Product Manager

Nicfurniture; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Network International is seeking an experienced Software Product Manager to set product vision and strategy for our payments platform in South Africa. You will lead discovery, define features, and translate market needs into a compelling roadmap in collaboration with engineering, data, design and UX teams.

You have 5+ years in software product management, a strong commercial mindset, and the ability to translate customer insights into working solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years as a software product manager.
• Experience in app design and development.
• Strong commercial mindset with empathy for merchants (SMEs to enterprises).
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Set vision and strategy grounded in research with a clear short and long-term plan and market segment projections.
• Lead discovery and development of new products while optimizing existing features.
• Drive execution by setting clear goals, tracking progress, and analyzing post-launch performance.
• Lead the roadmap by understanding market, competition, and user requirements and translating them into an executable plan.
• Understand our customers by speaking to merchants and testing solutions before drafting requirements.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of engineering, data, design, and UX to deliver on the strategy.
• Make decisions that enable delivery of great products and services to our customers.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of how we work.

Skills

Product management

App design

UX decisions

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

About Us:

Network International is the largest Financial Technology company in Middle East and Africa. Payments is our core business where we provide services in more than 50 countries - UAE, Jordan, South Africa, Egypt are some of our key markets. Apart from payments, we provide services on Data and Insights, Lending, Insurance, Risk Solutions, etc. Our core customers are businesses at every scale and segment, though recently we are growing in direct to consumer card segment as well.

Our EVP's:

At Network International, we always stay ahead. . In the fast-paced world of financial services, we thrive on innovation, agility, and purposeful collaboration. We invest first in our people, empowering you to make bold decisions, learn fast, and grow your expertise alongside industry leaders. Here, solving complex problems means more than using cutting-edge technology; it's about creating meaningful value for our customers, together. We foster a culture where trust, accountability, and achievement go hand in hand - because success isn't just a goal; it's how we work, every day, as one team.

Job Description:

• Set vision and strategy: Your work should be grounded in research with a clear short and long-term strategy. This strategy needs to be translated into a comprehensive plan for what features will be viable for the various market segments we serve, along with the relevant cost and revenue projections.
• Create: Lead the discovery and development of new products, while optimizing existing product features.
• Drive execution: Create and set clear goals with your team, regularly checking progress, learn and adjust course as you progress. Develop success metrics and continued analysis of performance and reports post-launch.
• Lead the roadmap: Understand our market, competition, and user requirements in-depth and translate them into a well-structured and executable roadmap.
• Understand our customer: Build a deep understanding of our merchants by speaking to them regularly, testing your work with them to apply actionable insights before requirements are drafted.
• Collaborate:Work with a multidisciplinary team consisting of engineering, data, design, and UX to deliver on the strategy.
• Make good decisions: Make decisions and help others to make decisions that enable us to deliver great products and services to our customers.
• Contribute: be actively engaged in helping us improve how we work.

Responsibilities:

• Have proven track record of product launches where you taken a product from concept to launch, driving product vision, creating product roadmaps, driving UX decisions, and steering technical implementation discussions
• You have significant experience (5+ years) as a software product manager, with demonstrable experience in App design & development.
• You have a strong commercial mindset and are able to empathize with our core customer base. (Small, medium, and large enterprises).
• You understand the power and value of design. You also understand how an authentic brand can be shaped to make a product that users genuinely love.
• You have enough technical knowledge to quickly understand our payments ecosystem and how to maximize its value to our merchants.
• Financial services, payments, or working in a regulated card scheme environment is preferred.
• You have a bias to action. You know how to get things done by staying focused on the things that really matter and forging a path into the unknown.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Understand that product development is a team sport and working well with others is the key to your own success.

Network International is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, nationalities, and experience levels. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where innovation, diversity, and performance thrive.