Junior Product Manager (Marketplace)

Takealot.com , South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a talented Junior 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!

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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

Your Team:

You will report directly to the Product Manager 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 Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma (Information Systems/Computer Science/Engineering/Commerce) with at least 3 years of experience in product management/owner, business analysis, or a related role, preferably driving large, company-wide initiatives (through projects or responsibilities)
• If you do not have a Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in a related field, an equivalent experience requirement must be met which equates to at least 6 years of experience in product management/owner, 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

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

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