Senior Product Manager
Job in
Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Listed on 2026-01-14
Listing for:
Ignition Group
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-01-14
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Data Analyst, Business Systems/ Tech Analyst, Data Science Manager -
Business
Data Analyst, Business Systems/ Tech Analyst
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Product Strategy & Vision
- Define and own product strategy and roadmap aligned to business objectives and strategy.
- Identify and prioritise opportunities that drive growth, efficiency, and customer value across interconnected products and platforms.
- Balance short-term delivery with long-term strategic investments.
- Translate business objectives into clear product outcomes, success metrics, and investment opportunities.
Customer, Market & Problem Discovery
- Deeply understand customer needs, behaviours, and pain points through qualitative and quantitative research.
- Partner with UX and Data teams to define problem statements and validate solutions.
- Analyse market trends, competitor offerings, and emerging technologies to inform product direction.
- Identify unmet needs and ecosystem-level opportunities across product verticals.
Road-mapping & Prioritisation
- Own and maintain outcome-based roadmaps that balance customer value, commercial impact, and technical constraints.
- Prioritise initiatives using data, customer insights, and strategic fit.
- Manage dependencies across teams, platforms, and external partners.
- Clearly communicate roadmap changes, trade-offs, and rationale to stakeholders.
Delivery & Execution
- Define clear product requirements, hypotheses, and acceptance criteria.
- Ensure timely, high-quality delivery while navigating regulatory and technical complexity.
- Actively manage risks, assumptions, and delivery constraints.
Journey Ownership & Optimisation
- Own end-to-end customer journeys across onboarding, payments, servicing, and ecosystem integrations.
- Define success metrics (e.g. activation, conversion, retention, compliance completion).
- Monitor live performance using analytics and customer feedback.
- Drive continuous optimisation through experimentation, iteration, and learning.
- Leverage AI, automation, and emerging technologies to enhance product capabilities and customer experiences.
- Identify opportunities for intelligent, predictive, or personalised experiences.
Stakeholder & Commercial Management
- Engage and influence stakeholders across business, technology, risk, and commercial teams.
- Translate complex product topics into clear narratives for senior and executive leadership forums.
- Support commercial modelling, business cases, and investment decisions.
- Manage third-party and ecosystem partner dependencies where applicable.
Data, Metrics & Decision-Making
- Define and track product KPIs and OKRs aligned to business outcomes.
- Use data to inform prioritisation, measure impact, and course-correct decisions.
- Partner with data and analytics teams to uncover insights and validate assumptions.
- Ensure decisions are evidence-based and outcome-focused.
Governance & Compliance
- Ensure products meet regulatory, risk, and compliance requirements (e.g. KYC, PCI, AML, POPIA).
- Partner with Risk and Compliance teams to balance usability with regulatory obligations.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of product operating models, processes and standards.
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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