Associate Product Manager
Greenlight Planet
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Lagos • 🇳🇬 Nigeria
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JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Conduct customer surveys, field visits, and market benchmarking to identify new product opportunities.
- Develop survey templates, gather customer feedback, and present insights to stakeholders.
- Evaluate other market offerings and data to identify differentiation opportunities and validate market potential.
- Translate product strategies into prototype requirements and test new products for commercial viability.
- Provide detailed feedback and specifications to the R&D team.
- Oversee pilot projects end-to-end, defining goals, deliverables, KPIs, timelines, and stakeholder accountabilities.
- Monitor pilot performance (customer engagement, usage, prospects generated) and ensure pilot area, inventory, and training readiness.
- Conduct Engineering and Technical Validation Testing; prepare Product Requirements Documents (PRD).
- Gather and present customer feedback, lessons learned, and GTM recommendations.
- Ensure a seamless transition from pilot to commercial launch.
- Communicate product vision, value, and differentiation clearly to internal teams and customers.
- Work jointly with various departments to design sales, service, and route-to-market processes.
- Provide assistance to training, marketing, and after-sales teams by reviewing materials, FAQs, and packaging to highlight the Customer Value Proposition (CVP).
- Partner with R&D to implement product iterations and ensure timely communication of updates to all stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Engineering or any related technical field.
- Good understanding of business and operational processes.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in off-grid or renewable energy, including solar system sizing and installation. Experience with mini-grids is an advantage.
- Proven experience in product management.
- Ability to plan, execute, and manage projects efficiently.
- Willingness to travel up to 60% of the time.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and/or Google Workspace (Forms, Sheets, Docs, Slides).
- Excellent communication skills, adaptability, and resilience in a fast-paced, growing organization; able to convey product choices clearly across diverse stakeholders.
- Exceptional time management and organizational skills.
- Demonstrates initiative, creativity, and the ability to work autonomously while applying innovative and practical problem-solving approaches to various obstacles.
Benefits
- - Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry.
- - An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
- - A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
- - Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun King Center for Leadership.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
product managementmarket benchmarkingcustomer feedback analysisprototype requirementsEngineering and Technical Validation TestingProduct Requirements Documents (PRD)project managementsolar system sizinginstallationmini-grids
Soft skills
communication skillsadaptabilityresiliencetime managementorganizational skillsinitiativecreativityproblem-solvingability to work autonomouslystakeholder engagement
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Engineeringrelated technical field