Summary

We seek a strong self-motivated Project Connect Product Lead who can maintain the quality of their work even under tight time constraints and who can work with a diverse interdisciplinary team of engineers, designers, data scientists and researchers to lead the development of quality products & tools for Project Connect, Giga’s open-source map of schools and their connectivity levels.

Your main responsibilities will be…

• Work closely with the cross-functional Giga team and the Mapping and Tech Lead, drive product development and lead the prioritization and implementation of new features to existing products such as the Project Connect platform
• Coordinate the work of vendors and other tech partners that are helping us build different products
• Work with a team of engineers, designers, data scientists and researchers to define, design and build features
• Be responsible for the products’ planning, process, policies, initiatives and execution through the lifecycle of the product
• Manage Agile processes and sprint planning
• Conduct user/market research, obtain requirements from different stakeholders and users working with UX/UI designers to identify potential areas for growth for the product within its market
• Build prototypes to explore and secure a proof of concept for new technologies including automated service-level API or distributed cloud-based systems
• Define and launch MVP Business Intelligence service for cross-functional Giga team members
• Analyze the impact of these products and user adoption & satisfaction by defining and tracking key metrics
• Create relevant documents and communication materials and communicate quantifiable impact of the work to internal and external audiences

To qualify for this position, you will have…

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering or similar, or equivalent work experience
  *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• A minimum of eight years of relevant professional experience in building and shipping technical products
• Experience in creating product roadmaps and defining go-to-market strategies
• Experience working with a multidisciplinary team of designers, engineers, researchers
• Experience working in an agile software development environment
• Knowledge of project management tools like Jira, Asana, Trello
• Good verbal and communication skills
• Knowledge and experience with blockchain technology is a plus
• Work experience in developing countries and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

About Our Team

We are a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team of software engineers, finance specialists, data scientists, policy experts, and much more. Our team is a distributed workforce and plans to remain distributed into the foreseeable future. We are growing fast. Our team has grown by over 400% in the last 6 months as we rapidly scale to meet our stated mission.