Senior Technical Product Manager

  • Lagos, Nigeria
  • Full-Time
  • On-Site
  • -

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Technical Product Manager

Location: Lagos State (Onsite)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Client Overview

Our client is a fast-growing, innovation-driven technology company building advanced digital and AI-powered solutions for enterprise use. The organization operates at the intersection of technology, data, and governance, delivering products that help businesses scale efficiently and make smarter decisions. With a strong focus on product excellence and customer impact, the company fosters a collaborative and high-performance culture. To maintain discretion, the client's identity remains confidential.

Role Summary

We are seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to own one of our core product modules—driving everything from roadmap strategy to AI model design and customer adoption. This is a high-impact, high-ownership role that sits at the intersection of engineering, AI, and go-to-market execution.

You will be responsible for defining product direction, collaborating deeply with technical teams, and ensuring that solutions deliver measurable value to customers while aligning with business goals.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Ownership

  • Define and own the product roadmap, including prioritization,sequencing, and delivery rationale
  • Translate business goals and customer needs into clear product strategies and execution plans

Technical & AI Collaboration

  • Work closely with engineering teams on system architecture, APIs, data models, and integrations
  • Contribute to AI/ML product design, ensuring models align with real-world use cases and performance expectations

Customer Intelligence & Experience

  • Gather and translate customer requirements—especially around governance and compliance—into actionable product features
  • Engage directly with users to understand product experience and drive continuous improvement

Go-To-Market & Sales Enablement

  • Partner with sales and marketing teams to support product positioning and adoption
  • Develop materials, messaging, and tools that enable teams to effectively sell and support the product

Change Management & Adoption

  • Lead the rollout and adoption of new features and capabilities internally and externally
  • Drive user onboarding, engagement, and long-term product utilization

Cross-Functional Leadership

  • Align engineering, business, and leadership stakeholders around product priorities
  • Facilitate communication across teams to ensure smooth execution and delivery

Who Will Thrive in This Role

  • A technically strong Product Manager who is comfortable diving into architecture and system design
  • Someone who thrives in ambiguity and can bring structure to complex, evolving problems
  • A strategic thinker with a strong execution bias
  • An individual passionate about AI-driven products and emerging technologies
  • A strong communicator who can bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders seamlessly
  • A proactive leader who takes ownership and drives alignment across competing priorities

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Successful delivery of product roadmap milestones
  • Adoption rates and usage metrics for owned product module
  • Customer satisfaction and feedback scores
  • Impact of product features on revenue and business growth
  • Time-to-market for new features and enhancements
  • Alignment and efficiency across cross-functional teams

Qualifications & Skills

  • 5+ years of experience in product management, with at least 2+ years in a senior or lead role
  • Strong technical background (APIs, system architecture, databases, integrations)
  • Proven track record of delivering complex technical products from concept to scale
  • Data-driven mindset with experience defining and analyzing product metrics
  • Deep experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
  • Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills
  • Ability to bridge engineering and business audiences effectively

Opportunities You Will Enjoy

  • High ownership of a core product module with visible business impact
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI-powered solutions
  • Direct collaboration with engineering, leadership, and go-to-market teams
  • A fast-paced, innovation-driven environment with strong growth potential
  • Career progression into leadership roles within product and technology
  • The ability to shape product strategy and influence company direction