We are seeking a skilled professional to fill this critical position, which encompasses a range of key responsibilities essential to our team’s success. The ideal candidate will possess relevant qualifications and experience, enabling them to meet the demands of the role effectively. Responsibilities include managing core tasks, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring operational efficiency. The position requires adherence to company standards, strong problem-solving abilities, and a commitment to delivering high-quality results. Candidates should meet the specified education and experience requirements while demonstrating adaptability and a proactive approach to challenges.
We seek a Full-Stack Product Lead to oversee the entire digital product lifecycle, seamlessly integrating strategic business objectives (Product Management) with meticulous, high-fidelity design implementation.
What You’ll Do
Translate business objectives, editorial focus areas, and user insights into well-defined product initiatives, driving structured six-to-eight-week delivery cycles.
Own the full design process from concept to completion by developing user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity interfaces, interactive prototypes, and a scalable design system—primarily using Figma.
Conduct comprehensive user research and testing initiatives by engaging African business professionals, investors, and executives through targeted recruitment and session facilitation; analyze findings to generate actionable insights that shape product strategy and UI design decisions.
Design Core Platform Experiences by crafting intuitive interfaces for content discovery, immersive deep-dive reading tools, dynamic interactive reports, intuitive data dashboards, real-time country and opportunity trackers, strategic paywall implementations, and seamless newsletter integrations.
Collaborate closely with the Engineering team on a daily basis, addressing uncertainties promptly through iterative design cycles, evaluating technical constraints to inform strategic decisions, and balancing priorities to uphold stringent quality standards.
Own the user experience for growth-oriented features, including personalization, search, subscriptions, data exports, and tools tailored to both free and premium users.
Craft foundational frameworks to guide the identification of challenges, strategic prioritization, rapid prototyping, rigorous testing, and timely product deployment within a dynamic, early-stage startup setting.
What We’re Looking ForMust-Haves
Proven expertise in a dual PM + Design capacity is essential, requiring either a Product Designer with deep product strategy and roadmap leadership or a Product Manager with exceptional UI/UX design implementation skills.
You demonstrate exceptional proficiency in Figma, effortlessly creating production-grade designs, reusable components, and dynamic interactive prototypes on a routine basis.
A demonstrated history of developing and delivering B2B/SaaS digital web applications or platforms, specifically tailored for use by professionals and industries with high data processing demands.
Autonomous Researcher: Responsible for independently recruiting participants, conducting testing sessions, and transforming unprocessed qualitative data into actionable product improvements.
A robust portfolio is essential, showcasing a blend of strategic product thinking—the rationale behind decisions—and polished, intuitive visual and UI design, particularly for platforms rich in content or data.
Enthusiastic about thriving in a dynamic, founder-led startup culture characterized by rapid innovation, clear expectations, and a commitment to excellence.
Nice-to-Haves
Proficiency in market intelligence, financial data analysis, media platforms, or subscription-based services such as Bloomberg, Statista, The Information, and Substack is required.
Proficiency in data visualization, interactive dashboard development, or sophisticated information design is essential.
Professional experience in African markets, emerging economies, or global business intelligence is required.
Proficiency in Webflow, Framer, or fundamental frontend collaboration tools is required.
Proven expertise in growth design strategies, conversion optimization methodologies, or premium paywall and subscription flow implementations is required.
Please send your CV to maria@whirlspotmedia.com, ensuring the email subject line includes the job title.
Qualifications
BA/BSc/HND
