Senior Product Associate

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>Who We Are! </strong></h2> <p>🌍 Africa has the world’s youngest and fastest-growing population. By 2035, the continent is poised to contribute more young people to the global workforce each year than the rest of the world combined. </p> <p>At <a href="https://www.experienceeducate.org/">Educate!</a> we're obsessed with impact. We leverage iterative learning to build highly scalable youth employment solutions aimed at unlocking the potential of the world’s youngest continent. </p> <p>Educate! prepares youth in Africa to learn, earn and thrive in today’s economy by: </p> <ol> <li>Introducing an employment-focused school subject into secondary and </li> <li>Delivering livelihood boot camps for out-of-school youth, with a focus on marginalized rural girls and young women.</li> </ol> <p>To date, more than 500,000 youth have been meaningfully impacted across Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, and Tanzania, and along the way, Educate! has become the largest youth employment and skills provider in East Africa.</p> <p>Educate! is a team of over<a href="https://www.experienceeducate.org/leadership-and-boards#leaders"> 300 largely African staff</a> and 300 volunteer youth mentors. We prioritize building an engaging, fulfilling and growth oriented work environment. 50% of our top 30 leaders have been with us for over 5 years, 10+ alumni have started their own organizations, and 6 current or former team members were Acumen Fund East Africa fellows. </p> <p>We have been backed by top foundations such as <a href="https://www.imaginablefutures.com/">Imaginable Futures</a>, <a href="https://www.livelihoodimpactfund.org/">Livelihood Impact Fund</a>,  Jack Dorsey’s <a href="https://startsmall.llc/">#startsmall</a>, <a href="https://ciff.org/">CIFF</a> and<a href="https://echidnagiving.org/"> Echidna Giving</a>. Educate! won a<a href="https://jacobsfoundation.org/en/kjj18-educate/"> 2018 Klaus J. Jacobs Prize</a> and a<a href="http://www.experienceeducate.org/blog/2015/9/16/educate-named-2015-wise-awards-winner"> 2015 WISE Award</a>, and has been highlighted by<a href="http://www.experienceeducate.org/all-blog/2016/7/26/bill-gates-mentions-educate-in-speech-at-nelson-mandela-annual-lecture"> </a><a href="https://www.s4ye.org/impact-portfolio">the World Bank’s S4YE's Impact Portfolio</a>, an<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/rebel-education/2016/12/uganda-school-life-educating-poverty-161216165604567.html"> Al Jazeera documentary</a>,<a href="http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2014/30-under-30/social-entrepreneurs.html"> </a><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz1pf">BBC</a>,<a href="http://www.experienceeducate.org/all-blog/bookingsreport"> The Brookings Institution</a> as one of 14 case studies on scaling education, and the <a href="https://youtu.be/jKeV9LgWf10?si=Tpov7SFCotCwESfy">Gates Foundation as a Goalkeepers Accelerator</a>. In 2022, we received a <a href="https://www.experienceeducate.org/all-blog/2022/11/14/philanthropist-mackenzie-scott-announces-investment-towards-educates-vision-for-2025">catalytic investment from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott</a> to scale our systems change work.</p> <p>Educate!'s long-term vision is to design solutions that measurably impact millions of youth across Africa each year.</p> <h3>Good to note: To Our Awesome Applicants! 🚀💫</h3> <p>We know that incredible candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every requirement. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply! </p> <p>We’re looking for passionate individuals who believe in our mission and can bring unique perspectives to our team—not just those who check every box. We value diversity and strongly encourage women and individuals from all backgrounds to apply.</p></div><h2><strong>Position Overview </strong></h2> <p>At Educate!, the Senior Product Associate will play a crucial role in driving user research, product experimentation, and continuous improvement to meet the needs of Africa’s youth. This role combines hands-on experimentation, ensuring that all product development efforts align with Educate!’s long-term mission of transforming education for millions of youth across Africa. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to lead user-centered validations, develop frameworks for experimentation, and optimize product development processes.</p> <p>The Educate! Experience is currently impacting 32,000 youth in Ugandan secondary schools and is Educate!s most mature product. Within the context of this product we continuously seek to maintain and deepen our impact whilst also conducting research and development initiatives that benefit other Educate! Products. The Senior Product Associate will play a pivotal role in ensuring data-driven insights are available to guide the product team in strategic decisions and inform product improvements. The Senior Product Associate will be trusted to define the plan and execute against a discrete feature component or workstream with minimal managerial direction. In addition, they support knowledge management and knowledge exchange across products to ensure insights from EXP inform other products. By supporting product leaders in building high-impact, user-driven products, this role is…