Product Manager

About the Role

As a Product Manager, you will support the Product Head in developing and optimizing products. You will oversee the product lifecycle, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure alignment with business objectives. Your role will involve strategic planning, stakeholder communication, and managing product development processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Product Development: Assist the Product Head in directing product development, including building and optimizing products throughout their lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Teams: Partner with the Software Development Manager and other teams to determine the sequence and priority of product development.
• Strategic Planning: Contribute to product strategy, business planning, and tactical execution.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders across various business units.
• Document Authoring: Create and maintain documentation related to the product lifecycle, including business plans, product roadmaps, business cases, and functional specifications.
• Usability Studies: Scope and conduct usability studies and customer research to validate product ideas and gather feedback.
• Data-Driven Insights: Use data and metrics to test theories, confirm assumptions, and measure success.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Manage and lead multi-functional teams, including remote and hybrid teams, to achieve product goals and objectives.
• Business Development: Contribute to business development efforts within the banking/financial sector.

Experience & Qualifications

• Minimum Experience:
  • At least 8 years of management experience, with senior-level product development or product management experience.
  • 5+ years of experience managing, developing, and delivering products.
  • Experience working at both tactical and operational levels, providing input into product strategy and business planning.
  • Experience integrating business and technical product segments.
  • Proven track record in authoring product lifecycle documents, conducting usability studies, and using data to drive decisions.
  • Experience with client development and validating products through customer feedback.
  • Experience managing cross-functional and remote teams.
  • Background in business development within the banking or financial sector.
• Ideal Experience:
  • Product development experience at a management level in the product domain.
  • Familiarity with Agile product ownership and methodology.
  • Experience in translating business strategies into tangible benefits and implementing innovative concepts.
• Qualifications:
  • Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree.
  • Ideal: Honours Degree.

Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge:
  • Financial acumen for budget management.
  • Ability to translate product strategies into tactical and operational planning.
  • Systems thinking and ability to make logical, sound decisions.
  • Knowledge of Agile product ownership and methodology.
  • Understanding of relevant product expertise and process know-how.
  • Familiarity with continuous improvement best practices (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints).
  • Domain-specific knowledge in banking and product technology.
• Skills:
  • Strong analytical and commercial thinking skills.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Attention to detail and a data-driven approach.
  • Technologically literate and adaptable to new technologies.

Conditions of Employment

• Clear criminal and credit record.