Product Manager (Retail Media)

Location: Cape Town; hybrid working model

Company

Takealot Group operates hirify.global, TFS, and Mr D, building ecommerce and mobile experiences for millions of customers.

What you will do

• Own and manage the retail media product strategy, roadmap, backlog, prioritization, and execution across Android, iOS, and web properties.
• Define requirements, write product specifications, coordinate solution design, and manage features through implementation, testing, launch, and success-metric monitoring.
• Maximize the value of retail media tools including OSMOS, Google Ad Manager, DV360, Google Ads, Meta Ads, and Braze.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data, maintain reporting, and use product analytics to identify growth and optimization opportunities.
• Own the accuracy of in-app events and customer data points for targeting and conversion tracking.
• Collaborate with product, UX, engineering, QA, growth, business stakeholders, and executives to resolve trade-offs, obtain approvals, and deliver customer-facing solutions.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience as a Product Manager or in a similar role in a growing tech or mobile application company; ecommerce and mobile experience is preferred.
• Proven execution record, including formulating and delivering a detailed product roadmap.
• Proven ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with engineering teams and business stakeholders to deliver product features.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, including data-informed decision-making, conversion-rate optimization, and funnel analysis.
• Excellent understanding of the mobile app development cycle, mobile app ecosystem, and acquisition and retention in the app economy.
• Good technical understanding of software development processes, technology stacks, databases, APIs, and IP technologies.
• Strong project management, communication, commercial, business analysis, presentation, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, solve ambiguous and complex problems, work independently, and maintain strong attention to detail.
• High proficiency with MS Office, Google Suite, JIRA, Slack, and the ability to learn new applications.

Nice to have

• Tertiary degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or relevant industry experience.
• SQL or GBQ experience.
• Experience with Firebase, Google Analytics, or Amplitude.
• Experience with InVision, Balsamiq, Sketch, or similar wireframing and design tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model combining office collaboration and working from home.
• Mentorship programme and access to the Naspers Tech Community and online learning through MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and other platforms.
• Collaborative environment with cross-functional work, social events, and out-of-office activities.
• Staff discount, birthday leave, free parking, and confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance.
• Technology environment including ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, and machine learning.