Senior Product Manager, Fintech - Johannesburg at Optasia

We are seeking for enthusiastic professionals, with energy, who are results driven and have can-do attitude, who want to be part of a team of likeminded individuals who are delivering solutions in an innovative and exciting environment.

What you will do:


Assist on market research and identification of distribution partners in Africa
Discover underserved segments
Identify new asset classes
Explore regulatory or market shifts
Analyze competitor product gaps
Define features
Manage backlog
Own CR prioritization
Support initial product roll-outs and integrations
Create detailed use cases, business requirements, and marketing requirements
Conduct feasibility studies & write business plans
Lead product design, development and release process for assigned products
Coordinate the collection, description, analysis and prioritization of requests for new product functionality from customers and prospects, define MVP
Monitor the developments and the dynamics of the fintech credit space
Monitor the introduction of new credit product propositions
Evaluate distribution partners and define products that fits their needs
Prepare detailed business requirement specifications
Prepare product requirement specifications (for new product ideas)
Define GTM strategy
Write/edit user manual, sales support documentation, proposal templates and other collateral
Draft contract templates in conjunction with the legal team
Engage with multiple stakeholders within our company to put together all the pieces of the product puzzle
Train commercial and operations team on new product and new distribution partners
Monitor and optimize the new products & partnerships during the 1st year of operations


What you will bring:


At least 5 years experience Product Management/Large Account Management experience
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in any related course (business degree, engineering)
Ability to translate complex technical Specifications into clear user and commercial benefits
Excellent PowerPoint and presentation skills
Must have a facilitating and supportive attitude and a creative mindset
Excellent knowledge of English language
Ability to cope with fast changing technologies used in application developments
Capability of integration in an international/multi-cultural environment