International Product Growth Specialist

 

Recruiter:

Stratogo

Job Ref:

4063461177

Date posted:

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Negotiable


SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Our client based in Gauteng seeks the services of an International Product Growth Specialist to ensure that the company is locally relevant and successful. The successful candidate would leverage a deep understanding of the competitive and product landscape across the region, highlighting product gaps and identifying growth opportunities. Candidate must have a leading social technology experience.

DO YOU HAVE:

  • A deep understanding of the socio-economic and political fabric across the country?
  • Can you provide local insights – identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats?
  • Do you understand how to communicate strategic and competitive positioning in South Africa?
  • Can you explore, identify and drive execution on strategic growth opportunities?
  • Do you have knowledge on how to escalate and drive solutions with product management for identified market-specific product issues and gaps?

Criteria:

  • Validation of data finding
  • Ensure the company''s family of apps are fully functional and well adapted to be successful across South Africa
  • Partner with product teams to identify new product/feature launch plans and changes that may impact product growth across South Africa
  • Identify critical usability issues and suggest optimization plans to enhance user experience
  • Design and oversee local execution of a continuous testing plan for important end-to-end flows
  • Track progress of market-specific product improvements
  • 7+ years consumer tech product management or related field experience
  • Deep understanding of the South African market and consumer behavior across the geo-political zones
  • Experience with social products, technologies, and platforms
  • Self-driven and comfortable with a fast-paced, always-on, highly ambiguous environment
  • Creative, resourceful, detail-oriented, highly organized, and hands-on
  • Strong problem solving and storytelling skills
  • Experience working in start-ups or successful entrepreneurial adventures and working in a global environment
  • Analytical skills; Experience with SQL and data analytics work i
  • Familiarity with the socio-economic and political environment in South Africa
  • Fluency in both written and conversational English.
  • Fluent in at least one of the following local South African languages, such as Setswana, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, ChiShona, and isiZulu.

Education

  • BSc./BEng in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field or equivalent working experience


 

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