Are you an aspiring Product Manager seeking for internship to develop your skills and experience? Do you have a particular interest and background in Product Management and are ready to work in a very diverse technology environment? 

Type: Permanent

Location: Ikeja, Lagos, Full time, Hybrid

Salary: # Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits, Pension

Hours: Mon-Fri.

About the Company

Gurugeeks IT/Telecoms provides a diverse range of design, engineering and digital technology and transformation services and consultancy. Our focus is to provide distinctive solutions in areas of IT, Telecoms and Electrical Power Systems

Be part of the team that develops and runs our digital IT platforms, driving innovation in how we deliver to our customers and the rest of the business. Our Lagos development team is expanding with multiple opportunities available at different levels. We are looking for a young graduate to join our Product Manager Internship program which in a short period of term would build capacity to function as a permanent Associate with the responsibilities highlighted below.

Purpose of Job

• To create product line vision, goals and roadmap based on solving customer’s biggest problems.
• To Uncover underlying customer needs by understanding end-user perspectives and pain points.
• Determine product strategy that aligns with Gurugeek’s complex product ecosystem, considering industry trends, vendor marketspace, and organizational priorities

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate customer journey, process maps, and detailed user stories/requirements.
• Solicit feedback and analyze data to constantly evolve product and approach.
• Manage sprint plans, issues, and decisions, anticipating risk and ensuring focus stays on maximizing value within a timeline and resource constraints.
• Uncover underlying customer needs by understanding end-user perspectives and pain points
• Lead development of requirements and related specifications, documentation, and business cases.
• Perform market/competitive research.
• Work directly with business stakeholders to understand business needs, document requirements and feature requests, and effectively communicate product functionality and timelines.
• Partner with engineering, UX, and external vendors to assess build vs. buy options, focused on delivering simple and scalable solutions with a reasonable time to value

Qualifications & Experience 

• An Under-graduate/bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration, management, engineering or a related field.
• Proven experience with product management software programs.
• Proficient in coding from previous technical experience
• Proficient using SQL and Microsoft Excel .
• You have knowledge of statistics, data analytics, or research experience preferred