Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Organization: Dashen Bank
Deadline: September 05, 2026
Job Description
Vacancy Number: DB_EX/HO/037/26
Job Summary
- The Digital Product Development Expert – Retail & MSME is responsible for supporting the development and enhancement of digital products tailored to Retail and MSME banking. This role involves assisting in evaluating digital product proposals from external vendors to ensure alignment with the bank’s objectives. In addition, the role holder is responsible for participating in new product development and conducts market research and competitive analysis to identify emerging trends and opportunities in Retail and MSME sectors.
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Information System, Software Engineering or any other equivalent field.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Management is an added advantage.
Experience
- Minimum of four (4) years relevant experience
Functional/Technical Competencies
- Customer need analysis: Ability to understand the unique needs, preferences, and behaviors of different customer groups within the banking sector, categorized by demographic characteristics, geographic location, capital, and industry sectors, to develop targeted products and services.
- Product lifecycle knowledge: Understand how a banking product designed, launched, marketed, monitored, and retired.
- Product and price knowledge: Understanding the features, benefits, and pricing structures of banking products, along with methods such as competitive analysis, and cost-based pricing.
Behavioral Competencies
- Collaboration: Encompasses a range of behaviors, including effective communication, teamwork, dependability, and engagement
- Team Work: Collaborating and communicating in a way that allows team members to share their strengths and expertise and to support each other in achieving their goals.
- Engagement: Active dedication and involvement from individuals or teams in collaborative endeavors, projects, initiatives, the Bank’s platform, culture, CSR initiatives, training programs, and, most importantly, the organization’s mission, vision, and values.
- Communication: Clear and successful exchange of information and ideas between individuals, ensuring a shared understanding.
- Adaptability: Ability to adapt to change without disrupting operations and the ability to adjust to new situations and circumstances.
- Continuous Improvement: Commitment to always finding ways to do things better.
- Agility: Ability to move quickly and easily.
- Responsiveness: Ability to adapt to change and meet new demands quickly.
- Customer Centricity: Understand customers’ needs and meet or seek to exceed their expectations by building long term relationships, adopting data-driven decision making, and engaging in continuously improving processes and methods.
- Relationship: Demonstrate readiness to collaborate, and build sustainable relationship with stakeholders.
- Empathy: Understand and share the feelings, perspectives and experiences of customers.
- Data driven; Consistently utilizing data to drive work and make informed decisions.
- Respect: is the glue that holds teams, organizations, customers together.
- Professionalism: Conducting oneself with competence, integrity, and respect in a work setting.
- Inclusivity: Embracing diversity, respecting unique identities, and fostering belonging.
- Genuineness: Being authentic, sincere, and transparent in interactions, respecting the truth and authenticity.
For Any Enquiry or Support Request
- 011-5-18-03-54
- 011-5-18-03-55
- 011-5-18-09-18