Product Manager
Our prestige client was founded with a solutions-oriented approach to solving commercial challenges and they have grown to become a significant player in global supply chain services, focusing on the processes involved in the sourcing and distribution of physical goods and commodities across diverse global markets. They blend innovative technology with intuition to create solutions to support supply chain management, sustainability and compliance, and financial services. They go beyond conventional service provision, serving as a dynamic tool for the growth of retail merchants, exporters, aggregators, distributors, importers, and manufacturers. Through their technology rails, businesses not only navigate challenges but expand their capabilities and reach on a global scale.
Responsibilities:- Lead as product manager in the South African Market as well as enable activities within a Product Owner capacity, when necessary
- Understand and research customer needs, market trends and potential partnerships, basing it on cost vs revenue perspectives.
- Translate and collaborate with the Head of Product on the Product Strategy (for SA) and concisely articulate it into detailed requirements and prototypes.
- Dive product and business-planning processes across different business units in the company
- Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements. Translate business requirements into technical specifications and design solutions accordingly.
- Ensure that product deadlines are met, and the relevant stakeholders are always kept up to date on interest elements.
- Create and maintain a high standard of reliability, quality and usability during product phases and ensure measurements are adhered to.
- Strategize and derive go-to-market plans with the Head Product and Product Marketing/commercial teams.
- Report and measure product launch success through qualitative and quantitative metrics.
- Actively coordinate, prepare, and manage up product aligned business strategy for execution.
- Support the build and delivery through to our delivery teams in building a range of products & services that could include responsive digital apps, APIs and data solutions to drive our digital strategy.
Requirements:- 7-10 years’ experience in product management building Fintech, e-ccommerce, online marketplace products. Experience with early-stage product is of great advantage.
- Strong understanding of the South African use case, user experience and market dynamics
- A bachelor's degree in any related field of study such as Business, Marketing, Computer Science / Engineering.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse and translate business needs to technical requirements.
- Demonstrated skill in Product Management with tools and technology to effectively manage, prioritize and strategize.
- Experience working, facilitating, and leading in multi-disciplinary teams consisting of Designers, Engineers, Business, Product and Marketing
- Strong business acumen and business analysis abilities
- Experience in launching Digital and Physical products in emerging markets.
- Understanding the application of human centered and service design concepts and assist in delivery facilitation with close collaboration with the UX/UI team.
- Fluency in technology and emerging trends in the African context to drive adoption, inspiration to help product and technology teams grow.
The Reference Number for this position is
LJ59023 which is a
Perm - Remote position offering a salary of
R1 020 million per annum (Negotiable). Contact Leigh at
az.oc.egrem-e@jhgiel or call her at 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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Posted on 15 Jul 12:35, Closing date 13 Sep
