Product Manager: Analytics at Shoprite Group of Companies

Job Objectives

• Manage a value stream of products and services to deliver the required functionality and value.
• Guide cross functional teams to plan, forecast and market the solution at each stage of the delivery lifecycle.
• Work closely with cross functional teams to ensure that feature breakdown is done effectively.
• Contribute as subject matter expert on analytical solutions to drive business objectives.
• Represent the value stream in ART level events; ART syncs, inspect and adapt, PI planning, demos and continuous exploration reviews.
• Determine and track the profitability of analytical products and services to assess their value-add to the business.
• Drive ongoing and open communication with internal departments and external stakeholders.
• Serve as key integration point for cross functional teams working on analytical solutions.
• Understand changing market trends to apply strategies and roadmaps that deliver added value to the business.
• Generate new ideas, research and analyse for feasibility and business impact.
• Provide integrated reporting and feedback.
• Streamlined Development – Optimise the product lifecycle, ensuring faster time-to-market for new features and more efficient iteration cycles.
• Reducing Wasted Efforts- Identify underperforming products or services, allowing the business to pivot or discontinue them, reducing wasted investment and effort.  
• Value Opportunities- identify opportunities to leverage analytics to increase revenue, reduce cost, manage risk, improve experience or help the environment. 

Qualifications

• Degree in Business, IT, Data Science, Engineering, Marketing or another relevant field – (essential).

Experience

• +6 years’ experience in a similar role, with proven success launching new solutions and complex features and translating business strategy and analysis into successful solutions – (essential).
• Experience leading an agile team – (essential).
• Experience collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams to deliver complex solutions – (essential).