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Product strategy and RoadMap
• Work with the Head of Product to develop the ICS and water product strategy, identifying initiatives, activities, and critical projects and documenting them in the product RoadMap.
• Identify country-based needs and adequately include them in the strategy and execution plan.
• Lead and develop an internal culture of constant innovation, speed and collaboration within the department and overall organisation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation, including executives, marketing, distribution, carbon, origination, and operations teams, to ensure alignment on product goals and effectively communicate product updates and milestones.
• Manage relationships and logistics related to third-party suppliers to unlock better prices and technologies for a more significant end-user impact. And where applicable, manage the relationship with local manufacturers.

Product development, optimization and performance
• Develop market research to inform the execution plan and strategically prioritise initiatives to product, process or platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering and development teams to prioritise and plan product enhancements for optimisation.
• Analyse feedback from customers, sales teams, and support teams to identify areas where the product can be improved or optimized.
• Managing Updates and Releases: Plan and oversee updates on features, improvements, and releases to ensure the product remains competitive, meets evolving market needs, and is efficient in its carbon production (i.e longer life, fuel efficiency, materials, etc)
• Address local market needs regarding behaviour change, affordability, and cultural considerations.
• Collaborate with Up Energy’s country operation team to gather constant market feedback, which will create a feedback loop in the design process.
• Coordinate documentation and presentation of experimentation learnings (water)
• Coordinate the feedback loop process from the ground to the product team to facilitate the iteration process. (water)
• Collaborate closely with UpEnergy's carbon team to optimise the experimentation design for usage and carbon credit generation, ensuring alignment with sustainability objectives.

Commercial development
• Manage the product's budget and resources effectively, ensuring investments align with strategic goals and expected returns through unit economics optimization.
• Explore opportunities for revenue growth through pricing strategies, new distribution methods and new market penetration.
• Support all product lifecycle stages, including research, market analysis, competitive evaluation, planning, positioning, roadmap development, requirements definition, and product launch.
• Support efforts to optimise product’s COGs and ER profiles, working closely with operational excellence to achieve cost reduction objectives.
• Work in tandem with the distribution team to optimise distribution strategies.