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  • Posted: Sep 7, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • Media24 is South Africa’s leading publisher with interests in digital media and services, newspapers, magazines, ecommerce, book publishing, print and distribution. It is part of Naspers, a multinational group of media and ecommerce platforms. Strategy Our purpose: Building communities through content, technology and commerce. What we do: We create experie...
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    Business Development Manager

    Key Responsibilities

    Business Development & Growth

    • Develop and execute comprehensive business development strategies for both Landbou24 and Landbou.com platforms
    • Identify and pursue new revenue streams and market opportunities in the agricultural sector
    • Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders including farmers, suppliers, industry bodies, and agricultural organizations
    • Drive user acquisition and onboarding initiatives across both platforms
    • Develop strategic partnerships with agricultural cooperatives, auctioneers, and industry intermediaries

    Strategic Acquisitions & Partnerships

    • Identify potential acquisition targets that align with our agricultural marketplace strategy
    • Conduct market research and due diligence on potential acquisition opportunities
    • Lead negotiations and partnership discussions with target companies
    • Collaborate with executive team on merger and acquisition activities
    • Evaluate strategic partnerships that could enhance platform capabilities or market reach

    Platform Synergies & Integration

    • Develop strategies to maximize synergies between Landbou24 marketplace and Landbou.com content platform
    • Create integrated value propositions that leverage both platforms' strengths
    • Drive cross-platform user engagement and content utilization
    • Identify opportunities to enhance user experience through platform integration
    • Collaborate with product teams to ensure seamless user journey across platforms

    Engagement & User Experience

    • Develop and implement user engagement strategies to increase platform utilization
    • Analyze user behavior and identify opportunities to improve retention and activity
    • Design and execute campaigns to drive farmer registration and production unit onboarding
    • Work with marketing team to create compelling value propositions for different user segments
    • Monitor engagement metrics and optimize strategies based on performance data

    Market Expansion & Industry Relations

    • Represent the company at agricultural trade shows, conferences, and industry events
    • Build relationships with industry bodies such as Red Meat Industry Standards (RMIS), Cape Wools, and other agricultural organizations
    • Explore international partnership opportunities and market expansion possibilities
    • Stay current with agricultural industry trends, regulations, and market dynamics
    • Contribute to thought leadership initiatives within the agricultural technology space

    Required Qualifications

    Education & Experience

    • Bachelor's degree in Business or B.A in Media studies, Marketing, or related field
    • 5+ years of business development experience, preferably in media, agricultural, technology, or marketplace sectors
    • Proven track record of driving business growth and managing strategic partnerships
    • Experience with M&A activities or business acquisitions (preferred)

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    Senior Product Manager

    What You’ll Do

    • Act as the strategic lead for enhancing and optimising News24’s digital products, ensuring the highest standards in product quality and user experience.
    • Develop and drive innovative concepts to enhance or create new digital publishing products, always improving the user experience.
    • Act as a senior advisor and operational champion for editorial and product queries, workflow, and troubleshooting.
    • Collaborate closely with technical and editorial teams to specify and prioritise product requirements.
    • Monitor industry trends, technologies, and emerging best practices to keep News24 ahead of the curve.
    • Support editorial teams with operational product queries, troubleshooting, and workflow improvements, taking a senior role in escalation and resolution.
    • Manage the product lifecycle for both existing and emerging News24 digital assets.
    • Lead product rollouts, testing, training, and optimisation across the News24 suite.

    What You’ll Need

    • Bachelor’s degree or diploma in a relevant field.
    • A minimum of 7+ years of product management experience, with at least 5 years in a digital/mobile environment, and a proven track record in a senior or leadership capacity.
    • Exceptional leadership, communication, and presentation skills; the confidence to engage and influence at all levels.
    • Passion for developing and delivering outstanding user experiences.
    • Highly data-driven and analytically minded, with the proven ability to inform decision-making through research and insight.
    • Consistent track record of successful product launches and driving significant business value.
    • Expertise in managing diverse workloads and strategic prioritisation.
    • Significant experience with agile and lean product development methodologies.
    • Thorough knowledge of prevailing and emerging digital and mobile trends and technologies.

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    Mid- Level QA Engineer

    What you’ll do

    • Turn requirements and user stories into clear test plans/cases.
    • Test web, mobile, and APIs (functional, regression, exploratory, cross-browser/device).
    • Log/triage defects with crisp repro steps; track fixes through re-test and closure.
    • Run basic non-functional checks (performance, accessibility/security basics).
    • Support UAT and release readiness (smoke in staging, post-deploy verification).
    • Improve QA process, data, and checklists; contribute in grooming/design reviews.

    What you’ll need

    • 3–5 years QA experience on modern web apps.
    • Strong manual and exploratory testing skills; risk-based mindset.
    • Automation experience a bonus - Cypress or Playwright, Postman/Newman; Git + CI familiarity.
    • Excellent communication and exemplary bug reporting.

    Method of Application

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