Associate Product Manager

• Job TitleAssociate Product Manager
• CompanyEmata
• Works WithChief Product Officer
• LocationKampala
• Experience3 to 5 years
• DeadlineRolling

Emata is a Ugandan agri-fintech and licensed Microfinance Institution, founded in 2021, that gives smallholder farmers AI-powered digital loans repaid through the produce they sell. It has served 70,000+ farmers and partnered with 120+ agri companies and cooperatives.

Emata offers digital loans, crop insurance and payments, with offices in Bugolobi (Kampala) and Mbarara, and is expanding into Tanzania and Rwanda.

This is a genuine product manager role at a junior level: you learn the craft on the job, with a focus on how farmers hear about a product, decide to trust it and start using it.

Discovery

• Talk to farmers, field agents and agri-company partners to find what they actually need.
• Turn raw insight into clear product requirements the team can build from.

Delivery

• Work daily with product, AI and engineering colleagues to move features from sketch to launch.
• Test new features before they ship and make sure they work in the field.
• Keep the product backlog orderly and help the CPO prioritise.

Launch and Learning

• Shape how new features are positioned and rolled out so farmers actually use them.
• Read the data to spot what’s landing, what’s tripping people up and what to fix next.

Experience

• 3 to 5 years of experience, ideally in marketing or branding, with a real pull toward tech and product.
• Comfortable with technology and quick to pick up new tools.
• Able to take a fuzzy problem and move it forward without perfect instructions.
• Strong written and spoken communication.
• Organised, self-driven and happy in a small team.
• Genuine interest in agriculture, financial inclusion or East African markets.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to fintech, agri-tech or rural and underserved customers.
• Hands-on use of product tools, no-code builders, analytics dashboards or campaigns.

Technical Skills

• Product requirements: From insight to spec.
• Feature testing: Field-ready releases.
• Analytics: Usage data.
• Go-to-market: Positioning and rollout.

Soft Skills

• Curiosity: Field-first.
• Ownership: Self-driven.
• Clarity: Simple explanations.
• Big-picture thinking: Connecting the dots.

Competitive package, health insurance, salary loans and a friendly, hard-working team. Salary is not stated.

• Break into product management.
• Work directly with the CPO.
• Marketing skills valued.
• Mission-driven fintech.
• Strong pick among fintech jobs in Uganda.

Apply through Emata’s Associate Product Manager page.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and no closing date is listed, so apply early.

• Show campaigns you ran.
• Mention products you tested.
• Share a farmer or customer insight.
• Keep your CV to 2 pages.
• Apply early, it’s rolling.