This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Product Manager based in South Africa. As a Product Manager, you will help improve the performance, reliability, and reach of a technology product operating in the blockchain and decentralized finance ecosystem. You will take ownership of execution quality, ensuring that liquidity sources perform as expected and transactions meet defined success standards. You will a…
Management Level Manager Job Description \& Summary At PwC, our people in software and product innovation focus on developing cutting-edge software solutions and driving product innovation to meet the evolving needs of clients. These individuals combine technical experience with creative thinking to deliver innovative software products and solutions. In product management, you will be the general manager of commercial and internal products. You will sit at the intersection of the business, user experience, and the technologies that solve our customer and end-user problems; confirming they meet market demands and drive business growth. You will design, develop and manage activities for a specific product or group of products from product definition and planning through production, release, and end of life. Your involvement will last throughout all stages of a product’s lifecycle including modifications, upgrades, maintenance of the product or product line. For commercial products, it also includes commercialization, go-to-market planning, sales, and other key business support activities. Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same. Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to: * Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system. * Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion. * Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables. * Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same. * Effectively mentor others. * Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members. * Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate. * Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements. Culture Vision Statement: Our Africa Tech and Digital team is a dynamic community of self-starters and innovators who embrace change and the constant evolution of technology. We are committed to fostering an environment where curiosity thrives and creativity is celebrated. By leveraging AI-assisted tools and respecting diverse perspectives, we drive collaborative success while enhancing our collective knowledge and skills. We believe in the power of technology to transform and improve our processes, always seeking to challenge the status quo. Together, we work with urgency and empathy, united in our mission to create impactful solutions that benefit our firm and our clients. Role Overview As a Product Manager (Deployment Strategist) you’ll own the successful delivery of Ai and software solutions for enterprise customers, turning ambitious AI initiatives into real, measurable outcomes. You’ll lead complex implementations from early scoping through production launch, working closely with customers and internal teams to align on requirements, timelines, and success metrics. You’ll ensure that each deployment is well-coordinated, executed on time, and set up to scale. This role is ideal for people who enjoy operating at the intersection of technology, execution, and customer collaboration, and who take pride in making complex projects land smoothly. What You’ll Do: • Own and lead delivery of Product development for Africa Technology and AI delivery for customers • Scope requirements, success metrics, and integration plans for POCs and onboardings • Coordinate platform implementation, integrations, and agent refinement toward production launches • Align Product, Engineering, and customer teams on deliverables, timelines, and SLAs • Track progress, manage risks, and remove blockers throughout the delivery lifecycle • Monitor application performance in production and drive follow-up improvements • Identify and develop new use cases with customers to expand adoption and impact What We’re Looking For • Experience in technical program/project/product management, delivery, consulting, financial services, or fast-growing startups • Strong product management, Agile and analysis skills • Comfort working with technical concepts such as APIs, data flows, and system integrations • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and keep complex projects moving forward • Proactive, hands-on mindset and interest in AI-driven products * Ability to simplify and clearly communicate complex problems, options, and trade‑offs * Strong stakeholder facilitation and alignment skills across business, risk, and technology * Understanding of end‑to‑end systems and downstream impacts of change * Confidence balancing delivery speed with governance, quality, and risk considerations * Ability to drive convergence from multiple views into a single, executable plan * Ability to facilitate Design Thinking or Innovation Workshop sessions Nice to Have • Engineering background or prior hands-on technical experience • Start-up mindset within corporate environment • Experience supporting production software launches and ongoing operations Qualifications: • A bachelor's degree / diploma in IT, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field • Certifications in industry standard Product Management \& Agile certifications would be advantageous * Project management certification What’s in it for you: • Work at the forefront of AI within enterprise-scale environments • High impact role with direct exposure to complex, real-world AI products • Be part of a dynamic, high-performing team in a reputable organisation Travel Requirements Up to 20% Available for Work Visa Sponsorship? No Job Posting End Date October 30, 2026
Job Description =================== The purpose of this role is to provide clear direction and oversee the creative process within a specialist team to deliver high-quality products. The Product Manager will ensure alignment with project objectives by managing workflows, guiding team deliverables, and maintaining standards throughout the development cycle. Are you someone who can: * Facilitate the conversion of knowledge and ideas into new or improved products, capabilities, processes and services (producer/enabler). * Explore local and international markets for new products and trademarks in order to expand and strengthen the business' market position. * Provision of an efficient administration service through careful and timeous planning, reporting and updating of all related information. * Manage designated product development projects from inception to final execution, including post implementation evaluation. * Initiate and manage market research, data mining and quantitative analysis to ensure sustainability and future competitive growth. * Establish and maintain effective business procedures that efficiently reduce operational risk and guarantee the delivery of needs specifications of the high quality. Address findings identified through internal or external audits, as well as those raised by client management and risk functions. * Develop a product strategy aligned to business strategy to ensure business growth and sustainability. * Establishment, alignment and management of target and budget goals whilst ensuring effective control of costs for a range of functional areas to increase cost efficiency. * Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SMEs, project managers and senior staff members. * Maintenance of expert knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and provision of proactive advice and solutions to relevant stakeholders. * Deliver an exceptional client experience that exceeds customers and stakeholders’ expectations through proactive and appropriate solutions and communication. * Work closely with Segment Customer owners (consumers) to ideate, craft, and launch new offerings across the customer lifecycle. * Lead and engage for the Bank at numerous Industry forums for all matters pertaining to the Payment rails that you own. * Lead a team of Specialists to drive implementation of the Product strategy, ensuring alignment with Segment strategy. The ideal candidate will have: * BCom Marketing or Similar 5+ Years' product management experience within Payments space * Important Closing Date Note =============================== Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below. 24/10/26 All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.
