Head of Product

4 weeks ago

Cape Town, 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 user-centricity, is data-driven, 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 user-focused activities, to ensure our customers are always at the forefront of what we do
  • Be a champion of the product vision and strategy, implementing world-class product development practises
  • Stakeholder management - you are the link between stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring buy-in across the business and taking responsibility for the end product

Requirements:

  • Experience in Product Management within a fast growing company (start-up/scale-up)
  • 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
  • Well-versed in core concepts related to UI/UX design

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