Senior Software Portfolio Manager

This is your opportunity to be part of the leading software house in the online gaming world. In our space, passionate, innovative and incredibly awesome teams create the best technology in the field, and each day is a chance to level up.

As a Product Portfolio Manager you will be responsible for vision and value realization of the portfolio as well as aligning multiple strategies with portfolio and group objectives whilst leading multiple teams to execute the strategy.

**Key Responsibilities include the following**:
Talent Management:

- Ensure that the team members are equipped with the requisite skill set required for both current and future projects by facilitating a training and career development plan for each team member.
- Provide and facilitate mentoring and coaching by driving knowledge sharing
- Creates a culture that is aligned to the Platform
- Succession planning and key man reliance - ensuring the right people are in the right roles and being developed accordingly; ensuring business continuity through minimizing key man reliance.
- Ensure business continuity by minimizing key man reliance.

Strategy, Objectives & Execution:

- Create, Agree and Execute product, roadmaps & operational strategy for Products (Markets / Customers / Services) in collaboration with product (market/customer ) teams through proper documentation, communication, and execution.
- Build Effective Customer-Centric Relationships through Market/Service/Customer maps, 1 measurement of performance, usage & benchmarking. 2 engagement and involvement with customers by creating clear visibility through strategies and roadmaps. 3. effective utilization of products and services relative to benchmarks.
- Set and achieves efficiency and delivery objectives of their team by ensuring individual, and team strategy & objectives are clear, measurable & aligned to the Platform.
- Hold teams accountable through roadmaps, and individual performance contracts through consistent communication of delivery milestones.
- Responsible for effective use and communication of team department budget.
- Longer-term strategic thinking incorporating demand forecasting for product set.
- Data-driven decisions.

Knowledge Management:

- Identifies and responds to situational/organizational/market requirements by creating a culture of innovation and opportunity identification by the team.
- Facilitates change management due to changing situational requirements e.g. restructure changes etc.
- Supports and aligns formalized Societies and standards across Derivco/Platform by allocating agreed commitments to strategy/roadmaps/commitments and implementation.
- Maintains product(s) knowledge as well as general product group knowledge by being able to represent your product strategy in detail.
- Ensures that established procedures and processes are accurately documented, communicated, implemented, and agreed upon with product teams.
- Acts as an escalation point for issues and ensures effective communication and resolution activities are in place.

**Key Skill and Experience Requirements**:

- 7+ years’ experience in software development in complex, high-performance software environments
- 3+ years Leadership and management experience within a software development environment
- Experience with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - an advantage
- Proven track record of technical and behavioral results in a Leadership Role
- Analysis, ROI, Budgeting, forecasting experience
- Proven results in engaging customers at the executive level and senior management levels
- 3+ years’ experience in the gaming industry will be advantageous

**Salary**: R170,857.93 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Pretoria, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)