Product Manager (Fulfilment Mobile Team) at takealot.com

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Building the vision and roadmap for the Takealot fulfilment mobile portfolio with a special emphasis on Android mobile applications.
• Working cross-functionally with engineering, design, operations, and executive teams to bring about product enhancements that will improve our front-end experiences.
• Working with business owners to understand their strategy, requirements, and priorities to translate their needs into projects for front-end engineering teams.
• Defining/tracking the metrics and data that will inform all decisions on frontend features and functionality.
• Analyzing and understanding project scope and core objectives through workshops with stakeholders to define business requirements.
• Eliciting low-level functional requirements and documenting these requirements such that engineering teams can compile detailed technical specifications.
• Collaborate with technical lead and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze trade-offs between usability and performance needs.
• Evolve appropriate Product Management practices for a responsive, dynamic environment to foster the effective execution of commitments.
• Be proactive in ensuring that the engineering and QA teams understand the requirements by facilitating backlog grooming and sprint planning sessions and initiating functional clarification sessions where needed.
• Set timelines, drive project schedules, and lead cross-functional development teams from design to release.
• Review the test plan and test scripts to ensure quality and coverage.
• Performing user acceptance testing.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest trends and developments in the mobile app space. Conduct competitive analysis to stay current with industry trends and ensure our products are competitive.
• Act as the primary point of contact for Mobile product-specific inquiries and issues.
• Oversee the design, development, and launch of new features and enhancements to the Android apps.

The skills we need:

• Must have a proven track record of execution and have the ability to formulate a detailed Mobile product roadmap and execute that plan.
• Ability to wear multiple hats to guide other product managers, business analysts, UX experts, and engineers to deliver world-class products.
• Be solution-oriented, accountable, highly motivated, and have a robust personality.
• The ability to take initiative in ambiguous situations, by identifying critical problems and driving solutions.
• Data-driven decision making.
• Outstanding organizational and communication skills and the ability to balance multiple priorities
• Attention to detail
• An avid customer advocate
• Strong understanding of Android platform and development processes.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in a related field and a minimum of 3 to 5 years of Product Management experience, of which a minimum of 2 years experience in a Product Development environment is required.
• If you don’t have a Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in a related field, an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 6 years of Product Management experience, of which a minimum of 2 years experience in a Product Development environment is required.
• Experience in an e-commerce environment or a mobile app-based environment would be an advantage.
• Demonstrable experience in UX/UI principles and best practices for mobile applications.