Job Vacancies at CloudStream Global

You will be doing the following:

• Leading a multidisciplinary engineering team
• Setting up the team for success
• Innovate new ways of working
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Engineering Managers to make sure there is a clear vision and strategy in place for teams
• Building a strong Engineering culture that supports the long-term vision of the business
• Career development

The ideal person will have:

• Experience in a startup- non-negotiable, working in a fast-growing team of Developers, Product Managers and Designers
• High Emotional Intelligence and ability to build relationships across the business
• Demonstrable experience growing high performing development teams quickly, and improving productivity
• Experience managing distributed teams across multiple offices, as well as experience managing Managers
• Deep experience implementing engineering, management and process best practices within a fast-growing team
• A depth of technical acumen
• A “bigger picture perspective”

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Head of Product

A rapidly growing African Fintech Startup, based in Cape Town, has a spot for a world class product enthusiast to head up the Product Team. This will ideally be someone who is passionate about the development and management of a team, and also someone with experience successfully managing different products simultaneously.

The name of the game is smart technology! This is a team of smart people, driven to push the boundaries of innovation to enable a better future for all. This is an open culture, and one that is interested in YOU as an individual- your interests, passions, and your gifts.  

You will be doing the following:

• Leading and mentoring 3 Product Managers
• Product planning
• Own the development of the product roadmap and deal closely with Executives and other stakeholders on this
• Managing the full product lifecycle from end to end
• Work closely with sales and support teams to identify growth opportunities
• Working with design and development teams on sprint scheduling and functionality testing.

The ideal person will have:

• Experience in a startup- non-negotiable, working in a fast-growing team of Developers, Product Managers and Designers
• Analytical skills, and experience using tools like Mixpanel and Google Analytics
• Ability to communicate a clear vision and strategy, inspiring the team to reach business goals
• A “bigger picture perspective”
• High drive to execute
• Passion, grit, and a dedication to learning and also sharing your knowledge
• A desire to make an impact
• Strong relationship building skills
• A commitment to customer satisfaction  
• Strong work ethic

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or IT
• MBA highly preferable but not a must
• Experience building successful products in Payments, Financial Services or Billing space