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Title: Associate Product Manager
Team: Product & Projects
Location: Nairobi, Kenya (with regular field exposure to schools/kitchens/ops sites)
Reports to: Digital Product & Projects Manager (with day-to-day collaboration across Product, Engineering, QA, Data, and Operations)

Hungry kids can’t learn or grow.

Food4Education is an award-winning, locally rooted, and African-led solution to end classroom hunger. Building on more than a decade of learning by doing, we’re powering a new school feeding industry and sharing our blueprint to scale sustainable, nutritious, and affordable school feeding programs across Africa.

Today, we serve 600,000 kids DAILY in Kenya. But every day, we deliver more than a meal – improving nutrition and education outcomes for children while also creating jobs and opportunities for whole communities.

We are an experienced and trusted non-profit partner that operates with the excellence of a global business, reinvesting the value we create into local economies.

To learn more, please visit www.food4education.org

Our Values

At Food for Education, our values are guiding principles that provide us with purpose and direction and set the tone for our interactions with all stakeholders:

• Build with excellence and curiosity - We’re not afraid to try new things and iterate as much as we can to find the best and most efficient way to get results;

• Be the change you seek - We acknowledge that continuous improvement is a shared responsibility;

• We do what we say; and say what we do - We embrace an ownership mentality;

• Ask why; and commit - Share openly and question respectfully and commit fully. When we understand the why, we are able to work with a purpose.

We’re looking for an Associate Product Manager who is passionate about solving real-world problems and eager to learn the craft of product management in a high-impact environment. Your work will help shape products that make a tangible difference for children, families, and communities across Kenya.

You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams including product designers, engineers, and field operations to support the planning, execution, and delivery of digital solutions and strategic projects. You’ll help manage and coordinate projects from concept to completion, ensuring they stay on track, meet objectives, and deliver impact.

You’ll also play an active role in user research helping to gather feedback, conduct interviews, and observe how our solutions are used in the field. By staying connected to the realities of our stakeholders and operations, you’ll turn feedback and data into meaningful product and project improvements that enable us to deliver more meals, more efficiently, every day. Your organizational skills, analytical mindset, and passion for impact will help drive both our products and projects forward.

• Support end-to-end product development, from discovery and requirements gathering to launch and ongoing iteration.

• Collaborate with stakeholders across Product, Design, Engineering, QA, Data, and Operations to turn operational challenges into clear problem statements and actionable product solutions.

• Take an active role in user research—helping to plan, conduct, and synthesize interviews, surveys, usability tests, and field visits to deeply understand the needs of students, parents, kitchen teams, and school administrators.

• Help define, prioritize, and track product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria with a bias toward incremental delivery and measurable impact.

• Analyze usage data and qualitative feedback to identify opportunities for improvement, and work with the team to drive continuous product enhancements.

• Prepare and present your work, findings, and recommendations to the Digital/Product Manager and other stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of project progress, trade-offs, and learnings.

• Take ownership of assigned projects and tasks, following through from initiation to completion and keeping your manager updated at every step.

• Contribute to product documentation, user guides, and training materials to ensure smooth adoption and understanding of new features.

• 2–4 years experience in a product, project, or operations role—ideally within a technology, social enterprise, or fast-paced startup environment.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to break down complex issues into actionable steps.

• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and timelines.

• Clear and effective communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to prepare and present findings, updates, and recommendations to managers and stakeholders.

• Comfortable working collaboratively across cross-functional teams and engaging directly with users in the field through interviews, observations, and user research activities.

• Analytical mindset with a willingness to dive into data and user feedback to generate actionable insights.

• Experience participating in or supporting user research, usability testing, or field studies.

• Eagerness to learn and grow in the field of product management, with a proactive approach to taking on new projects and responsibilities as assigned.

• Experience working on digital products in emerging markets or operational settings.

• Familiarity with Agile development or iterative product delivery.

• Exposure to user research methodologies and basic data analysis.

• Interest in social impact, education, or food systems.

• Comfort presenting to diverse audiences, from field operators to senior leadership.

We are an equal opportunity employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, colour, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You will have weekly check-ins with your manager, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You will have the opportunity to shape a growing organisation and build a rewarding, long-term career.

We aim to contact all our applicants, but due to the high volume of applications only shortlisted candidates are contacted. If you do not hear from us within two weeks your application might not be successful on this occasion. This does not mean you will not be considered for future roles so please keep an eye on our job board and apply for positions that match your skills and experience.