
Technical Product Lead / Senior Product Manager
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
Product Strategy & Ownership
- Work with Business Product Owners to drive the end-to-end product lifecycle, from ideation to launch, across key initiatives in the product portfolio.
- Define and own product vision, strategy, roadmap, and backlog, aligning with business goals and customer needs.
- Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and user research to identify opportunities and inform prioritization.
- Align Business needs within Agile delivery teams, ensuring usability, scalability, and sustainability.
- Collaborate with Engineering Leads and cross-functional teams to plan and deliver multi-team features and capabilities.
- Assist driving the translation of requirements into clear epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Ensure cross-system integrations and architectural considerations are addressed early in planning.
- Oversee delivery progress, balancing technical feasibility with business value.
- Conduct gap analysis, stakeholder interviews, and data-driven research across business units.
- Synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights into actionable product decisions.
- Continuously monitor and analyse product performance metrics to optimize customer experience and business impact.
- Engage with stakeholders across business verticals to align priorities and expectations.
- Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions, and playback meetings.
- Build trust and transparency as the central point of contact across delivery teams and business stakeholders.
Product & Agile
- 5+ years in Product Management, Product Ownership, or hybrid roles, ideally in an Agile environment.
- Proven success launching and optimizing digital products, with experience managing cross-functional or multi-team delivery.
- Strong backlog management, user story writing, and prioritization skills.
- Working knowledge of C#/.NET, React, REST APIs, and modern integration patterns.
- Familiarity with system architecture, microservices, and cross-platform delivery.
- Comfortable participating in technical design discussions and evaluating trade-offs.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven mindset.
- Skilled at turning complex requirements into actionable product plans.
- Proficient with documentation and collaboration tools (e.g., Azure Devops, Notion, Project).
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to influence without authority and build consensus across diverse teams.
- Track record of managing expectations and aligning business and technical stakeholders.
- Bachelorʼs Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Commerce, or related field.
- Product Management certification preferred.
- Project Management experience advantageous.
- Business Insight Applies market and business insights to achieve organizational objectives.
- Communicates Effectively Clearly conveys ideas with impact and influence.
- Decision Quality Makes timely, informed, and balanced decisions.
- Ensures Accountability Takes ownership of outcomes and holds others accountable.
- Manages Complexity Simplifies complex challenges and resolves ambiguity.
- Optimizes Work Processes Continuously improves efficiency, quality, and effectiveness.
- Plans & Aligns Aligns priorities with organizational goals and drives execution.
- Tech-Savvy Leverages technology to improve productivity and enable innovation.
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