Senior Product Owner - Credit (Fintech)

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Company

Lula builds fintech products that help SMEs manage cash flow, access funding, and use business banking services.

What you will do

• Evaluate business ideas based on business value and urgency.
• Develop business cases with business teams and senior product stakeholders to assess commercial, operational, and technical feasibility.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog according to business objectives, budget, scope, and timelines.
• Oversee product development planning and support iterative delivery of credit platform features.
• Connect business stakeholders with Engineering by securing alignment and translating needs into clear instructions and deliverables.
• Evaluate progress throughout development and collaborate with business operations and Delivery Teams to support reliable product launches.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, ideally including credit experience.
• Experience with platform and backend projects.
• Experience managing and building product backlogs with a focus on iterative and continuous delivery.
• Hands-on experience working with Engineering teams in an Agile environment, including lean principles and MVP development.
• Technical acumen, understanding of Agile development, and knowledge of core UI/UX design concepts.

Nice to have

• Product Owner certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Curiosity and a solutions-over-problems mindset are encouraged.
• Collaboration, strong relationships, and diverse perspectives are valued.
• Work is driven by the purpose of improving products and services for SMEs.
• Ambitious goals, focused execution, and ownership of challenges are expected.