Product Manager at takealot.com

Your responsibilities will include:

• Build the overall vision for the order fulfillment aspects of the Checkout portfolio on all Takealot shopping platforms (web and apps).
• Drive execution of a multi-year roadmap that prioritizes a mix of key strategic business initiatives and user experience improvements.
• Lead the migration of business logic from other parts of the organization into Checkout empowering the team to create greater impact in the future.
• Facilitate project planning sessions and lead projects through the lifecycle to achieve the stated business objectives.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders, related to a specific vertical / roadmap, including obtaining stakeholder buy-in for requirements and relevant project status communications
• Work hand-in-hand with a team of dedicated engineers and designers, aiming to deliver projects reliably against projected roadmap timelines (set and communicated to stakeholders on a quarterly basis).
• Be responsible for defining and reporting on the success metrics of the projects on the Checkout Fulfillment roadmap.
• Move the needle of the team’s “North Star” metric through consistent execution of projects.

Attributes required:

• Highly-organized and enjoy driving complex projects through to completion.
• Have customer-centricity at the forefront of all conversations and decisions.
• Able to distill technical subjects into their fundamental concepts that can facilitate the effective exchange of ideas between business stakeholders and software development teams.
• Have strong commercial acumen for the factors that drive business success in a fast-paced e-commerce environment
• Comfortable with data deep-diving, individually and collaboratively, in order to generate product-level insights.
• Be proactive in exploring your problem space and surroundings, in support of your team's product vision and roadmap.
• Be highly accountable when it comes to meeting deadlines and driving projects.

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in a related field with at least 5 years of product management experience or exposure (through projects or responsibilities)
• If the degree/diploma qualification requirement isn’t met, at least 8 years of product management experience or exposure (through projects or responsibilities)
• Experience executing cross-functional projects, preferably in high-traffic digital environments.
• Experience with a version of scrum/agile for project execution
• Prior experience in ecommerce and/or Supply Chain would be highly preferred