In essence, your role will involve overseeing the comprehensive process of envisioning, strategising, creating, and launching exceptional software products.
You will work in close collaboration with our Chief Operating Officer, the product team, as well as the Design and Development teams to devise and execute innovative product features that generate value for our customers. Among other responsibilities, you'll support our Development team by supplying them with crucial documentation, insights, and guidance, whilst also organising sprints.
The ideal candidate has a proven ability to take charge of the entire product delivery lifecycle, from idea generation through to release and ongoing enhancements, by collaborating with a range of cross-functional teams. You will be required to identify stakeholders' needs, refine user stories, and prioritise tasks effectively to establish a consistent cadence of sprint delivery.
As our Head of Product, you must have experience guiding cross-functional team leads in the successful delivery of products that enhance customer experience and increase market share. A comprehensive understanding of the various aspects of agile product delivery and the discipline of product ownership is essential.
If you possess the passion and skill set to excel in this dynamic role, we would be delighted to hear from you.
WHAT WE DO
At Revix, we have one goal - to empower everyday people to become their own wealth managers.
We are creating a platform that enables easy investment in emerging themes, sectors, and asset classes. By supporting our customers at every stage of their investment journey, we aim to create a new generation of well-equipped investors who can bring about positive social change.
With a focus on excellence, we are creating innovative products that will change the industry. We're searching for candidates who can inspire us as we inspire them. We're determined to become the industry leader in providing the simplest and easiest way to invest, and we're committed to building an inclusive workforce that reflects our vision of an inclusive investment market.
OUR CULTURE
There are a few things we look for across all hires we make at Revix, regardless of role or team.
- Thrive in a culture of trust, feedback, disruption, and sustained high performance.
- Commit to a mission-focused approach to work.
- Align with the company's four core values of never settling, getting things done by thinking deeper and being stronger together.
- Possess traits of being entrepreneurial, dynamic, intelligent, customer-centric, and fun, with a shared ambition of making the company the leading invest-tech company across Africa and Europe.
- Have the ability to have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and always be open to feedback and new ideas for improvement.
- Emphasize the importance of execution rather than just thinking.
- Short on ego and high on output.
At Revix, first and foremost, youll get to do meaningful work and grow your career. But were also not your average 9-5 company. We work together and play together, and because we really care, we offer plenty of other perks including:
- A top-tier salary and a 5% salary bump in your birthday month as a little spoil
- An annual study allowance to the value of R10 000.00
- An exciting and innovative product offering that's challenging the status quo and helping thousands of people around the world invest
- Freedom to work with flexible hours and loads of autonomy (were anti-corporate)
- A high-growth global start-up backed by some of the worlds most prestigious investors
- A culture that empowers you to learn, grow and take calculated risks
- A close-knit and diverse team
- Seniority: Senior Manager
- Location: Sea Point, Cape Town
- Time Commitment: Full-time
As the Head of Product, you will work closely with our Product team and be responsible for building and managing our products and growing Revix into a world-class investment platform.
At your core, youll thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, process-driven environment and be able to adapt and adjust plans on-the-fly. You must also have strong prioritisation skills and a willingness to roll up your sleeves to get the job done.
This role will require the following:
- Take a leadership role prioritising user growth, satisfaction, Revix's products, services and employees.
- Build great products that educate customers in line with company mission, vision and values.
- Set clear expectations and focus on customer experience and needs.
- Create a positive team environment that instils trust and encourages world-class performance.
- Generate, manage and develop ideas and scopes that communicate product purpose and outcomes to all teams and stakeholders.
- Establish strong relationships across all organisational levels.
- Work across key product development functions including scoping, wireframes, design, user testing, prototyping and analysis to ensure strategic alignment and seamless execution of all launches and updates.
- Ensure clear and effective presentations and product communications.
- Work with the product team to set objectives, prioritise, and adhere to plan and strategy.
- Develop practical delivery protocols for the product team.
- Demonstrate leadership and communication skills to influence all levels cross-functionally.
- Align teams to Revix's strategy to achieve business and project objectives.
- Guide teams to the next level to secure and develop the best talent in the Product team.
- Understand customers through analysis, research and direct interaction.
- Prioritise, evaluate and implement technology solutions to meet the companys goal of digital revenue growth.
- Manage stakeholders and provide support to the development, design and QA teams.
- Engage with development teams to produce technically focused user stories.
- Work with the UX engineers in the product team to build great user experiences.
- Identify and implement improvements against financial metrics.
- Plan and prioritise product feature backlog and development for all platforms.
- Contribute to defining the product vision, road-map and growth opportunities.
- Assess value, develop cases and prioritise stories, epics and themes.
- Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog.
- Collaborate on product release plans and set the expectation for delivery of new functionalities.
- Mitigate impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals.
- Research and analyse competitors and lead the adoption of industry standards.
- Drive product innovation in terms of product, user experience and customer education.
- Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends.
- Manage 3rd party integration partners used on the platform or admin dashboard.
- Guide and teach junior employees on and off the product team where help is needed.
- Prepare and present marketing strategies for products and features.
- Create strategic business documents and presentations.
- Identify, define and implement improved processes and practices.
- Manage the product roadmap in conjunction with the product, projects, design, marketing and development teams.
- Continuously evaluate and iterate on building a world-class product and platform with product-related data.
- Create release packs and training (if required) for teams across the business.
- Champion a data-led approach to product and user experience development and improvements.
- 7+ years of Product Owner experience
- Expert understanding of SDLC
- Highly proficient in Agile principles, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, DevOps, DSDM, and SaFE methodologies
- Comprehensive knowledge of ticketing tools like Jira or similar ones like Asana
- Keen interest and understanding of cryptocurrencies and/or financial products and platforms
- Strong commitment to high standards of quality and meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to translate ideas between departments and disciplines
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Passion for making customer-centric, data-based decisions
- Experience working in Agile teams with strong communication skills.
- Adaptable and flexible to changing priorities and conditions
- Highly organised, able to plan, organise, schedule, and budget in an efficient and productive manner
- Collaborative team player, reaching out to peers and executives to establish a collaborative working relationship
- Committed to following through on verbal and written commitments, regardless of personal cost, and is action-oriented
- Clear communicator, able to articulate ideas effectively and seek to understand others' viewpoints
- Creative and innovative, able to generate new and innovative approaches to problems
- Persuasive, able to convince others to pursue a course of action and resolve conflicts when they occur
- Able to think and act strategically while also being hands-on
- Delivers on time with outstanding quality content
- Has excellent attention to detail and good time management and organisational skills.
