VP of Product / Chief Product Officer

Maisha Meds

. Own Maisha Meds’ platform end to end across provider software, reimbursement workflows, data products, and the AI layer .

Posted 10/6/2026full-timeRemote • KenyaLeadWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in managing AI-powered product development, including defining product vision, building experimentation practices, and ensuring product outcomes. Capable of leading cross-functional teams and communicating effectively with diverse stakeholders in healthcare and technology.

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AI-Powered Product ManagementLLM FluencyData FluencyProduct OwnershipHealthcare Experience

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Hard Skills

Product DevelopmentExperimentation PracticeForecastingAnomaly DetectionDecision SupportPrototypingMetric DefinitionProduct RoadmapCost AnalysisUser-Centric Design

Soft Skills

Collaborative Team PlayerResilienceGrowth MindsetAdaptabilityCommunication

Tools & Technologies

AI ToolsScrumData Analytics PlatformsEvaluation PipelinesAgent Tooling

Industry Keywords

HealthcareClinical ToolsRegulatory RequirementsProduct PartnershipsCost Per DALY Averted

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own Maisha Meds’ platform end to end across provider software, reimbursement workflows, data products, and the AI layer
Define the platform vision and three-year product roadmap across provider software, reimbursement, and data
Prioritize bold bets and quick wins, decide what to build versus buy, and hold the organization to OKRs
Determine where AI should own tasks, assist providers or operators, or keep clinicians in the loop
Build an evaluation-led AI product practice
Develop forecasting and stockout prevention, claims and audit anomaly detection, dispensing decision support, low-bandwidth conversational interfaces, and internal operations automation
Define product success metrics and own the metric tree from provider activation through patient outcomes and cost per DALY averted
Build instrumentation and reconciliation to make metrics trustworthy to payors
Run staged rollouts, holdouts, and quasi-experimental designs
Own acquisition, activation, and retention across the provider network, including LTV and CAC
Shape platform positioning, pricing, and deployment with government health systems, private partners, and payors
Manage and mentor product managers and designers and lead scrum teams across geographies
Build an ambitious, data-driven, customer-centric, outcomes-focused execution culture
Represent the product with ministries of health, funders, leadership, and country teams
Lead steering committees, communicate complex technical work to varied audiences, and unlock growth partnerships

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 8 years of product experience
Meaningful experience working on AI-powered products
Experience managing people
Hands-on fluency with LLMs, including prompt design, retrieval architectures, evaluation pipelines, and agent tooling
Understanding of cost, latency, and quality trade-offs in AI products
Experience taking at least one product from concept to production to scale in a resource-constrained environment
Ownership of product outcomes
Strong quantitative and data fluency
Experience building an experimentation practice
Ability to prototype quickly, sketch flows, write copy, and make product visions concrete
Ability to earn credibility with clinical and technical teams and translate between them
Deep experience building products that users love, including customer needs, market opportunity, and reporting and regulatory requirements across multiple countries
Experience in healthcare, clinical tools, or another high-stakes domain is a strong plus
Prior experience with third-party technology and product partnerships helps
Collaborative team player
Optimism, flexibility, and adaptability
Resilience and tenacity in ambiguous situations
Growth mindset and enthusiasm for learning, feedback, and continuous improvement
Passion, humility, patience, and a good sense of humor
Willingness to roll up sleeves and move projects forward

Benefits

Comp & perks

Compensation commensurate with experience
Remote-first work arrangement
Travel across markets for product research and team collaboration
Opportunity to work with leading academic institutions, funders, ministries of health, and country teams
Opportunity to work on high-impact healthcare technology and health outcomes
Opportunity to work with a rare, real-time, geotagged dispensing dataset
Startup culture empowering the team to make a huge difference