Understanding of behavioral psychology and how to make products with high engagement and stickiness
Understanding of the growth process across Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral and Revenue

About the Company

Yassir

On-demand ride-hailing, delivery, and digital finance

Yassir runs a super app that combines ride-hailing and last-mile delivery across 45 cities in the Maghreb, with recent expansions into France, Canada, and Sub-Saharan Africa, and it is adding digital financial services for paying, saving, and borrowing. Users access all services in one app, with the platform coordinating rides and deliveries through its logistics network and offering fintech features for payments and lending. Unlike single-service competitors, Yassir bundles transportation, delivery, and financial tools within a single regional marketplace, and it emphasizes social values and financial inclusion. Its goal is to become a comprehensive marketplace that helps people use a cashless, digital economy while meeting everyday needs across its growing network.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Series B
Total funding: $180.3M
Headquarters: Algiers, Algeria
Founded: 2016

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