Associate Product Manager at Branch — Remote (Kenya)

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    Associate Product Manager

    BranchRemote (Kenya)

    Posted

    3 days ago

    Apply by

    3 Sept

    Full Time
    Remote
    Mid
    Banking, Insurance & Financial Services
    Management & Business Development

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    Job Description

    Branch launched its lending business in India in 2019 and has seen rapid adoption and growth. We are growing our product and engineering team in India. As part of the product team, you will work closely with our global engineering team distributed across three continents to strengthen the capabilities of our existing product and build out new products for Branch. As a company, we are passionate about our customers, fearless in the face of barriers, and driven by data.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Participate and assist in the lifecycle of development for key areas of the Branch product, encompassing everything from researching new features and creating detailed specs, to managing the team's workflow and shipping deliverables on time.
    • Work closely with our engineering and operational teams to triage bugs, define requirements, and set high-level quarterly milestones.
    • Evaluate, initiate, and manage partnerships with third-party vendors to help Branch achieve our product roadmap.
    • Draw insights from user research, experiments, and industry trends to set the team strategy and prioritize projects that sustainably grow our customer base and drive the adoption of new products.

    Required Qualifications

    • Demonstrated the ability to manage projects, bring clarity to ambiguous questions, and chart a path forward.
    • Top-notch analytical abilities. You can measure initiatives quantitatively, and you draw actionable insights to guide decisions.
    • You have solid technical fluency and can work effectively with engineers. You understand how systems are built, can reason about tradeoffs, and use that understanding to drive better product decisions.
    • You know that startups are a team sport. You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions. You are a great collaborator and teacher.
    • Effective written communication skills and the ability to work with remote teams are essential.
    • You are eager to learn new skills, solve complex problems, and work closely with diverse teams, including Design and Engineering.
    • You are resourceful. You know how to do more with less, and you've worked on lean teams that have had a large impact.
    • You are not afraid of big challenges, and you do whatever it takes to get the job done.
    • 1 to 3 years of experience
    • Experience with Fintech industry would be good, but not a must-have

    Job Details

    Job Function

    Management & Business Development

    Minimum Experience

    1 years

    Education Level

    Bachelor’s Degree

    Languages

    English

    Additional Information

    How to Apply: Visit the application link provided on this page to submit your application.

    Show You Can Turn Ambiguity into a Shipping Roadmap

    Product roles at a data-driven fintech like Branch live and die by your ability to bring structure to fuzzy problems and move fast with engineers. Hiring managers will probe how you've taken vague ideas and turned them into shipped features.

    1. Prove your analytical muscle: Bring a case study where you used numbers to make a product call. Show the metric, the experiment, and the decision it drove. If you don't have a formal case, walk through a side project where you measured something and acted on it.

    2. Speak engineer: Expect to be asked how you'd reason about technical tradeoffs. Brush up on APIs, databases, and system design basics. Be ready to explain a time you pushed back on scope or worked with engineers to simplify a build.

    3. Show remote collaboration: Branch's team spans three continents. Have concrete examples of async communication, documentation, and running meetings across time zones. Mention tools like Slack, Jira, or Notion if you've used them.

    4. Prepare a product teardown: Pick a fintech product (Branch or a competitor) and break it down: user flow, pain points, metrics you'd track, and one improvement you'd pitch. This shows you think like a PM, not just a job seeker.

    5. Highlight your startup hustle: They want resourceful people who do more with less. Share a story where you wore multiple hats, launched something with limited resources, or turned a constraint into a win.

    6. Practice your 'why' story: Be ready to explain why fintech and why Branch. Tie it to your own experience with financial services or your passion for financial inclusion. Avoid generic answers.

    7. Ask sharp questions: Prepare questions about their product roadmap, how they measure success, or how PMs partner with engineering. This shows genuine interest and helps you assess fit.

    8. Polish your written communication: Since the role is remote, your application emails and any written tasks are screens. Write clearly, structure your thoughts, and proofread. A typo can cost you.

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    Tags

    product management
    fintech
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