Product Manager Intern

Jubilee Insurance is an insurance company founded in 1937 and located in Nairobi, Kenya. It focuses on driving innovation through its Startup Innovation Program.

The Product Manager Intern will help drive our Startup Innovation Program and venture-building initiatives. In this role, you will act as the link between startups, external ecosystem partners, and our internal corporate functions (IT, Product, Business, and Innovation teams). The intern’s mission is to help deliver digital solutions from concept validation to pilot execution, ensuring that project milestones are met while maintaining a sharp product mindset.

1. Assist startups in refining their value propositions, analyzing market fit, and scoping digital product features.
2. Translate business and innovation goals into clear, actionable technical and functional requirements.
3. Support the definition of MVP (Minimum Viable Product) scopes to ensure rapid, high-impact market testing.
4. Serve as a central point of contact, aligning priorities across external partners, startups, and internal IT, Product, Business, and Innovation teams.
5. Manage the program roadmap, track project dependencies, and proactively unblock bottlenecks to keep pilots on schedule.
6. Keep internal leadership and external stakeholders updated with clear, data-driven progress reports and program budget reporting.
7. Coordinate meetings, workshops, and stakeholder engagements.
8. Act as a trusted liaison for ecosystem partners and cohort startups, ensuring clear communication and expectations.
9. Help organize and co-facilitate mentorship sessions, masterclasses, and alignment workshops for the innovation program.
10. Collect and analyse project-related data.
11. Assist in identifying project risks, issues, and dependencies.
12. Assist in preparing project performance metrics and dashboards.
13. Support lessons learned and project closure documentation.

1. Excellent organizational skills.
2. Strong attention to detail.
3. Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
4. Effective verbal and written communication.
5. Time management and prioritization.
6. Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
7. Initiative and willingness to learn.
8. Adaptability and flexibility.
9. Accountability and professionalism.
10. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent hands-on experience in tech/startups).
11. Previous internships or leadership roles within tech startups, accelerators, or venture capital firms, complemented by academic or practical experience in project management, is an added advantage.
12. Experience using Microsoft Office tools is desirable.