Massive Recruitment at Laboremus Uganda
716 Days Ago
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WHAT YOU WOULD DO
We are looking for an excellent communicator with strong attention to detail. As our Communications & Marketing Officer, you will work closely with the business and admin teams. Ultimately, your primary objective will be to ensure clear communication of our message across multiple channels.

Your responsibilities will include:
1. Create and execute Laboremus’s marketing and communications strategy and plan
2. Produce or copy edit marketing collateral, including proposals, sales presentations and press releases
3. Create and post social media content on various platforms
4. Build Laboremus’s reputation and visibility with press, newsletters and thought leadership in close cooperation with the rest of the team
5. Handle communication with industry partners, potential partners and other key stakeholders
6. Be responsible for understanding Laboremus' business model and products and how to translate these to customers' best
7. Host internal and external events in close collaboration with the rest of the team
8. Conduct market research
9. Assist with other administrative tasks

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for an organized person who can get things done. You have the ambition and potential to grow.
In a perfect world, you bring the following:
1. Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field
2. Minimum of 3 years of marketing and/or communications experience
3. Excellent communications skills (both written and verbal)
4. Superb multi-tasking skills
5. Self-starter who takes initiative and sees opportunities
6. Tech-savviness with intimate knowledge of the tech industry
7. Ability to research and design marketing strategies and execute on them
8. Experience with using graphic design programs like Adobe Photoshop
9. Experience with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
10. Experience with photography

WHAT WE OFFER
Apart from a fun, fast and meaningful working environment, we offer:

1. Competitive salary
2. Excellent growth opportunities and investment in your personal development through training, courses, and certifications.
3. Comprehensive benefits package, incl. health insurance, lunch, airtime allowance, access to salary loans and more.
4. Very competitive table tennis games


ABOUT THE ROLE
1. Lead the development of the product roadmap, product requirements documents, and prototyping efforts to design and validate products that our clients love.
2. Regularly assess the market size, competitiveness, attractiveness, and growth of our product (portfolio)
3. Lead client research to discover the right client problems for the product team to solve.
4. Lead the product team throughout the software development process and support the product assistant to timely and efficiently deliver high-quality products.
5. Regularly report on product development progress in terms of time, scope, and budget
6. Create clear user stories, perform backlog grooming, and prioritize of user stories.
7. Continuously improve the product’s quality and the processes that deliver it.
8. Create and maintain a high performing product team by continuously improving processes across the entire product development pipeline.
9. Ensure that the product is thoroughly tested at the different levels in the development process to ensure high quality product deliverables.
10. Work with the support desk to maintain a continuous feedback loop with the client to identify areas of improvement on the product.
11. Through training and mentorship shape priorities, focus areas and support the development of the product management team.
12. Command knowledge of the product domain, particularly in East Africa, including financial technology, financial inclusion, regulation, and other areas that give an edge in your role.


WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

For this position, we are looking for a person who is a problem solver at heart with strong analytical skills. You are also a team player with good communication skills and most importantly you are eager to keep learning. Ideally you are excited about fintech, big data, and finance. 

YOU MUST HAVE:

1. At least 3 years of related working experience in product management.
2. Strong experience in a dynamic product management role
3. Proven success in overseeing all elements of the product development lifecycle
4. High effectiveness in managing cross-functional teams
5. Experience in delivering finely tuned product marketing strategies
6. Exceptional writing and editing skills, combined with strong presentation and public speaking skills
7. Knowledge and working experience with product analytics software, development tracking tools, and road mapping software
8. Have a working understanding of UI design practices including Material design, wireframing, storyboarding, UI mocks, responsive design
9. Good communication skills
10. Ability to work efficiently/effectively in a fast-paced environment.

IT'S NICE IF YOU HAVE:

1. A university qualification in (or equivalent) in product design or engineering field
2. Experience working with Agile, Scrum and JIRA
3. Passionate about solving big problems in the fintech and financial inclusion
4. Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in product design or engineering
5. Previous experience in software and web development
6. Proven success as a product developer in a managerial role



JOB DETAILS:

ABOUT THE ROLE
Develop clean, reusable, and testable code with performance in mind
Collaborate with developers, designers, project managers, testers and consultants to build complex software solutions for the financial sector
Work on projects spanning our entire stack including mobile apps, web applications, and APIs
Utilize the latest technology trends and patterns like big data analytics, machine learning, AI to deliver client solutions


Some of the technologies we work with
1. C#, Java, Python, ASP.NET, Ruby
2. SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL
3. Entity Framework, NHibernate
4. Cloud technologies, Azure, AWS
5. Web technologies like HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
6. Modern JavaScript frameworks like React, Vue.js, Node.js
7. AI and Data science
8. Android, iOS


WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
For this position, we are looking for a person who is a problem solver at heart with strong analytical skills. You are also a team player with good communication skills and most importantly you are eager to keep learning. Ideally you are excited about fintech, big data, and finance. 

YOU MUST HAVE:
1. At least 4 years of related working experience in backend development, preferably C#
2. Knowledge and working experience with REST API, JSON and XML
3. Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases
4. Experience with developing software using OOP principles
5. Have a working understanding of UI design practices including Material design, wireframing, storyboarding, UI mocks, responsive design
6. Proficient understanding of code versioning and peer review development tools such as Git
7. Good communication skills
8. Ability to work efficiently/effectively in a fast-paced environment.
9. Desire to grow as a software engineer/passionate about learning to improve yourself and teaching.

IT'S NICE IF YOU HAVE:
1. A university qualification in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or any engineering field
2. Experience working with continuous integration and delivery tools like TeamCity and Jenkins
3. Experience developing microservices architecture-based applications
4. Experience working with Agile and Scrum
5. Experience building software for finance services providers or related field
6. Passionate about solving big problems in the fintech and financial inclusion







Job Info
Job Category: Several Jobs in one Advert jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 25 January 2023
Duty Station: Kampala
Posted: 10-01-2023
No of Jobs: 3
Start Publishing: 11-01-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 22-01-2066
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