ENVIRONMENT:

Our client, a leading South African fintech, is looking for a Technical Product Manager to take ownership of BizFlex, the lending platform powering Standard Bank's SME lending solution. This is a highly visible role sitting at the intersection of Product, Technology and Business, where you'll work closely with internal stakeholders and Standard Bank to drive the ongoing evolution of a mission-critical financial platform.

This is more than a traditional Product Manager role. You'll combine technical product ownership with stakeholder management, delivery coordination, roadmap planning and release governance, ensuring business requirements are translated into high-quality technical solutions that deliver real commercial value.

DUTIES:

• Translate business and partner requirements into detailed functional specifications for the development team.

• Own and maintain the product backlog, ensuring development priorities remain aligned with business objectives.

• Work closely with engineering teams to scope, prioritise and deliver product enhancements.

• Lead planning sessions with key stakeholders and coordinate delivery against agreed timelines.

• Build and maintain a strategic product roadmap that balances internal priorities with partner commitments.

• Drive end-to-end release management, including UAT coordination, deployment planning and production readiness.

• Coordinate the resolution of technical incidents, defects and production issues while driving continuous product improvement.

• Partner closely with Product Operations to identify system enhancements and translate operational feedback into future development initiatives.

• Monitor delivery progress, identify risks, and communicate project status to both internal leadership and external stakeholders.

• Produce governance reports, maintain project documentation and present delivery updates to senior management.

• Ensure all delivered functionality meets agreed quality standards before release into production.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Proven experience as a Technical Product Manager, Product Owner or Technical Business Analyst within a software development environment.

• Strong experience writing detailed functional specifications and translating business requirements into technical solutions.

• Solid understanding of Agile delivery methodologies, backlog management and software development lifecycles.

• Experience working closely with software development teams and managing multiple technical stakeholders.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritise competing business requirements.

• Experience coordinating UAT, release management and deployment planning.

• Comfortable working with data, reporting and product performance metrics.

• Previous experience within fintech, lending or financial services would be highly advantageous.

• Exposure to PI Planning or SAFe Agile methodologies is beneficial.

ATTRIBUTES:

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong organisational and planning ability.

• Commercially minded with excellent business acumen.

• Confident influencing without direct authority.

• Highly analytical with exceptional attention to detail.

• Calm under pressure and comfortable managing multiple priorities.

• Collaborative, proactive and solutions-driven.