International Product Growth Specialist

The Stratogo Group; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

The Stratogo Group seeks a seasoned product leader to drive strategic growth across South Africa. You will own local insights, shape the product strategy, and work with cross-functional teams to adapt apps for the SA market.

In this role you will partner with analytics, identify market opportunities, and oversee usability improvements and end-to-end testing to boost user experience and growth in South Africa.

Qualifications

• 7+ years consumer tech product management or related field experience.
• Deep understanding of the South African market and consumer behaviour across 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 ventures 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 SA language.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Market understanding

Problem solving

Storytelling

SQL & analytics

Startup experience

English fluency

Other SA language

Education

BSc/BEng in CS/Eng

Tools

SQL

Job description

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

Minimum Qualifications

• 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

Education & Languages

BSc/BEng in Computer Science, engineering or related technical field or equivalent working experience

Fluent English + fluent in at least one of the South African languages

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