Manager Product - Front-End

Betway Africa; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Betway Africa seeks a frontend product lead to own end-to-end delivery of initiatives across web and mobile platforms. You will translate business needs into clear deliverables with design and engineering, ensuring backend/frontend alignment for a seamless user experience.

You will drive high-quality implementation, lead cross-functional teams in an agile environment, and maintain strong collaboration with Product, Engineering and Design to optimize usability and engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering frontend across web and mobile platforms.
• Strong ability to translate business requirements into concrete deliverables.
• Ability to align backend capabilities with frontend execution for seamless UX.
• Proven track record of driving quality, usability, and scalable product delivery.
• Excellent communication between Product, Engineering and Design teams.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of frontend product initiatives across web and mobile.
• Translate business and product requirements into clear deliverables with design and engineering.
• Ensure alignment between backend capabilities and frontend execution for seamless UX.
• Drive high-quality implementation, focusing on usability and scalability.
• Bridge Product, Engineering and Design to ensure effective communication and alignment.
• Collaborate with backend teams to ensure frontend feasibility and integration of services.
• Clarify requirements with stakeholders and manage expectations towards objectives.
• Oversee integration of UX/UI into frontend builds and design intent.

Skills

Frontend architecture

UX/UI principles

Bridge tech & business

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Performance optimisation

Agile environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Technology/CS

Job description

Kick-start your career in the online gaming world and experience the very latest in technology and innovation.

What you’ll do

You’ll take ownership of work that gives us our competitive edge, including:

• Own and manage the end-to-end delivery of product initiatives across web and mobile platforms.
• Translate business and product requirements into clear deliverables in collaboration with design and engineering teams.
• Ensure alignment between backend capabilities and front-end execution, enabling seamless user experiences.
• Drive high-quality implementation, ensuring consistency, usability, and scalability across products.
• Act as the primary bridge between Product, Engineering, and Design teams, ensuring effective communication and alignment.
• Collaborate closely with backend teams to ensure front-end feasibility and optimal integration of services.
• Work with stakeholders to clarify requirements, manage expectations, and ensure delivery aligns to objectives.
• Oversee the integration of UX and UI design into front-end builds, ensuring design intent is accurately implemented.
• Ensure user journeys, interaction patterns, and visual components are cohesive and aligned to design standards.
• Partner with UX and UI leads to continuously improve customer experience and engagement.
• Monitor front-end performance metrics, identifying opportunities to improve usability and conversion.
• Support experimentation and optimisation initiatives
• Ensure front-end solutions are responsive, accessible, and aligned with best practices.
• Establish and maintain front-end development standards, best practices, and quality benchmarks.
• Ensure adherence to design systems, technical frameworks, and architectural guidelines.
• Drive consistency and reuse of components and patterns across products.
• Lead and manage the front-end product team, providing clear direction, prioritisation, and support to enable effective delivery.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture focused on quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Mentor and develop team members, supporting capability growth and career progression.

This list covers your core responsibilities – with plenty of room to stretch, explore and take on new challenges as we grow.

What you’ll bring

You’re someone who brings:

• Strong understanding of front-end technologies, architectures, and best practices
• Solid grasp of UX/UI principles and how they translate into front-end delivery
• Ability to bridge technical and business requirements effectively
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience managing cross-functional teams in agile environments
• Analytical mindset with focus on performance and optimisation
• Problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
  

Desirable skills you’ve got up your sleeve

It would be great if you also have some of the following skills:

• Familiarity with A/B testing and data-driven design decisions.
• Good knowledge in online web application development, including front-end HTML5
• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Computer Science, Product Design, or a related field
• 5–8 years’ experience in digital product, front-end delivery, or related roles
• Proven experience managing or leading cross-functional teams
• Experience working in agile product environments
• Exposure to both design (UX/UI) and engineering delivery strongly preferred

*Please note we will apply relevance to our Talent Management and Talent Development Programme as part of our recruitment process.

*Shortlisted candidates may need to complete an assessment.

This position requires trust and honesty it has access to customers financial details - therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted. The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore, a qualification verification check will be done. By applying for this role, and supplying the necessary details, you hereby grant us permission to apply for these checks. This will be done in a confidential manner, and solely for the purposes of verification.

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.

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