About the role: The product manager is a key stakeholder in developing Sun King’s future products and services. This role will work at the intersection of business, technology, and customer experience teams to ideate, develop, pilot, and launch new life-changing products across Sub-Saharan Africa.
This is an exciting career opportunity for a value-oriented innovator with a combination of technical and organizational skills who is passionate about working with off-grid consumers and delivering the next generation of Sun King products. The products and services you will build will have a transformative impact on millions of households.
What you will be expected to do
New Product Identification
Generate, refine, and consolidate new product ideas, market research, and customer requirements, capturing them from stakeholders across the company, including R&D, sales, marketing, and operations teams.
Develop customer survey templates, collect feedback, and present them to internal stakeholders.
Assess current product offerings in the market, seeking opportunities for differentiation
Product Iteration
Collect and analyze the feedback from business partners (sales, marketing, operations) and end users to dig out the product iteration requirements.
Arrange blind tests, organize review and experience of key attributes, and ensure that iteration and design match demands
Product Pilots
Oversee a successful transition from the prototype stage to the pilot/commercial stage through testing and validation processes.
Carry out Engineering Validation Testing (focusing on the features) and Technical Validation Testing (focusing on integration), and update the Product Requirements Document (PRD)
Collaborate with the NPD team to collect Customer Feedback on the product performance and expectations, and convert it into the product definitions.
You might be a strong candidate if you have/are
A four-year bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in product design, engineering, energy systems, the physical sciences, or a related field.
5~10 years of experience in product development in the portable power station industry or other energy storage-related industries.
Experience in product benchmarking, collecting and analyzing customer feedback, and converting insights into product requirements
Knowledge of quality assurance and product testing processes
Fluent in spoken and written English
Other skills: MS Office, Adobe CS, and data visualization tools like Tableau, Looker, Power BI, etc.
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
What Sun King offers
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.
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