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Powerhive Jobs. Product Manager owning the full product lifecycle from field research to launch for rider apps and back-end fleet tools, requiring a degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering, at least 2 years product experience at a startup and strong software development methodology knowledge, in an energy and mobility technology environment, on-site role in Nairobi.\n\nYou own all of it. This is a build role, not a backlog grooming role. carry an idea from a roadside conversation to production within a quarter. SPARK Rider app\n\nWHAT YOU OWN\n\nField and partner apps Swops, payments, trip and eamings dota, loan balance, support. Spark and back-end tools Fleet, telematics, battery and station management, credit and collections.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nGet out to riders and swap stations, and turn what you hear into a ranked problem list rather than a feature wishlist.\n\nSet and defend the roadmap with the President, tied to the quarter’s business goals.\n\nWrite specs and acceptance criteria engineers can build from: stories, edge cases, states, API expectations.\n\nRun the development cycle standups, demos, releases unblock. planning, grooming. and keep the team\n\nOwn release quality. UAT with field teams, staged rollouts, and a rollback plan.\n\nDefine and instrument the metrics for each launch, then report honestly on what moved. Station operators, technicians, agents, dealers Data and reporting The dashboards operations, finance and leadership run on\n\nWHAT YOU BRING\n\nA degree in computer science, software engineering or a closely related technical field.\n\nAt least 2 years in product at a startup or high-growth company, owning outcomes and not just process.\n\nA product you took from idea to live users – and the story of what happened after launch.\n\nStrong software development methodology: agile or scrum in practice, estimation, code review, CI/CD, release management.\n\nEnough technical fluency to read an API contract, sketch a data model and question an architecture decision.\n\nComfort with data: define a metric, pull the numbers yourself, change your mind when they disagree.\n\nBased in Narobi, and out in the field regularly. Bonus points for mobility, logistics, finTech, lending or energy products, hardware plus software (telematics, IoT, fleet tracking), M-Pesa, asset financing or PAYGO; SQL and your own dashboards, Kiswahili and a feel for the boda boda economy. \n\nHow to Apply\n\nNo cover letter required. 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