Technical Product Owner

Recruiter:

Sixty60 Recruitment

Job Ref:

JHB000179/MVV

Date posted:

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Location:

Centurion, South Africa

Salary:

Monthly

SUMMARY:
Technical Product Owner – Centurion

Salary: R85 000 - R105 000 CTC per month
Contract: 6 - 12 Month contract
Hybrid: 2 to 3 days a week on-site

POSITION INFO:
Our client is looking for a Technical Product Owner - Software Engineering Platforms, Developer Productivity & AI to shape and lead their enterprise software engineering ecosystem. This is a high-impact opportunity focused on creating a modern, scalable and measurable engineering environment that improves developer productivity, accelerates software delivery and enables responsible adoption of AI across software engineering teams. Key Responsibilities: Own the vision, roadmap and backlog for engineering platforms, developer productivity and AI engineering capabilities. Shape the strategy for engineering platforms, tooling and developer enablement across the organisation. Drive adoption of DORA metrics, engineering KPIs and value measurement frameworks. Establish productivity baselines and measurable improvement targets. Lead engineering toolchain strategy, optimisation and rationalisation. Evaluate build-versus-buy decisions and develop business cases for platform investments. Drive adoption and governance of AI-assisted software engineering capabilities. Define how AI engineering utilisation, productivity and ROI are measured. Partner with Software Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud, Infrastructure and Security teams. Promote platform-as-a-product thinking and improve adoption of engineering standards and capabilities. Support strategic technology investment, vendor and platform decisions. Minimum Requirements: 8+ years' experience across Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Technology Management or related disciplines. Proven experience leading engineering platforms, developer tooling or enterprise technology capabilities. Experience operating as a Product Owner, Product Manager or Platform Owner . Strong understanding of the software engineering lifecycle and modern engineering delivery practices. Experience with DevOps, CI\/CD, infrastructure-as-code and engineering automation . Understanding of DORA metrics, engineering performance and developer productivity measurement. Experience defining technology strategies, roadmaps and investment priorities. Ability to work effectively across Engineering, Architecture, Cloud and Platform teams. Strong product ownership skills with a focus on measurable outcomes and value realisation. Nice to Have: Experience with AI-assisted software development and AI coding platforms. Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud or AI certifications. Product Owner certification such as SAFe POPM, PSPO or CSPO . Experience with API management, engineering observability, repository strategies and value stream management. How You Work: Strategic and technically credible. Outcome- and value-driven. Comfortable operating across both executive and engineering audiences. Strong stakeholder influencer who can align multiple technology teams. Commercially aware and confident making investment and prioritisation decisions. Evidence-led, curious and focused on continuous improvement. Passionate about improving the developer experience and engineering excellence. Please note: If you do not hear back from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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