Product Manager (Marketplace)
Product Manager (Marketplace)
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South Africas leading online retailer is looking for a talented Product Manager to join the Marketplace team in Cape Town. You will be responsible for defining and executing a Technical Product Roadmap that delivers projects to support our merchant division in achieving its commercial objectives.
We are a young dynamic hyper-growth company looking for smart creative hard-working people with integrity to join us!
Think youve been challenged before Think again!
- Scale: 4 million happy shoppers shop online on . Show them what you can do.
- Learn: We work with the best of the best and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time.
- Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Heres your chance.
Your mission should you choose to accept it:
- Gain a deep understanding of the Marketplace division in terms of its strategic objectives business processes available tools & systems and relevant external best practice benchmarks
- Work closely with the Head of Product for Merchant to define and maintain a Product Roadmap that delivers on technical developments required to support the Marketplace Division in achieving its strategic objectives
- Measure the success of developments via the tracking of relevant metrics
- Take ownership of improving these metrics by identifying and prioritising appropriate roadmap projects
- Define the strategic business requirements for technical systems development related to specific projects prioritised on the Product Roadmap using relevant data to support decision-making
- Translate business requirements into functional and technical IT user stories and project specifications by ensuring that projects are broken down into phases to deliver immediate business benefit
- End-to-end project management of technical projects throughout the entire product development lifecycle setting timelines driving project schedules leading cross-functional development teams from design through to release and managing the production launch
- Manage all stakeholder communications - to ensure appropriate input on the Product Roadmap prioritisation and communication on its execution
- Manage the engineering backlog via appropriate sprint prioritisation and planning
Whos who in the tech space
Your Team:
- You will report directly to the Head of Product for Merchant
- You will collaborate with a team of software engineers QA engineers and UX designers
Attributes required:
- A proven track record of delivering results in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrates strong commercial acumen with analytical capabilities proficient in SQL for obtaining and analysing data and effectively leverages insights to drive informed decision-making.
- Highly structured thinker with strong attention to detail
- Strong technical understanding & experience with the development process
- Strong project management and communication skills able to effectively manage cross-functional stakeholders (in particular the engineering team) to ensure projects are delivered according to specifications on time
- A flexible and adaptable mindset
Qualifications:
- Relevant Bachelors Degree or Advanced Diploma (Information Systems/Computer Science/Engineering/Commerce) with at least 5 years of experience in product management business analysis or a related role preferably driving large company-wide initiatives (through projects or responsibilities)
- If you do not have a Bachelors Degree or Advanced Diploma in a related field an equivalent experience requirement must be met which equates to at least 7 years of experience in product management business analysis or a related role preferably driving large company-wide initiatives (through projects or responsibilities)
- Experience in an agile/iterative project management and development environment is beneficial
- Experience in an e-commerce environment is beneficial
Lets talk about life @ Takealot Group
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on be the master of your own destiny.
- No doors: We arent fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like High five collab and make something great.
- Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home offers a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
- Mentorship programme: We arent kidding when we say the people with the best people wins. Nows your chance to be one of the best by learning from the best.
- Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy Udacity Coursera and more.
- Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes think mini golf think good times).
- Staff discount: Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Right tools right job: Mac or Windows two monitors or one. Whatever your preference youll work on the latest tech off the latest tech.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling legal support and financial guidance for free anytime anywhere.
- Tech stack (for days): ReactJS Python Scala Kotlin Swift Google Cloud Kafka Redis Kubernetes and all things machine learning. If you build it they will come.
- Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
