Analyst SEA Product

MTN Uganda; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 983 000 - 1 312 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Manager to lead product opportunities and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in product or business analysis, strong communication skills, and a proactive approach to discovering innovative solutions. This role offers a hybrid working model and requires travel across African markets to engage with clients and regional teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in product analysis, product management, business analysis, or a related role.
• Strong understanding of how data can be transformed into insights or structured products.
• Demonstrated ability to write high-quality PRDs and collaborate in agile product delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Proactively discover and shape product opportunities with clients.
• Translate business needs into clear product requirement documents.
• Work closely with technology, sales, and marketing teams.

Skills

Product analysis

Communication

Market research

Agile methodologies

Problem solving

Education

3-year Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

Job description

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Hybrid)

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Job Description

We at MTN are a purpose and value‑led organization. At MTN, we believe that understanding our people’s needs and aspirations is key to creating experiences that delight you at work, every day. We are committed to fostering an environment where every member of our Y’ello Family is heard, understood and empowered to live an inspired life.

Our values keep us grounded and moving in the right direction. Most importantly, they keep us honest. It is not something we claim to be. It is in our DNA.

As an organisation, we consider it our mission to create an exciting and rewarding place to work, where our people can be themselves, thrive in positivity and ignite their full potential. A workplace that boosts creativity and innovation, improves productivity, and ultimately drives meaningful results. A workplace that is built on relationships and achieving a purpose that is bigger than us. This is what we want you to experience with us!

Our commitments go beyond an organisational promise. It is in our leadership and managerial ethos to meaningfully partner with our employees, customers and stakeholders with a vision to realise our shared goals.

Lead with Care

Can‑do with Integrity

Collaborate with Agility

Serve with Respect

Act with Inclusion

MTN is entering a new phase in its lifecycle. With the launch of its new strategy, Ambition 2025, the business is furthering its evolution from “telco”, to “tech‑co.” The sharp focus on operational and commercial excellence has become increasingly critical for success during this evolution. The urgency for change has become more heightened amidst increased competitive intensity across all markets in which MTN operates. The Senior Manager must therefore ensure the success in her/his role in context of:

Rapidly changing ICT environment

The geographic complexity of MTN’s footprint across Africa and the Middle East

Driving growth through business intelligence and standardization to maximize business impact

Management of customer and supplier expectations

Enhance MTN position as a leading network and system provider

Constant dynamics and local challenges in the economic, regulatory, and legal environments

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Opportunity Identification & Innovation: Proactively discover and shape product opportunities in collaboration with clients, partners, and internal stakeholders. Bring innovative thinking and a continuous improvement mindset to how we build and scale.
• Data‑Led Problem Solving: Understand customer challenges and connect them to internal capabilities. Help design smart product layers or solutions – whether insights, anonymized views, or abstracted APIs that add value.
• Product Requirements & Ownership: Translate business needs into clear product requirement documents (PRDs), user stories, and functional specifications. Act as the product owner within an agile scrum team, managing backlogs and participating in testing.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Work closely with technology, sales, marketing, and compliance teams to bring products from concept to launch.
• Go‑to‑Market Support: Provide inputs to marketing teams for the creation of customer‑facing product collateral.
• Market Research & Pricing: Conduct competitive research, market sizing, and pricing analysis to guide product design and positioning.
• Agile Execution: Operate confidently within agile environments where priorities evolve and speed matters.

Qualifications

Education:

• 3‑year Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in product analysis, product management, business analysis, or a related role.
• Strong understanding of how data can be transformed into insights or structured products, without necessarily being a data scientist.
• Demonstrated ability to write high‑quality PRDs and collaborate in agile product delivery teams.
• Experience conducting market research and price analysis.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Track record of working across technology and commercial teams.
• Travel: Travel across African markets will be required to work with clients and regional teams on the ground
• A builder’s mindset with the ability to think from first principles and deliver solutions that make commercial sense. Innovation as a default approach – not just when asked.
• A strong commercial orientation – you understand how to turn product features into revenue or measurable impact.
• Innovation as a default approach – not just when asked.
• Ability to take ambiguous or open‑ended client problems and translate them into actionable product solutions.
• An eye for detail, balanced by a focus on what matters most for users and for the bottom line.
• A genuine interest in emerging markets and creating inclusive, scalable solutions.

Job Info

• Job Identification 6746
• Job Category MTN Level 2
• Posting Date 01/16/2026, 08:00 AM
• Apply Before 01/23/2026, 12:00 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations MTN Head Office, Innovation Centre, Fairland, Johannesburg (Hybrid)