eHealth Africa Vacancy for a Product Owner
eHealth Africa is focused on improving healthcare by creating effective
ways to implement reliable health information management systems.
We
have developed eHealth and mHealth solutions that can be rapidly
deployed to manage patient information, streamline clinical procedures,
and provide data and analysis on health program outcomes.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Product Owner
Location: Kano, Nigeria
Department: Software Development
Type: Full Time
Job Summary
We're currently looking for a Product Owner (1 year, freelance, full
time contract) to join us and work on outbreak response, nutrition and
health system strengthening products, starting as soon as possible.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform
each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned:
- Degree in computer science / software engineering.
- Strong analytical and technical skills - software development experience a massive plus.
- Experience working in developing, rural or low-literacy contexts.
- Willingness and ability to take trips to areas where our
products are used (currently Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria) and
work with diverse stakeholders.
- German, Spanish and French are desirable but not essential.
- 5+ years experience building software with web technologies.
- Excellent communication skills and self-initiative.
- Experience working in product design and development, user-centered design.
- Experience in one of informatics, information design, public health, mobile applications.
Your Tasks:
- Develop the vision for products which support our software
strategy for health system support and communicate this to the software
team and stakeholders.
- Ensure that what is being built represents great product design practices, is relevant, effective and focused.
- Throughout the product lifecycle, spend a significant amount of
time on site - for collecting the first requests, getting feedback and
rolling out the product.
- Gather feature / product requirements from stakeholder input and define and prioritize these for the development team.
- Coordinate with local partners, governments and users to ensure products effectively satisfy their needs throughout development.
Language/ Communication Skills:
- English is the spoken and written language so English fluency is required.
- Excellent writing ability, strong interpersonal, group facilitation and oral presentation skills.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees and the general public.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, or government regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Math/Reasoning Ability:
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of
concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization
exists.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply