Product Lead – Cycle Transformation

Overview

Our client is undertaking a major transformation of its Sales Administration Commission Cycle a core financial process responsible for calculating validating accruing and paying commissions across multiple business units and up to 3000 entities per month. We are seeking a Product Lead who will also act as:

• Delivery Manager and
• Lead Business / Technical Analyst

for this initiative. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who can own the problem end-to-end: shaping the product vision structuring complex rules leading analysis coordinating delivery and ensuring the solution is commercially viable auditable and fit for purpose.

The commission cycle currently spans multiple systems (including OPS legacy platforms Oracle Fusion and spreadsheets) and is heavily rule-driven. Over time this has created:

• High operational complexity
• Strong dependency on IT for changes and fault-finding
• Limited configurability by the business and
• Growing financial and audit risk.

The direction is therefore a bespoke modular solution designed to:

• Separate rule management from calculation and posting
• Enable Sales Administration to manage rules and exceptions directly
• Integrate cleanly with Oracle Fusion and
• Support future analytics and automation.

The Product Lead will play a central role in turning an already substantial body of business knowledge into a clear implementable product and delivery roadmap
.

Product Leadership

• Own the product vision and scope for the commission cycle solution.
• Translate business objectives into a clear modular product structure.
• Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term scalability and governance.

Business & Technical Analysis

• Consolidate and formalise existing commission incentive and split rules.
• Design rule structures data models and calculation logic suitable for systemisation.
• Define commissionable transaction life cycles and state transitions.
• Produce high-quality functional and technical specifications.

Delivery Management

• Plan and manage phased delivery including discovery design build and rollout.
• Coordinate internal stakeholders (Sales Admin Finance IT) and external service Providers.
• Drive prioritisation dependency management and delivery cadence.
• Own acceptance criteria testing strategy and business sign-off.

Vendor & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary interface between ooba and the selected development partner.
• Challenge and validate solution designs to protect business intent.
• Facilitate structured decision-making across Sales Finance and Technology.

Governance & Control

• Ensure rules are date-effective version-controlled and auditable.
• Design processes for exception handling overrides and approvals.
• Support reconciliation accrual accuracy and financial integrity.

Core Experience

• 10 years in business analysis product ownership or solution design roles.
• Proven experience delivering bespoke rules-driven systems.
• Strong exposure to financial processes (commissions incentives pricing accruals or settlements).
• Experience working with or integrating into financial systems (Oracle preferred).

Analytical & Technical Capability

• Exceptional ability to structure complex ambiguous rules into clear models.
• Comfortable designing data structures decision tables and calculation logic.
• Able to bridge business language and technical implementation.
• Experience producing detailed specifications that developers can build from.

Delivery & Leadership

• Confident leading work streams without formal authority.
• Able to operate as both strategist and hands-on analyst.
• Comfortable working with external vendors and holding them accountable.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with senior stakeholders.

Mindset & Attributes

• Systems thinker with a strong sense of commercial impact.
• Detail-oriented disciplined and outcomes-focused.
• Pragmatic: able to balance ideal architecture with real-world constraints.
• Comfortable working in an environment where not everything is defined upfront.

• Engagement: Initial 6-month contract with intention to extend to 12 months.
• Start Date: Asap.
• Location: Cape Town (hybrid / remote possible).
• Rate: Market-related (negotiable based on experience).

This is not a traditional BA or PM role.

You will:

• Shape a core financial product not just document requirements.
• Influence how Sales Administration operates long-term.
• Work on a system that directly impacts revenue cost of sales and audit outcomes.
• Have real ownership autonomy and visibility at executive level.

• Administrative Skills
• Facilities Management
• Biotechnology
• Creative Production
• Design And Estimation
• Architecture

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1