Product & Business Development Manager: Middle Management Level at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

This role is on a Middle Management level, responsible to identify new business opportunities to generate revenue, improve profitability and help the business grow to ensure a sustainable business.

The incumbent will join the Sanlam Credit Solutions (SCS) Manco team and report to the Business Head of SCS.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Identifying opportunities and successfully negotiate with stakeholders and clients on business opportunities to grow and develop the SCS digital value proposition.
• Ensuring client needs and market trends are continuously evaluated, addressed and improved on.
• Design and facilitate the implementation of the SCS product strategy, ensuring that it is always aligned to the business and competitive market.
• Conduct consumer and market research to identify opportunities for growth.
• Measure and constantly interpret performance of SCS.
• Ensuring that the digital platform is continuously evaluated and improved
• Ensuring that platform is user friendly.
• Coordinate and facilitate all aspects of SCS communication to ensure effective targeting and ROI
• Coordinate and facilitate the compilation of the brand budget
• Attend high level collaboration sessions/meetings with the team and prospective platform partners
• Coordinate and facilitate product development and implementation projects
• Consistently collaborate with product owners and the internal leadership team to ensure that the product and service goal is understood and implemented

Qualification And Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or related field.
• At least 5 years’ experience in digital platforms/UX.
• Completed leadership development program will be an advantage.
• Sound experience of digital platform development
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally and/or in partnership models
• Experience in consumer credit or financial services
• Project management experience, with a solid understanding of project management principles
• Track record of successful implementation of new initiatives
• Experience of managing business partnerships
• Digital platform and data analytics experience

Knowledge And Skills

• Knowledge of the Sanlam businesses will be beneficial
• An understanding of data and technology integration principles will be beneficial
• Sound understanding of consumer marketing
• A good understanding of a range of financial services products and their profit drivers, including credit products

Core Competencies

• Being resilient - Contributing through others
• Collaborates - Contributing through others
• Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others
• Customer focus - Contributing through others
• Drives results - Contributing through others

Personal Attributes

• Relationship management
• Negotiation / Influencing and gaining commitment
• A high degree of business acumen
• Excellent communication skills
• Strategic thinker / decision maker and able to identify long-term opportunities and trends
• Ambitious and complement the Sanlam values