Greenlight Planet is a multinational, for-profit business that designs, distributes, and finances solar-powered home energy products, with an underserved population in mind: the 1.3 billion global consumers for whom the old-fashioned electrical grid is either unavailable or too expensive.

Over a decade in business, the company is now a leading global brand in emerging markets across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.  Greenlight’s Sun King™ products provide modern light and energy to 26 million people in more than 40 countries and have sold over 10.5 million products worldwide.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Product Analyst

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time
Department: Operations
Reporting To: Global Product Manager

Job Description
The team you would join:

• The Product Analyst will drive the execution of all product lifecycle processes for products. This includes product research, market research, competitive analysis, planning, positioning, roadmap development, requirements development, and support product launches.
• They will produce reports and make recommendations to the Global Product Manager to be used as guidance in decision making pertinent to the Greenlight Planet’s new as well as existent products.

Responsibilities
What you would be expected to do:

New Product Identification:

• Own the Product Ideation Framework and track the offer road-map evolution according to the Product Ideation Process.
• Appraise new product ideas and strategize appropriate Go-To-Market (GTM) plans
• Conduct secondary market research, analyze market data, identify consumer behaviors and trends, make recommendations, and provide launch strategies.
• Create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high-level use cases, technical requirements, target markets, impact, revenue, and ROI.
• Identify competitors, gather information, and analyze the competition’s strengths and weaknesses. Document Greenlight Planet’s competitive advantage and generate reports and presentations on the findings.

New Product Pilots:

• Formulate ways for which to package and market products in such a way that they become differentiated, compelling, easy to sell, and easy to buy.
• Monitor pilot project performance and present the findings to key internal stakeholders.
• Identify product regulatory standards / technical requirements and ensure compliance. Ensures that third parties comply and are familiar with all business processes and policies.
• Support the execution of product pilots as needed by Product Managers.

New Product Introduction:

• Support Marketing and the Training Department with technical documentation and market data.
• Respond in a timely manner to all requests and enquiries for product information or changes. Assess the need for any requested changes as well as their potential impact.
• Support customized branding requirements from key partnerships.
• Any other business as assigned by your supervisor

Job Requirements
You might be a strong candidate if you:

• Hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering  or any related field.
• Have knowledge of business operations and process operations.
• Have a minimum of 2 years previous product analysis or market research experience.
• Are open to travel at least 10% of the time.
• Have extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and/or Google Workspace (Forms, Sheets, Docs, Slides).
• Exhibit critical thinking skills: Strong ability to structure problems and drive towards solutions even in ambiguous situations
• Display excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to handle challenges at a rapidly growing organization. You can communicate product decisions in the lens of multiple stakeholders
• Have excellent time management skills.
• Demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit and ability to work independently, ability to figure things out with innovative thinking, problem-solving skills, and presence of mind.

Compensation
What we offer (in addition to compensation and statutory benefits):

• An opportunity to grow as a professional in a dynamic, fast growing, high impact industry;
• The chance to work in an open minded, collaborative culture surrounded by enthusiastic Greenlighters who are driven by the challenge of continuously innovating and growing a smart, sustainable business with profound impact on the world;
• A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
• Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Greenlight Academy.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.