Product Lead (Conversion) at takealot.com

Your responsibilities will include:

• Define a compelling long-term product vision (3–5 years) and strategy for your product area, aligned with business goals and grounded in customer needs. Focus on elevating the end-to-end digital experience through innovation, differentiation, and the smart application of emerging technologies.
• Own and maintain an actionable product roadmap that clearly prioritizes features, enhancements, and strategic initiatives. Ensure the roadmap reflects evolving business priorities, customer feedback, and technological opportunities.
• Lead the full product development lifecycle—from problem framing and opportunity sizing to solution design and execution. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to run discovery, define requirements, drive delivery, support experimentation and user testing, and ensure high-quality outcomes.
• Serve as the thought leader and champion of the digital customer experience within your domain. Represent your product vision to internal stakeholders and senior leadership, and ensure alignment across teams working toward a shared experience goal.
• Drive alignment and collaboration across disciplines including engineering, design, analytics, marketing, and other areas. Influence related product roadmaps to ensure coherence, scalability, and a seamless experience across the platform.
• Leverage data and experimentation to continuously improve the product. Analyze performance, test hypotheses, monitor key metrics, and use customer insights to identify and deliver impactful optimizations.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree, preferably in engineering
• At least 7 years product management experience preferably in eCommerce/online retail with 2-4 in product leadership/strategic role
• Strong strategic thinking and product discovery experience — you’re not just executing, you’re setting vision and direction.
• Experience in discovering and leading cross functional product initiatives.