EA / Product Manager (Africa)

Job Overview

This role is for a highly organized and proactive Executive Assistant/Product Manager who can support a fast-paced executive while also helping drive product and business operations forward. The position blends executive support, project coordination, and product management, so the right person should be comfortable juggling priorities, working with technical teams, and ensuring initiatives progress smoothly from idea to delivery. It is best suited to someone with startup experience, a background supporting founders or senior leaders, and the ability to collaborate closely with developers and cross-functional teams in an EST-aligned work schedule.

Key Responsibilities

• Handle the executive’s calendar, email inbox, priority list, and day-to-day tasks.
• Monitor active projects, milestones, deadlines, blockers, and follow-ups across the business.
• Support software projects from early concept through to launch.
• Convert founder or client requests into structured tasks, tickets, specifications, and action items.
• Coordinate with developers, designers, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Lead weekly project review meetings and keep track of notes, owners, deadlines, and next steps.
• Review finished development work and identify bugs, missing details, or UX concerns.
• Collect and organize product feedback from customers, internal users, and other stakeholders.
• Maintain project boards in platforms such as ClickUp, Asana, Trello, Jira, or Linear.
• Draft SOPs, meeting summaries, project briefs, and internal documentation.
• Follow up with team members to help ensure tasks are completed on schedule.
• Support other executive, operational, and product-related work as needed.

Required Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience as an Executive Assistant or Operations Coordinator.
• Hands-on exposure to product management, ideally with a US SaaS team.
• Prior experience assisting a founder, executive, or fast-moving small business team.
• Strong organizational ability and dependable follow-through.
• Comfort working with technical teams, developers, or product groups.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
• Experience managing work in tools such as Asana, ClickUp, Trello, Jira, Linear, or Notion.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to detect gaps, blockers, and inconsistencies.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative to move projects ahead.
• Availability to work full-time during EST business hours.

Preferred Experience

• Background in a startup, software company, agency, or tech-enabled business.
• Working familiarity with Slack, Google Workspace, Figma, Loom, and Notion.