Product Manager: Integrated Business Planning

Purpose StatementTo support the Product Head in producing the best product;
optimising the product through directing the building and development of the product throughout its life cycle, partnering and collaborating with the Software Development Manager and teams around the sequence/priority in which to build and develop the product. Education MinimumBachelor's DegreeA relevant degree in Engineering - IndustrialEducation Ideal or PreferredHonours DegreeKnowledge and ExperienceMinimum:
**Experience**:
At least 8 years
- management experience;
senior level product development or product manager/owner 5- years
- experience managing, developing and delivering a product previously. Working at tactical and operational levels and providing input into product strategy and business planning. Integrating business and technical product segments to achieve objectives, delivery and targets. Career experience to include some time in one or more technical roles. Communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple business units. Authoring of documents relating to product life cycle including business plans, product roadmap, business cases and requirements and functional specifications. Scoping/running usability studies and/or customer research. Using data and metrics to test theories, confirm assumptions, and measure success Client development and validating products through customer feedback. Aligning operational initiatives and/or projects to corporate strategies and objectives Achieving goals and objectives through cross functional teams. Managing and working with remote / hybridteams. Leading and managing multi-functional teams to deliver Business development in a banking/financial landscape Knowledge:
Financial acumen sufficient for budget management Translation of product strategies into tactical and operational planning Systems thinking;
able to take a -big picture
- view, assess, recommend logical, sound decisions and influence others to achieve objectives. Relevant product expertise and process know-how Agile product ownership and methodology Domain specific knowledge, business insight, understanding of product technology, technical dependencies People management principles and techniques Stakeholder management principles and practices Data-driven approach;
analytical and quantitative skills. Technologically literate and able to adapt to new technologies Ideal:
**Experience**:
Product development experience in the product domain at management level Working with Agile product ownership and methodology Of translating and enabling business strategies and objectives into business benefits Initiation and implementation of innovative concepts Knowledge:
Capitec Way of Work In-depth knowledge and understanding of banking i.E. productivity, profit, efficiency, processes and procedures and client service Continuous improvement best practices Lean, 6-Sigma, Theory of constraints, PDCA, etc. Process mapping and process improvements techniques SkillsAnalytical SkillsAttention to DetailCommercial Thinking SkillsCommunications SkillsInterpersonal &
Relationship managementSkillsCompetenciesAnalysingCreating and InnovatingLearning and ResearchingPlanning and OrganisingRelating and NetworkingWorking with PeopleWriting and ReportingDelivering Results and Meeting Customer ExpectationsAdditional InformationClear criminal and credit record