Product Manager I at LexisNexis South Africa

About the Role

• The Product Manager I will own a product feature and lead project execution. He/she will own the development plan and represent their feature within the PM team and will have an internal network across product domains. The individual will have a solid understanding of the customer and target market. He/she will represent the needs of the customer to the delivery team and will support and participate in the demo to key stakeholders at program milestones.
• At RELX, we are committed to advancing gender diversity within the technology sector and supporting greater representation of women in tech. To further this commitment, RELX has implemented the following initiatives:
• Women in Technology (WiT) Mentoring Program: This program is tailored to enhance career development for female talent in tech roles across all our businesses.
• Women’s Network Forum: We offer dedicated forums that foster community, mentorship, and professional growth for women.
• Inspiring Future Talent: We actively engage with schools, hosting events to inspire young females to consider and pursue careers in technology.

Responsibilities: 
Customer Focus

• Interacts frequently with customers, and generates customer requirements.
• Anticipates customer needs and prioritizes those for the organization.
• Analyzes and interprets what is happening in the market, driven by the latest news/incidents, particularly competitive announcements and events.
• Predicts short term market changes and implications on the product.
• Continuously aims to meet customer expectations without compromising the commercial viability of the product.

Data-Driven Decision-Making & Analysis

• Actively gathers data from multiple sources (customer, market analysis, sales and revenue, etc.) to drive solutions to business problems and issues of consequence to the company.
• Demonstrates the ability to make trade off decisions between potential product capabilities.
• Evaluates product hypotheses in a quantitative manner, including AB testing for interactive products.
• Generates new ideas by analyzing product data for insights.

Go to Market & Product Marketing Lifecycle

• Supports the go to market strategy with good communication of customer requirements and timelines to stakeholders.
• Assists on launch plans through coordinated development with external customer facing teams such as marketing and sales.
• Answers sales and customer questions regarding feature function, pricing, packaging, value proposition and competition.
• Offers Train-the-Trainer sessions in support of operations for market rollout.
• Assists on collateral for sales demonstrations and customer events.
• Outlines key milestones, outcomes and deliverables during go-to-market and product strategy planning.

Product Delivery & Development Lifecycle

• Solves customer issues with product features that achieve business goals and metrics.
• Has a deep understanding of his/her feature area and develops prototypes.
• Participates in product discovery, according to defined process, for new product development.
• Manages portions of the product lifecycle.
• Is familiar with SDLCs as identified by management e.g. agile processes.

Strategy & Commercial Acumen

• Determines strategic product vision and priorities for a feature area, and shapes/champions future product direction.
• Independently uses information derived from competitive analysis to drive product direction and strategy.
• Understands, formulates and budgets the operating costs required to deliver the revenues.
• Creates product development plans including opportunity assessment and business case.

Technical Skills

• Considers high-level technical approaches to use when prioritizing functionality.
• Is proficient in various technologies to assist day-to-day tasks (Excel, Balsamiq, Tableau, Python, SQL, etc.)
• Has a firm grasp of data and technical architecture principles and best practices.

Core Competencies:

• Practices Self-Development
• Solves Problems and Analyzes Issues
• Innovates
• Interpersonal Skills
• Collaboration and Teamwork
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Others
• Focus On Results

Requirements:

• Suggested Minimum Years of PM Experience: 3-5 years
• Recognized as full owner of a product or multiple features
• Identified, led and released changes or enhancements that improved customer in satisfaction and/or commercial impact.
• Demonstration of thorough product development knowledge, include the ability to develop related business cases, content and product plans.
• Successful participation in customer engagements.
• Education to Qualify: Bachelors or Masters degree in a technical subject (Computer Science or Engineering discipline) is preferred, but not essential.