Goal statement
- Support the product manager in producing the best product; optimize the product by leading the construction and development of the product throughout its lifecycle, partnering and collaborating with the software development manager and teams around the sequence / priority in which to build and develop the product .
Education (minimum)
- National Grade 12 Certificate / Professional
- A relevant tertiary qualification in information technology – programming or information technology – computer science
Education (ideal or preferred)
- A relevant graduate degree in Information Technology – Programming or Information Technology – Computer Science
Knowledge and experience
Minimum:
Experience:
- At least 8 years of management experience; senior level product development or product manager / owner
- More than 5 years of experience in the management, development and delivery of a product before
- Work at the tactical and operational levels and contribute to product strategy and business planning
- Integrate commercial and technical product segments to achieve goals, delivery and targets
- Career experience to be included in one or more technical roles
- Communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders from multiple business units
- Writing product lifecycle documents including business plans, product roadmap, business cases, and functional requirements and specifications
- Framing / carrying out usability studies and / or customer research
- Use data and metrics to test theories, confirm hypotheses, and measure success
- Customer development and product validation thanks to customer feedback
- Align initiatives and / or operational projects with the strategies and objectives of the company
- Achieve goals and objectives through multi-functional teams (hybrid, remote)
- Business development in a banking / financial landscape
- Agile product ownership and methodology
Awareness:
- Sufficient financial sense for budget management
- Translation of product strategies into tactical and operational planning
- Systemic thinking; able to see the big picture, assess, recommend logical and sound decisions and influence others to achieve goals
- Product expertise and relevant process know-how
- Domain specific knowledge, business acumen, understanding of product technology, technical dependencies
- Principles and techniques of people management
- Stakeholder management principles and practices
- Data driven approach; analytical and quantitative skills
- Technological knowledge and ability to adapt to new technologies
Ideal:
- Experience in product development in the product area at the management level
- Translate and activate business strategies and goals into business benefits
- Initiation and implementation of innovative concepts
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of banking (i.e. productivity, profit, efficiency, processes and procedures and customer service)
- Good continuous improvement practices (Lean, 6-Sigma, Theory of constraints, PDCA, etc.)
- Process mapping and process improvement techniques
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Business thinking skills
- communication skills
- Interpersonal and relational management skills
Skills
- Work with people
- Learning and research
- Create and innovate
- Planning and organization
- Relationships and networking
- Analyzing
- Writing and reporting
- Deliver results and meet customer expectations
Additional information
- Clear criminal and credit record
Capitec is committed to diversity and, to the extent possible, all appointments will support the achievement of our employment equity goals.
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