Product Marketing Manager at Kuda Bank Full Time NEW

Job Title: Product Marketing Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Role Overview

• As a Product Marketing Manager at Kuda, you’ll play a critical role in driving the success of our products and services.
• You’ll be responsible for understanding our target customers’ needs and preferences, developing compelling product messaging and positioning, and executing effective go-to-market campaigns to drive user acquisition, adoption, retention, and engagement.
• Working closely with the product, brand, communications, and performance marketing teams, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the direction of our products and ensure that they meet the needs of our customers.
• You’ll use data to inform your decisions, measure the impact of your campaigns, and optimize your strategies for success.

Responsibilities

• Lead the GTM (go-to-market) strategy for new product launches, working cross-functionally with Product, Performance Marketing, Brand & Comms and Customer Experience teams.
• Document detailed GTM plans which include target market, value proposition, market analysis, competitive analysis, product positioning, distribution channels, pricing strategy and marketing alignment.
• Develop clear and compelling messaging that differentiates our products in the market, ensuring messaging is consistent across all marketing and customer touchpoints.
• Define target customer personas and segments, ensuring the right audience is reached with the right message.
• Conduct market research, customer interviews, and competitor analysis to identify opportunities and gaps.
• Be the voice of the customer, ensuring our products solve real customer pain points.
• Brief Comms and Design teams for the creation of compelling marketing assets (e.g., landing pages, email and in-app campaigns, social media posts, blog posts, videos, ads and webinars) that communicate the features, benefits, and unique value propositions of Kuda’s products to target customers.
• Work closely with Product Managers to help shape the roadmap based on market needs and opportunities.
• Develop internal documentation and knowledge share processes for go-to-market readiness.
• Measure and analyse the performance of product marketing campaigns, and use data to optimize future strategies and tactics.
• Manage budgets, timelines, and resources to ensure that marketing projects are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.

Requirements

• BA / BSc or Master`s Degree in Marketing, Business or related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in product marketing, with a proven track record of planning and executing successful product launches.
• Exhibit the ability to identify and implement scalable process improvements using a data-driven approach.
• Experience developing and executing marketing strategy successfully while collaborating cross-functionally and building consensus, with effective project management expertise.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical capabilities, with the ability to develop creative/non-traditional solutions for challenging, undefined problems.
• Experience in Nigerian (also African) fintech is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and apply problem-solving skills to business and technical challenges.
• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate cross-functionally.
• Proficiency in written communication with an ear for ‘voice’ and an eye for grammar/spelling.
• Strong verbal communication skills with the ability to sell ideas well through creative & innovative presentations.

Benefits
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:

• A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team
• Pension
• Career Development & growth
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave etc)
• Group life insurance
• Medical insurance
• Well-fare package (Wedding, Compassionate and etc)
• Perkbox
• Goalr – employee wellness app
• Award winning L&D training
• We are advocates of work-life balance, working in a hybrid in office schedule.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Note

• At Kuda, we’re building products that will transform the way Africans manage their money.
• If you are passionate about contributing to this mission and have a strong interest in product marketing we want you to join our team.