Job title : Product Owner
Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town
Deadline : September 28, 2025
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OVERALL PURPOSE
The role works very closely with our Engineering team to define and manage our product backlog, ensuring we deliver a best-in-class product. Working collaboratively with our Delivery Teams to ensure the timely, reliable delivery of Lula products.The current Tech team is lean so you’ll work alongside our Developers to remove blockers, work effectively and continuously adapt to ensure we deliver the best product to our customers. You’ll be successful in the role, if you can inspire and motivate our Engineering team to deliver top-class solutions with a healthy sense of urgency.Responsibilities will include :
Evaluate business ideas by assessing business value and urgency.Develop business cases with business teams and senior product team members to determine commercial, operational and technical feasibility of ideas.Managing the product backlog, prioritizing in line with business objectives by determining and managing budget, scope and time constraints.Overseeing the development of our products by playing a key role in planning.Stakeholder management - you are the link between stakeholders and our Engineering team, ensuring buy-in and the delivery of clear instructions and deliverables for our Developers.Adopting a mindset of product iteration, responsible for evaluating progress at each stage of the development process.THE COMPETENCIES WE’RE AFTER
Confident decision-makerAbility to execute and get things over the lineStrong collaboration skills and a passion for working with peoplePositive, high energy and committed to the mission and our valuesStrong analytical and problem-solving skillsKnowledge of customer desires and behaviorsWillingness to roll up your sleeves in a start-up, entrepreneurial environmentExcellent stakeholder management skillsExceptional organizational and time management skillsTHE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Bachelor degree in a relevant field or equivalentProduct owner certification an added bonus2-3 years experience as a Product Owner, ideally within a start-up or high-growth companyExperience with prototyping, testing, and validating product hypothesesManaging and building out a backlog with a focus on iterative and continuous deliveryHands-on experience working with Engineering teams in an Agile environmentExperience building products iteratively by applying lean principles and focusing on MVPsUnderstanding of agile development processTechnical acumen and genuine passion for technologyUnderstanding of core concepts related to UI / UX designAdministrative / Management jobs