Product Manager - Midrand, South Africa - A 1L Realization (Pty) Ltd

A 1L Realization (Pty) Ltd

Verified Company

Midrand, South Africa

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

beBee Recruiter

Description

The incumbent will need to develop, scale and manage a portfolio of lending products, taking them through the stages of the product life cycle as well as:

Keep pace with the latest in industry & technology developments as well as the broader regulatory environment;
Improve the overall revenue contribution and performance of lending products in Financial Services;
Form part of a crossfunctional team, developing lending products that improve the overall business lending value proposition across market segments;

Key Accountabilities

Build and manage a business lending marketplace through our branded online platform and through our superapp;
Identify, integrate and manage potential third party delivery and product partners;
Third party contract negotiation;
Manage a crossfunctional team to create and maintain business lending originations platform and marketplace;
Work with other Product managers to ensure owned or branded products are enabled through the originations platform and exposed through the marketplace;
Accountable for all relevant product documentation;
Defining business rules and working with customer experience teams to define and refine new and existing customer journeys
Providing inputs and evaluation for financial business cases
Work with Business development manager and marketing to create revenue projections and forecasts; and analyse and identify shortfalls and areas of improvement
Provide insights to the broader team around innovation and developments within the Business Lending and Fintech industry
To regularly review launched products to ensure the performance is in line with initial assumptions and implement corrective measures if needed and also look at how to improve/enhance products
Keep track of competitor launches and take measures to mitigate risks
Daily, weekly and Monthly product performance reports and occasional presentations to senior management team
Creating and managing product backlogs ensuring products and features make it all the way through ideation, design, development and ultimately scale.

Core competencies, knowledge and experience

Prior business lending product design and development experience is essential
A detailed knowledge understanding of a the fast paced fintech lending industry is essential
Understanding of regulatory requirements essential;
Understanding of system requirements to launch digital lending offerings preferred;

Must have technical / professional qualifications: