Senior Product Manager
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 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.
- 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.
- Excellent judgement and analytical thinking
- Advanced planning and organisational skills
- Clear and effective verbal and written communication
- Meticulous attention to detail and quality
- Professional, assertive, and responsible demeanour
- Proactive and quality-oriented approach
- AI-forward culture: Embrace and experiment with the latest AI tools to supercharge productivity and newsroom efficiency.
- Continuous learning & growth: Access premium courses, nanodegrees, and Microsoft certification-all supported by the Naspers group.
- Stay ahead: Attend leading industry events and tech expos to continually innovate.
- Personalised benefits: Flexible medical aid and retirement funding tailored to your needs.
- Give back: Up to three days Volunteers24 leave each year to contribute to communities and causes you care about.