REQ 119797
Talent Acquisition Consultant: Lebohang Monate
Closing Date: 16/06/2023
Role: Product Development Manager
Cluster & Location
Total Business Banking and Retail - Solution Innovation
135 Rivonia Road, Sandton
Career Stream
Project, Process and Product
Leadership Pipeline
Manage Self: Professional
Job Purpose
This is an opportunity that will keep you excited, intrigued, engaged and will allow you to exercise your expertise, skills and competencies at all times. The role gives you a space to become eager to acquire new skills; skills that will help you to ensure the relevance of our Digital Platforms.
You will be amongst a team of great people, magnificent colleagues that are obsessed with getting things done! A culture of Customer Centricity, Boldness, Professionality and Resilience.
Job Responsibilities
- Implement business change initiatives by introducing; managing; making (people change; technological change; process change) happen and keeping Management Information updated.
- Identify, understand and agree the direct and indirect impact of business change initiatives by researching; interviewing affected stakeholders and applying end to end skills set.
- Monitor for continuous improvement by observation; analysing data and providing ongoing feedback.
- Ensure compliance (brand/reputation/other risks) by enforcing regulations; policies and procedures and understanding link from policy - process- system - operating procedures.
- Provide innovative solutions for updating processes by defining procedures and facilitating workshops with stakeholders. Obtain and secure stakeholder buy-in to solution by presenting alternative solutions and recommending the best solution.
- Contribute to updates of standards; policies and procedures by meeting with respective stakeholders; agreeing and recommending changes and sending emails confirming the enhancements.
- Identify the business issue by observation; analysing management reports and requests from EXCO. Identify cost/time/quality/risk aspects of the business issue by investigating the business benefits or problems.
- Manage internal and external stakeholders by regular meetings and agreeing deliverables.
- Recognise performance improvements by acknowledgement of business improvements from other stakeholders.
- Build trusting relationships with stakeholders by open communication; conducting one-on-one meetings and accepting their input.
- Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.
- Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
- Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes (e.g. operational processes) that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.
- 3-5 years Product Management experience essential
- 1-2 years operating in an Agile environment
- 3-5 years working on Digital platforms
- B Degree: Computer Sciences, IT, Project Management, Business Management and related.
- Banking platforms
- Agile Methodologies
- Fast moving idea generation environment
- Innovative environment
- Shifting priorities, demands, and timelines
