Product Manager - Cape Town, at Media24 (Pty) Ltd

 What will you do...the cool stuff!

• Enhance products supporting the Digital Publishing business
• Ensure products remain of a high standard by interpreting, guiding and refining requirements
• Coming up with innovative concepts to ultimately enhance existing or create new Digital Publishing products to improve the user experience
• Collaborate with our tech teams to spec requirements where necessary
• Keep abreast of the development of new technologies, trends, and products, ensuring successful and timeous roll out
• Assist the editorial teams with operational requirements on an ad-hoc basis
• Manage existing and new products introduced into the Publishing stable
• Troubleshoot product bugs and queries logged with the product team
• Engage the product team in assisting with the roll-out of new products and features across the 24.com product suite
• Using your commercial acumen, suggest product enhancements to realise market opportunities
• Articulate product strategies in support of business objectives

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree/diploma in a relevant field, or equivalent industry experience, beneficial
• A minimum of 3 years of product management experience of which include 2 years in a mobile/digital environment
• Obsession with creating delightful user experiences
• Data and research driven, analytical approach to features and changes
• Proven track record of delivering business value
• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Proficiency to manage a diverse workload and assign priorities to tasks
• Familiarity and significant experience with agile and lean processes
• Thorough knowledge of prevailing and emerging mobile trends and technologies
• Experience working on web and mobile products
• An exceptional communicator with presentation experience. Able to convey complex concepts in a simple and digestible manner

What skills will you have?

• Sound judgment
• Analytical thinking
• Planning and organising
• Good verbal communication
• Organized and meticulous
• Pro-active
• Quality-orientated
• Professional, assertive, and responsible