Head of Product

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in South Africa.

📋 Description

• Lead tribe planning and quarterly business reviews (QBRs), ensuring alignment, clarity, and effective dependency management.

• Advocate for thin-slice, iterative delivery with an emphasis on measurable outcomes.

• Provide consistent visibility to leadership through metrics, progress updates, and proactive risk management strategies.

• Foster a culture of data-driven decision-making by establishing robust experimentation and measurement practices.

• Ensure squads have access to the insights, analytics, and tools required for effective prioritization.

• Guarantee that all products comply with regulatory, compliance, and security standards.

• Integrate standards for reliability, performance, accessibility, and localization into delivery methodologies.

• Recruit, coach, and nurture Product Managers across various levels.

• Cultivate an environment of clarity, focus, and accountability for outcomes.

• Define and maintain high standards for product discovery, delivery, and communication excellence.

• Align product strategy with overarching business objectives and financial goals.

• Manage capacity, technical debt, and sustainable delivery methodologies.

• Coordinate dependencies and collaborative initiatives with other Tribe Leads.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Product Management, including at least 2 years in a leadership role overseeing teams or product portfolios.

• Demonstrated history of achieving measurable business results.

• Strong expertise in experimentation, analytics, and data-driven prioritization.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and leadership capabilities.

• Experience in mentoring and scaling Product Managers with a player-coach approach.

• **Nice to Have**

• Background in financial services, payments, lending, or infrastructure sectors.

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks and regulatory environments.

• Experience working with growth or data platforms.

🏝️ Benefits

• A vibrant and positive work environment with a diverse multinational team.

• Pension plan.

• Opportunities for career development and advancement.

• Competitive annual leave in addition to bank holidays.

• Generous paid time off including parental leave, moving day, birthday leave, and study leave.

• Medical insurance coverage.

• YuLife - an employee wellness application.

• Award-winning learning and development training programs.