About the roleWe are looking for an International Product Growth Specialist for South Africa to work and ensure that our Client’s business is locally relevant and successful. Leveraging your deep understanding of the competitive and product landscape across the region, you will highlight product gaps and identify growth opportunities. You will also need to have a deep understanding of the socio-economic and political fabric across the country to ensure our products are adequately protected against abuse.The ideal candidate is passionate about international market success and has experience in consumer and mobile technology.Main Duties
Provide local insights – identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats relevant for the Company’s success across South Africa.
Understand and communicate the Company’s strategic and competitive position in South Africa
Explore, identify and drive execution on strategic growth opportunities. Escalate to and drive solutions with product management for identified market specific product issues and gaps
Partner with the analytics organisation to validate key findings with data
Ensure the Company family of apps is fully functional and well adapted to be successful across South Africa
Follow product teams closely to identify new product/feature launch plans and changes that may impact product growth across South Africa
Identify critical usability issues and suggest optimisation plans to enhance user experience
Design and oversee local execution of a continuous testing plan for important end-to-end flows
Track progress of market specific product improvements
7+ years consumer tech product management or related field experience
Deep understanding of the South African market and consumer behaviour across the geo-political zones
Experience with social products, technologies and platforms is strongly desired
Self-driven, comfortable with a fast-paced, always-on, highly ambiguous environment
Creative, resourceful, detail-oriented, highly organised, hands-on
Strong problem solving and storytelling skills
Experience working in start-ups or successful entrepreneurial adventures and working in a global environment highly desired
Analytical skills; Experience with SQL and data analytics work is highly desired
Familiarity with the socio-economic and political environment in South Africa
Fluency in both written and conversational English.
Fluency in at least one other South African language
Desired Skills:
7+ years consumer tech product management
Experience with social products
Experience with Technologies and Platforms