Product Owner : Company Secretarial Software

Konsise Software; Remote; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A Software Development Company is seeking a Product Owner for their Company Secretarial Software aimed at enhancing statutory functions for South African corporates. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of secretarial experience, possess strong analytical skills and exhibit a client-facing approach. Responsibilities include understanding user needs, managing the product roadmap, collaborating with development teams, and ensuring software solutions meet market demands. This role requires self-motivation and the ability to prioritize effectively.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years in the secretarial industry.
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Office Suite.
• Experience with submitting company annual returns.

Responsibilities

• Shape the Konsise Entities Management solution.
• Collaboration with users to understand their needs and translate them into requirements.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for the solution.
• Responsible for the product roadmap and enhancements.

Skills

Understanding of legal framework for companies in South Africa

Excellent market-facing abilities

Analytical and attention to detail

Client facing skills

Ability to prioritize effectively

Self-motivated and autonomous

Education

Three-year tertiary qualification

Industry related training and certifications

Tools

MS Office Product Suite

Secretarial software solutions

Job description

Product Owner : Company Secretarial Software

Overview

Reporting to the Head of Product, the Product Owner is responsible for the success of the Konsise Entities Management solution (Secretarial and Beneficial Ownership functions).

The successful candidate will shape the way South African corporates, and the companies who service them, perform their statutory functions.

Key Deliverables

• Collaborating with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements.
• Act as the Subject Matter expert for the solution.
• Creating and maintaining the product ideas and feature lists, that clearly communicates customer / stakeholder needs to the development team, in the form of clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Understanding bugs and customer issues.
• Identifying enhancements and articulating them to the development team.
• Responsible for the Konsise Entity Management roadmap.
• Attend Product Advisory Board Meetings with key stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Working closely with engineering / development team when the product is under development for a release.
• High level product testing.
• Dealing with client queries (escalated from support).
• Sales enablement and training on the products and demonstrations.
• Assisting with sales meetings as the product expert.
• Assisting with marketing collateral for the products.
• Understanding of the competitive landscape.

Skills & Abilities

• A good understanding of the legal framework for Companies in South Africa.
• CIPC requirements.
• Beneficial Ownership reporting requirements.
• Share transactions, registers, records etc.
• Reporting of company structures.
• The ability to see the potential of using technology to change and better the way the processes are done.
• Excellent ability to be market-facing, identify market opportunities, and translate these opportunities into new software technology, products, features and similar.
• Ability to prioritize effectively.
• Passionate about using technology and the automation of processes : Someone who challenges inefficient manual processes and is constantly seeking improvements using technology.
• Self-managing : this role would report to the Head of Product but is not a role for those needing micro-management.
• The successful candidate would need to be self-motivated, autonomous and a self-starter.
• Driven, ambitious and confident.
• Thought leader : With having ownership of the products, the candidate needs to be a natural thought leader in the business by being the go-to person for their products, knowledge and experience.
• Client facing : this role requires client interaction to obtain feedback about the products or to attend sales meetings as the tax expert.
• Analytical and attention to detail : the ability to be analytical and dive deep into processes and data is a key ability for this role.
• Team player : Although no direct reports for this role, it does require ongoing and various cross‑functional team involvement and collaboration.

Education & Qualifications

• Ideally have three‑year tertiary qualification.
• Industry related training and certifications.

Details Of Experience

• Work in the secretarial industry for 3‑5 years as a minimum, ideally longer.
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Office Product Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with other secretarial software solutions.
• Currently in a company / practice submitting the company annual returns.

What would make the applicant successful in the role?

• A get it done personality.
• Quick adoption of software / automation.
• An appreciation of how bad the market has been served by the existing legacy software products.
• A desire to build the new industry standard.
• Independent working (as we are a remote company).
• Good sense of humour (you'll need it!).
• A naturally organised personality.
• Good task juggling skills.

We are committed to employing the best person for the role.

For more information, or any questions contact Tamsin Jatho,