Director, Product, Learning Systems

3 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa 2U Full time

At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission - to eliminate the back row in education - and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world's leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings - from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.

**What We're Looking For**:
You will lead an engineering team responsible for the maintenance and enhancement of a learning tool ecosystem that serves a catalog of 150+ executive education programs. You'll become the domain expert in how the ecosystem serves students, faculty, and internal operations staff. As the Product leader of the team, you'll have primary responsibility for alignment of the team's roadmap with product strategy, and display expert judgment on how technology can innovatively and cost-effectively solve business problems.

**Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To**:

- People management
- Plan and organise capacity of team members
- Communicate clear instructions to team members.
- Oversee day-to-day operations.
- Allocate team members to relevant projects associated to their roles.
- Coordinate and control resources
- Support, supervise and line-manage direct reports.
- Monitor and drive excellent performance
- Lead team members
- Conduct frequent one-on-one meetings to manage performance and give employees feedback on progress.
- Facilitate the PDS process for direct reports.
- Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture.
- Motivate team members.
- Recognize high performance and reward accomplishments.
- Devise and refine strategies to strengthen team engagement and morale.
- Team leadership
- Drive the team to high performance aligned with recognized product development best practices.
- Proactively seek opportunities for increasing business efficiency through improved manual and automated process systems and/or scale within the business.
- Work closely with the software development team to translate business requirements into well-defined system requirements.
- Lead, develop, mentor and motivate other team members working in conjunction with your projects.
- Manage common resource demands and plan resourcing capacity.
- Monitor, manage and adhere to Incident Management processes from detection to remediation, while working closely with the Cybersecurity, Web Infrastructure and software engineering teams.
- Initiate and support process improvement efforts to improve the quality and value of contributions and deliverables.
- Stakeholder & Relationship Management
- Work closely with cross-functional business units and respective team leads in order to understand, interpret, prioritize, execute and deliver on key strategic priorities.
- Continually foster a culture of 'tech-enablement' throughout the organization and respective business units.
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with multiple business units actively working on strategic projects concurrently.
- Ensure and maintain close integration between technical and business teams.
- Foster and maintain effective collaborative relationships with business units and technical staff.
- Accountability for Results
- Manage projects from beginning-to-end that directly impact business operations and revenue.
- Maintain expert level of business functional knowledge and current automated technologies.
- Translate complex and ambiguous business requirements into clear operational plans and see the plans through to successful completion.
- Proactively seek system enabled benefits to cost, quality and time.
- Be responsible for the quality of system implementations.
- Analyze complex business needs and advise business teams effectively to deliver value while maintaining business continuity.
- Leads project teams that are developing or modifying complex information systems. Includes leading the analysis and documentation of business and system requirements.
- Providing overall technical guidance, leadership, and solid execution of expectations of business.

**Things That Should Be In Your Background**:

- 5+ years' experience in technical product development roles
- 3+ years in a Product Management role.
- Bachelor's degree in business, technology or related field.
- Experience working in an Agile environment.
- Demonstrated experience managing roadmaps, understanding of roadmap cycle.
- Experience in identifying, analyzing and solving ambiguous problems.
- Ability to rapidly grasp concepts and think creatively about solutions.
- A sound understanding of a wide variety of technologies. Previous technical experience required.
- Talent for turning ambiguity into clarity
- Demonstrated success with leading large projects, driving and delivering strategic business objectives.

**Benefits & Culture**

Our global employee base is a d

  • Partnerships Director

    2 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Executive Director Full time

    Job description Are you ready to start building your freedom? You can continue working for employers who offer you an hourly wage or a fixed salary, which always creates a limit on your earnings and a feeling of being stuck, or you can come with ARDE and build a bright future for yourself and your loved ones in the form of passive recurring income that will...

  • Learning & Development Product & Systems Specialist

    3 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Santam Full time

    What will you do? Santam has a position of L&PD Product & Systems Specialist that may be based at our Head Office in Tygervalley or Alice Lane Sandton. The purpose of the role is to ensure that the science and the art of creating experiences that help Learners fulfil the learning outcomes they desire are executed in a user-centered and goal-directed...

  • Intermediate to Senior Product Manager

    5 days ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Maskew Miller Learning Recruitment Full time

    **Job Desciption**: **Join our innovation and technology team**: We are serious about innovating with technology to get learning resources and content in the hands of all learners. Maskew Miller Learning lends its name from the most trusted and recognisable publisher in South African history - Maskew Miller. We believe that learning allows people to move...

  • Learning Design Administrator

    4 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Construct Education Full time

    **Location: Cape Town** **Reporting Line: Director of Learning Design (AU)** **Working Practices: Minimum two days a week in the office with option to work flexibly for remaining days** **Contract: 8 month Fixed-term contract** **Working hours: 07H00 TO 15H30** **Role summary** The Learning Design Administrator supports the Learning Design team by...

  • Director: Products Global Pricing

    1 week ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Clickatell Full time

    **Purpose** We are seeking a Trailblazing Director: Products Global Pricing to join our team of Champions focused on disrupting a $50B+ market. This role is essential in managing and growing the demand to deliver competitive products and solutions. The Director: Products Global Pricing will manage a team of individuals each responsible for a component of...

  • Systems Administrator

    2 weeks ago

    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Stitch Full time

    The Systems Administrator uses their technical expertise to perform day-to-day maintenance and repairs, which includes computer installations and upgrades, security maintenance, routine automation, and technical support for Stitch's employees. The Systems Administrator reports to the Director of Security and Infrastructure.Department ITReporting line...

