Product Manager

Safeguard Global Group; Remote; ZAR 800 000 - 1 000 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global workforce solutions company is seeking a Product Manager to lead a product team in solving challenges in workforce enablement. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in product management, strong communication skills, and a data-driven approach to decision-making. This role emphasizes collaboration across engineering, design, and business functions to develop solutions that prioritize efficiency and compliance. Flexible working arrangements are available.

Benefits

Autonomy & Flexibility

Bonding Leave

Charitable Days

Reward & Recognition Program

Corporate bonus / SIP

Coworking Space

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management, ideally in HR Tech.
• Ability to analyze data and drive decisions.
• Comfortable working in undefined problem environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product roadmap aligned with company mission.
• Prioritize product initiatives based on impact and feasibility.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure solutions meet user needs.

Skills

Product management experience

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Discovery techniques proficiency

Commercial awareness

Collaboration skills

Job description

Product Manager

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Work Philosophy

• Work in Any Way – that means, making time for family, commitments, and life outside, so that you can have the best of both worlds.
• Our positions aren't just remote and hybrid first—they break free from the traditional ways of doing things, paving a way for a Job That Works for You.

When you own what you do and are driven to deliver, you have the flexibility to decide where and how you work.

About Safeguard Global
We enable Global Expansion without the risk. Safeguard Global has been at the forefront of global workforce enablement since we pioneered centralized global payments in  and launched the employer of record (EOR) category globally in .

And we haven't stopped there. Today, with our + in-country HR experts, cutting-edge technology, and comprehensive solutions, we've helped over 2, organizations hire, recruit, pay, and manage their employees in + countries. Because we created this category, we've learned that successful global expansion isn't driven by technology alone—it requires deep global expertise.

We call this the marriage of expert and technology—"human when it matters."

This means we have the people and technology solutions to ensure % compliance with local, regional, national, and international laws. Together, this ethos and our solutions portfolio allow businesses to scale up or down—wherever, however, and whenever they want to expand, without the risk.

The Role: As a Product Manager, you will lead a product team focused on solving complex challenges in global workforce enablement. You'll work across engineering, design, data, and business functions to develop and execute solutions that drive efficiency, compliance, and growth. You will be responsible for ensuring that innovation aligns with real customer needs, business goals, and regulatory considerations, with a focus on delivering impact within a 3-6 month horizon.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Execution: Define and own the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with Safeguard Global's mission and growth strategy.
• Prioritize and execute product initiatives based on business impact, customer needs, and technical feasibility, focusing on delivering measurable outcomes within 3-6 months.
• Balance short-term execution with continuous value delivery.
• Product Discovery & Problem‑Solving: Use qualitative and quantitative research to uncover customer pain points and opportunities.
• Apply various discovery techniques to deeply understand the problem space before defining solutions.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure solutions effectively address user needs.
• Run quick iterative experiments to understand what will have the biggest impact before investing in building the solution.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication: Act as the bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment.
• Use storytelling and data‑driven insights to influence decision‑making across the organization.
• Clearly articulate the value of product enhancements to internal teams and customers.
• Go‑to‑Market & Adoption: Work with marketing, sales, and customer success to ensure successful product launches and adoption.
• Define success metrics and KPIs to track product performance and optimize continuously.
• Alongside your engineering counterpart, be responsible for the delivery of the value aligned to your product or feature.

Key Competencies, Skills & Experience

• 5+ years in product management, ideally working in HR Tech but not essential.
• Strong communicator at all levels of the organization – from presenting to exec succinctly to preparing a storyboard on vision for the team.
• Analytical – being able to analyze and use data to drive decision‑making.
• Discovery – skilled in using a variety of techniques to both understand problem space and experiment with solutions.
• Commercially aware, with an ability to analyze different product decisions and articulate how they impact revenue, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
• Ability to manage complexity, comfortable working in undefined problem spaces, figuring out the right problems to solve.
• Strong collaboration skills, ensuring alignment across engineering, design, and business teams.

Attributes for Success

• Curious & Humble – Always interested in other people's perspectives and when things don't go as planned, seeks to understand and learn.
• Resilient & Growth‑Oriented – Thrives in an iterative, learning‑driven environment.
• Collaborative & Communicative – A natural at bringing teams together and aligning diverse perspectives.
• Contributes to a culture of optimism, care, grit / determination, passion, and fun.

Who we are and what we do

Safeguard Global is....Global!

Our Global Benefits

• Autonomy & Flexibility (Work in Any Way): Be supported with as much flexibility as possible.
• Bonding Leave: Enjoy paid leave to bond with your new family member.
• 2 Charitable Days: Contribute to causes you believe in.
• Reward & Recognition Program: Be rewarded for your success and championing our values.
• Corporate bonus / SIP: All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan.
• Coworking Space

Why become a Guardian

• International Environment: Grow your network internationally and collaborate across the world.
• Interact, discover cultures, and tap into local expertise.

Our Culture

We emphasize the people factor in everything we do.

Our nurturing culture ensures your ideas reach our leaders and your contributions get the recognition they deserve.

Learning

• We support your continuous growth by providing access to 2 learning platforms, where you can learn at your own pace.

Next Steps

• To express your interest, please click on the following link.

We wish you the best with your application. Our Guardian promise to you is to keep in touch to arrange the next stage should your application meet the position's requirements, and or a gentle update if you have been unsuccessful at this time.

At Safeguard Global, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and Guardians. Safeguard Global builds adaptive solutions for organizations seeking to thrive in the global economy.

Through a combination of workforce management data, technologies, services and market expertise, Safeguard Global enables success through smarter, more efficient global employee management, recruitment, payroll, onboarding, expense management and more.

With offices worldwide, we help

It's all about people!