Product Owner Group Advertising at Salt South Africa

My client is a leading online retailer across South Africa and is looking for a highly talented Advertising Product Owner to join the distinguished team in Cape Town.

We are a young and dynamic company looking for a smart, creative, hardworking individual to join the team. Market-related benefits are offered, along with a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to grow and build something great.

This position reports to the Group Advertising Head.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Determine, scope, prioritise and manage the advertising product roadmap
• Ensure that product solutions and requirements meet business needs and are based on international best practices and trends
• Ensure that product solution design is practical and implementable across the Group
• Ensure that prioritised projects are placed on the development roadmap and communicate all requirements to all necessary stakeholders across the business
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with the project teams to analyse any additional information needs related to functional requirements
• Be proactive in ensuring that the development and QA teams understand the requirements and initiating functional clarification sessions where needed.
• Put plans and processes in place to maximise the value that can be obtained through advertising tools, including but not limited to, AdManager, DV360, Google Analytics and Data Studio
• Define and implement short term advertising opportunities by utilising tools that are readily available
• Ensure that all requirements are met during solution design and post implementation
• Build and maintain reporting to measure the success of projects

Attributes Required:

• Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy
• Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
• Passion for understanding ambiguous, complex problems and driving high quality, innovative, clean solutions
• Ability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
• Versatile and with an appetite to learn by doing
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• A proven track record of delivering results, in a fast-paced environment
• Good technical understanding of software development processes
• Strong project management and communication skills
• Good commercial acumen and business analysis skills - analytical and able to use data to make decisions
• Versatile, resourceful and able to work on varied tasks simultaneously
• Ability to verbalise and visualise outcomes and communicate technical concepts in a clear, concise manner

Qualification & Experience:

• Relevant tertiary degree (Computer Science/Informatics/Engineering/Digital Marketing) or similar degree
• A minimum of 3-5 years experience in business analysis, product management or a related field
• Advertising focused product management experience (experience in digital marketing is advantageous)
• Advertising tool experience, specifically with Google AdManager, DV360, Google Analytics, Data Studio and other ad manager/server platforms and reporting/targeting tools
• Experience in an agile/iterative project management and development environment is a plus
• Experience in an e-commerce environment is a plus