Product Manager

**Who are we?**

Glacier by Sanlam brings together leading experts and respected financial services companies to meet clients’ investment needs. We deliver focused investment services through specialist teams, partner with acclaimed financial intermediaries and pride ourselves on our superior products and solutions and high quality service. We offer a comprehensive range of investment solutions, designed to assist in the creation and preservation of wealth. Our offering encompasses local investments, including fixed term investments and investments with guarantees, international investments, retirement saving solutions, and retirement income solutions. While each solution has its own distinct purpose, they all share the world-class quality and commitment that have come to distinguish Glacier.

**What will you do?**

**Job Purpose**
- Glacier is a subsidiary of Sanlam. ‘World-class’ is a word we use often as we bring together leading experts and respected financial services companies to meet our clients’ investment needs. We take pride in delivering on being a chosen partner of acclaimed financial intermediaries through our superior solutions to our clients, supported by strong partnerships and quality service.

Our dynamic Product Management team has many and great plans and is looking for a self-motivated individual to join the team and help develop and enhance our investment solutions.
- This role will be in the Product Management team, responsible for development and management of LISP product and solutions (in conjunction with our corporate partners) and help steer the overall Glacier product strategy. While your qualifications and experience are important to us, your fit into the Glacier culture and potential to grow and develop is equally important to us.

**Key Outcomes**
- The following outcomes will be expected to be achieved by the Product Manager:

- Set the vision for growth within your product set and execute against ambitious goals playing an active role in defining and driving the strategy and roadmap, project planning and business development.
- Provide product management insights across the product platform, focussing on new developments and enhancements of investment solutions in line with the business strategy and as agreed with Partners.
- Coordinate all new developments and enhancements through collaboration with various stakeholders including Actuarial, Sales, IT, Client Services, Legal and Marketing to make the most impactful decisions
- Develop and communicate business plans internally to share the product vision and priorities for new product proposals or current product enhancements.
- Continually iterate to ensure that client needs are met, and that the product remains competitive.
- Provide ongoing support to the Sales and Marketing teams, which would include:

- guiding the content and structure of marketing and other positioning material.
- providing training to the Sales teams and intermediaries.
- engaging, as required, with corporate clients.
- developing good relationships with business partners and regulatory authorities.
- Understand the markets, technologies, competitors and clients and stay abreast of local and international industry trends for your products and solutions.
- Manage the product lifecycle,
- Ensure that products comply with regulatory requirements,
- Working with the Partners to continually iterate to ensure that client, intermediary and corporate client needs are met, and that the product remains competitive.
- Develop and communicate business plans internally to share the product vision and priorities for new product proposals or current product enhancements.
- Understand the markets, technologies, competitors and clients and stay abreast of international industry trends for your product set.
- Competencies
- Client focus
- Cultivates innovation
- Collaborates
- Being resilient
- Drive results
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good understanding of the tax and regulatory framework

**Attributes**
- You engage with people easily.
- Ability to influence positively through assertiveness.
- You value honesty, integrity, respect and authenticity.
- You are comfortable working in a driven, high-performance team.
- You can juggle many tasks, and flexible if priorities change quickly.

**What will make you successful in this role?**

**Qualification and Experience**
- Degree or Diploma with 3 to 5 years related experience.

**Knowledge and Skills**
- Conduct client/market research
- Specialist product support
- Product enhancements
- Product performance tracking and measurement
- Management of employees

**Personal Attributes**
- Business insight - Contributing through others
- Financial acumen - Contributing through others
- Organisational savvy - Contributing through others
- Decision quality - Contributing through others

**Build a successful career with us**
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