  • Director of Engineering

    2 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Engineered Workforce (Pty) Ltd Full time

    As Director of Software Engineering you will have the autonomy to develop new ideas and concepts for the business with a large focus on developing and coaching the teams. You will need to be people driven and live the values of the company. 80% of culture is non verbal and this company has the culture of "this is a safe space to fail". They are small enough...

  • Systems Administrator

    2 months ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Ontec Systems (Pty) Ltd Full time

    **Scope of role** A passionate System Administrator with strong competency in SQL Server, Windows Server Operating System and Internet Information Services (IIS). **Key responsibilities**: - Manage and configure SQL Server databases including performance monitoring and tuning. - Administer and support of all Windows Servers including websites hosted on...

  • Director: Products Global Pricing

    2 weeks ago

    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Clickatell Full time

    PurposeWe are seeking a Trailblazing Director: Products Global Pricing to join our team of Champions focused on disrupting a $50B+ market. This role is essential in managing and growing the demand to deliver competitive products and solutions.The Director:Products Global Pricing will manage a team of individuals each responsible for a component of delivering...

  • Production Manager

    2 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Spec Systems Full time

    **PRODUCTION MANAGER** - **PREVIOUS PRODUCTION MANAGER EXPERIENCE IN THE LABEL PRINTING INDUSTRY ESSENTIAL AND AT LEAST 5 YEARS FLEXO AND DIGITAL PRINTING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.**_ - **DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RELEVANT EXPERIENCE. **_ **General Summary**: Management of the Manufacturing department of Spec Systems, ensuring maximum profitability for...

  • Learning Design Administrator

    2 weeks ago

    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Construct Education Full time

    Location: Cape TownReporting Line: Director of Learning Design (AU)Working Practices: Minimum two days a week in the office with option to work flexibly for remaining daysContract: 8 month Fixed-term contractWorking hours: 07H00 TO 15H30Role summaryThe Learning Design Administrator supports the Learning Design team by undertaking a range of administrative...

  • Product Lead: Machine Learning

    1 month ago

    Cape Town, South Africa JenRec Recruitment Full time

    Create and facilitate the delivery of the Machine Learning roadmap for the company's key AI focus areas.Work hand-in-hand with a team of dedicated machine learning engineers, aiming to deliver projects reliably against projected roadmap timelines.Drive adoption and integration of machine learning project outputs from your machine learning team by other...

  • Product Lead: Machine Learning

    3 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa JenRec Recruitment Full time

    Create and facilitate the delivery of the Machine Learning roadmap for the company''s key AI focus areas.Work hand-in-hand with a team of dedicated machine learning engineers, aiming to deliver projects reliably against projected roadmap timelines.Drive adoption and integration of machine learning project outputs from your machine learning team by other...

  • Product Director

    1 month ago

    Eastern Cape - Free State - Gauteng - KwaZulu-Natal - Limpopo - Mpumalanga - North West - Northern Cape - Western Cape - International, South Africa PLAYRIX Full time

    Playrix is the largest game developer in Europe and one of the most successful game developers in the world. The audience of our products is tens of millions of players. And it's all made possible by a strong team with superb management.We're looking for a Product Director with experience in managing large IT products who is ready to take responsibility for...

  • Director of Studies

    3 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa EC English Language Centres Full time

    Do you have a passion for teaching and developing others? Do you have experience as a manager and leading teams? Would you like the opportunity to work in an international and diverse work atmosphere, with a knowledgeable, high-achieving, and fun team? If this excites you then this could be the opportunity for you. EC Cape Town is looking for a Director of...

  • Director of Communications

    4 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Canonical - Jobs Full time

    Director of Communications: the person who will redefine the perception of open source in the enterprise. Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu and a leader in open source solutions and services, is writing the next chapter of its growth story: offering the widest open source portfolio, redefining its corporate image and becoming a public company. We are...

  • GOLF Director

    2 weeks ago

    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa BGA Recruitment Full time

    Position: Golf DirectorThe purpose of the Director of Golf at the Golf Club is primarily to lead the golf aspect of the member and guest experience. The on-course experience forms an integral part of the overall value-proposition. The incumbent Director of Golf is required to ensure that all team members in this department are certain of the standards they...

  • GOLF Director

    3 months ago

    Cape Town, South Africa BGA Recruitment Full time

    Position: Golf DirectorThe purpose of the Director of Golf at the Golf Club is primarily to lead the golf aspect of the member and guest experience. The on-course experience forms an integral part of the overall value-proposition. The incumbent Director of Golf is required to ensure that all team members in this department are certain of the standards they...

  • Sales Director

    3 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Proactive Recruitment Full time

    _**Our Client**_ is the industry leading digital marketing agency serving North American Eye and Ear professional service practices. We are a remote-first company, employing a global team of Web Development, SEO, Marketing, Sales and Customer Support experts. We are seeking a **Sales Director **to scale our sales team and sales operations. The primary...

  • Director of Finance and Risk

    2 weeks ago

    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Reach Digital Health Full time

    Previously known as , Reach Digital Health builds on 15 years of experience scaling digital health programmes to allow faster and more cost-effective implementations in various health domains. Reach has connected the health system with people and communities in over 200 countries through available mobile technology.It takes passion and perseverance to make...