Lead Product Manager - Cape Town CBD at Flash Group

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leading individuals across functions to deliver products and ensure product vision is implemented effectively
• Working with multiple teams across the business and all internal and external stakeholders to effectively manage, design and build highly effective product strategies and roadmaps
• Help influence and maintain a frontend platform roadmap based on our architectural goals
• Work with the data and/or UX teams to research, prototype, test and validate ideas around our design system, tooling and frontend architecture
• Driving the development of new products or product changes and enhancements aligned with our user’s needs
• Actively participate with product managers and the product development teams to define product requirements and specifications
• Drive strategic product communications across the organization (e.g. decision narratives, product updates, tracking of successes and failures) internally and externally with business leaders and all relevant stakeholders
• Drive alignment on product features, business metrics, and business strategies across the organisation
• Identify business opportunities to expand, automate, or optimize our product offering
• Market and competitor research and insights
• Facilitate and drive innovation of new products that align with business strategy and user needs
• Evolve product strategy based on research, data, and industry trends.
• Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues or bottlenecks that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals.
• Partner management and commercial negotiations
• Margin management from an income statement and product perspective

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• BA or BS in a technical field
• 8+ years of product management experience in a leadership capacity’ - including developing technical products in a high growth environment, from inception to delivery
• A strong technical background with software development or technical management experience, and an understanding of the software development life cycle
• Experience working on projects with cross functional teams in an Agile environment
• Business Development or Growth Management experience and experience in creating campaigns and driving product awareness
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex data and information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences, including executives and technical/non-technical leaders
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Experience in owning a suite of products and defining long-term product strategy and vision aligned with the customers need in mind
• Experience creating complex technical and functional specifications aligned with business requirements and customer needs
• Previous experience in / with the informal, banking or retail industry will be an advantage
• Previous experience in using a mix of legacy and new modular systems to deliver outcomes
• The ability to work with and influence remote teams
• Strong and supportive leader with a proven track record
• Budgeting and forecasting experience

SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES:

• Maturity, high judgment, negotiation skills, and the ability to influence others
• A mix of technical and creative talent and exceptional leadership skills – these are key factors to success in this role
• That you are proactive, thoughtful, thorough, decisive, and flexible
• That you always conduct yourself professionally and with integrity
• That you are proficient in strategic, analytical, and critical thinking
• That you have high EQ