Head of Product

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Progressive Edge Full time

Head of Product

Permanent

Cape Town


A company who specialises in the development of cutting-edge fintech solutions aimed to serve small and medium enterprises, has a new head of product position available.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a product leader to grow the companies Product Management function.

This will be done by working closely with the executive team to set direction for product strategy, define long-term product roadmaps and work with all areas of the business to deliver a fantastic product.


We are looking for someone who is commercially minded, customer-focused, who is also technically savvy to ensure the product team is working efficiently with Tech to tackle the biggest business challenges.


Responsibilities:

  • Developing an effective Product Management function that is focused on usercentricity, is datadriven, and incorporates iterative product development
  • Building an understanding of users through market research & customer engagement in order to adjust development accordingly and solve for problems along our customer journey
  • Creating, owning and communicating the vision for our product strategy and roadmaps, alongside our Executive team, not only for existing but for future products too
  • Grow and lead a Product team. You will be the direct line manager for Product Owners and Product Designers, eliminating blockers for teams to work efficiently and overall responsibilities for tech deliverables
  • Work closely with our Marketing, Data and Engineering teams to understand business performance and key opportunities
  • Drive user testing and userfocused activities, to ensure our customers are always at the forefront of what we do
  • Be a champion of the product vision and strategy, implementing worldclass product development practices
  • Stakeholder management you are the link between stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring buyin across the business and taking responsibility for the end product

Requirements:

  • Experience in Product Management within a fastgrowing company (startup/scaleup)
  • Over 5 years experience in a Product Management role
  • Fintech experience preferred
  • Proven experience in developing product strategies
  • Proven, successful track record as a Product Leader with experience mentoring Product Owners
  • Experience defining product strategy and prioritising roadmaps collaboratively
  • Prior experience working with Engineering teams in an Agile environment
  • Experience with prototyping, testing, and validating product hypotheses, and have proven success at identifying MVPs which transition to valuable and appealing products
  • Technical acumen and genuine passion for technology
  • Wellversed in core concepts related to UI/UX design

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