Product Manager

Ultra-modern payments platform client is searching for a Product Manager to join their world-class product & engineering team in Cape Town (hybrid).

As Product Manager you’ll connect with users to understand their needs, develop product strategy, prioritise and roadmap key features, and work closely with Engineering to ship products. You will be responsible for coordinating teams across the business to move a product from ideation to scale including engineering, design, legal, data science, marketing and sales. As a result you will need to be a strong communicator that can work cross functionally. The ideal candidate has built technical products from scratch.

The environment is highly dynamic and fast-paced. Your working mentality must be one of adaptability, resilience and passion. This is a fantastic company to work for with truly vast amounts of personal and professional upside.

Responsibilities

• Deeply understand customer needs by spending time with customers, sales, and support and observing patterns/trends across their feedback and the market
• Define the product strategy and roadmap for our Products, and the associated user-facing API experience
• Work closely with our engineers to build new products and features
• Own decisions directly impacting the growth of the business
• Work cross functionally with engineering, design, data science, legal, marketing and sales to build and grow our products

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or a related field, or equivalent experience from a top-tier university
• 7+ years in a product role
• Experience in working in B2B SaaS, API or Payments companies
• A track record of success in financial technology or a related technology start-up
• Has built APIs, products, and complex systems at scale
• Top-tier technical acumen, curiosity, and familiarity with new technologies, APIs, Developer Experiences and databases

Benefits

• Equity in the business
• Generous leave/solid work-life balance
• Great remuneration package
• Remote working
• Plenty of perks
• Strong professional development
• An open, international and inclusive culture
• Advanced equipment/technology

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This position is open to people already eligible for work in South Africa

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