Product Lead

Job Description (Sample - Takealot Payments)

South Africa's leading online retailer is looking for a highly talented Product Lead to join the Payments team. This role reports to the Head of Product and focuses on building the overall vision and roadmap for the Payments portfolio across Takealot shopping platforms (web and apps).

Your mission includes shaping the payments strategy, coordinating cross-functional teams, and delivering a compelling end-to-end digital experience for customers.

Responsibilities

• Building the overall vision and roadmap of the Payments portfolio on all Takealot shopping platforms (web and apps).
• Participate in shaping the payments strategy and influence how millions of South Africans pay for goods.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, operations, and executive teams to deliver product enhancements that improve payment-related processes.
• Define a long-term product vision (3–5 years) aligned with business goals and customer needs; elevate end-to-end digital experience through innovation and emerging technologies.
• Own and maintain an actionable product roadmap reflecting evolving priorities, customer feedback, and technological opportunities.
• Leverage data and experimentation to continuously improve the product; monitor metrics and use customer insights to deliver optimizations.
• Engage with partners in the payments space and work with experts to implement solutions that improve how customers pay.
• Research best-in-class payments solutions; stay up to date with trends and build cases for forward-moving projects.
• Drive conversion rate optimization related to online payments.
• Collaborate with business owners to translate strategy and requirements into payments projects.
• Define and track metrics that inform product decisions; facilitate workshops to define business requirements.

Qualifications & Experience

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