TRAFFIC Gauteng

Snr Spec: Product Management

BCXP

Job Description

Managing Executive: Business Development Manager

Grade S4

Core Description

Responsible for the product strategy and governance for the LOB product portfolio. Also responsible for product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, contributing to the product vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support to ensure customer/key stakeholder satisfaction goals are met. The Senior Manager Product Management's job also includes ensuring that the portfolio supports the company's overall strategy and goals.

Key Deliverables / Primary Functions
  • Define product governance structures
  • Work closely with the Product team and craft a BCX product strategy
  • Gathering market requirements and in response developing differentiated products and enhance existing products, with defined processes
  • Product portfolio management (Description, Value proposition, Offerings & Packages, Cost and Pricing)
  • Manage Product Performance (Fulfilment Assurance, Financial Performance), Product Life Cycle considerations (Le.building product roadmaps, particularly Technology roadmaps,
  • Product positioning and outbound messaging with collateral as well as enablement of Sales Force through training, incentives and battle cards
  • Promoting the product externally with press, clients, and partners & Monitoring the competition
  • Measurement of existing customer service performance, technology refresh, optimization and R&D
  • Define a strategy for the product's evolution to support business and customer needs.
  • Create specifications, prioritize requirements and maintain a roadmap of the features being developed.
  • Manage the process of making the product available to customers.
    • Act as the subject matter expert for the product's capabilities in pre and post-sales discussions.
  • Collaborate with the engineering team building the product to clarify requirements and specifications.
Core Functional Skills & Capabilities
  • Business Development
  • Team Management
Core Behavioural Competencies
  • Culture Match
  • Job Match
  • Deciding & Initiating Action
  • Formulating Strategies & Concepts
  • Persuading and Influencing
  • Applying expertise & Technology
Minimum Qualifications
  • NQF 6: 3 year Degree/ Diploma/ National Diploma in Project Management or IT/Engineering
  • OR NQF 4: Grade 12
Experience

7 years' experience cross-functional product management, product development or service delivery experience.

Working with technology teams to drive technical components and execution across product roadmaps.

Or

If the highest qualification is grade 12 , 9 years exp. of which at least 2 years on management level.

Certifications

None

Level of Engagement & Span of Control

Span of Control: none

Level of Engagement: Engagement will all levels within the organisation, internal and external to the business.

About This Role

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Salary Benchmark
$99,410/year
Source: O*NET (USD)
Job Outlook
This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.
Key Skills for This Role
Active Listening Critical Thinking Reading Comprehension Complex Problem Solving Judgment and Decision Making
Common Technologies
Apache Tomcat 10 Angular 17 ASP.NET Core 8.0 Airtable Blackboard Learn Ultra MySQL 8.0 Apache Kafka Apache Maven