Product Manager | Refrigeration \& HVAC Salary: Highly Negotiable, Dependent on Experience Area: Selby, Johannesburg Type: Onsite About the Role Know refrigeration and HVAC equipment inside out? Your technical expertise could be exactly what we're looking for. Our client, an established supplier of refrigeration, HVAC and air-conditioning products, is looking for a technically strong Product Manager to take ownership of its product portfolio. This role combines hands-on technical knowledge with commercial decision-making. You'll evaluate products, assess suppliers, identify opportunities to improve existing ranges and ensure the business offers equipment that meets market needs while remaining commercially competitive. You don't necessarily need to have held the title of Product Manager before. If you have extensive refrigeration or HVAC industry experience, understand the equipment and can make sound technical and commercial decisions, we want to hear from you. Key Responsibilities * Manage, evaluate and continuously improve the company's refrigeration, HVAC and air-conditioning product portfolio. * Identify opportunities to introduce new products, improve existing ranges and assess emerging technologies. * Evaluate suppliers and equipment based on technical performance, quality, suitability and commercial viability. * Analyse product costs, selling prices, margins and market competitiveness. * Identify gaps, overlapping products and obsolete equipment within existing product ranges. * Provide technical product advice and support to the national branch network. * Work closely with Procurement to manage product lifecycles, stock suitability and alternative product options. * Collaborate with Engineering on product testing, technical evaluations and equipment performance. * Develop product knowledge across the business through technical training and guidance. * Support informed product selection by interpreting technical specifications and performance data. Requirements Essential: * Matric and a formal technical qualification in Refrigeration, HVAC or Mechanical Engineering. * Extensive practical experience working with refrigeration, HVAC and air-conditioning equipment and applications. * Strong technical understanding of compressors, condensing units, evaporators, refrigerants, controls and related systems. * Ability to interpret technical specifications, equipment performance data and product selection requirements. * Understanding of product costing, pricing, profit margins and commercial viability. * Knowledge of inventory management and product lifecycles. * Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills. * Good communication skills with the ability to explain technical information clearly. * Ability to work independently, take ownership and collaborate across departments. Highly Advantageous: * Previous experience in product management, technical management or supplier evaluation. * Experience evaluating and developing technical product ranges. * Exposure to international sourcing and supplier relationships. * Experience working with SAP Business One or a similar ERP system. Who Will Succeed in This Role? · You're someone who understands the equipment, not just the catalogue. · You can assess a product's technical capabilities, recognise where it fits in the market and determine whether it makes commercial sense. · You're organised, thorough and comfortable making decisions. You enjoy solving technical problems, sharing your knowledge and working with different teams to improve how products are selected, managed and supported. · Most importantly, you take ownership of your work and follow through. Interested? If you have a solid technical background in refrigeration or HVAC and are ready to use that expertise in a broader product management role, we'd love to hear from you. Apply with your updated CV and let's have a conversation. Your industry knowledge and practical experience could be more important than your current job title. Pay: R45 000,00 - R70 000,00 per month Application Question(s): * Do you have a formal technical qualification in Refrigeration, HVAC or Mechanical Engineering? * Do you have strong technical understanding of compressors, condensing units, evaporators, refrigerants, controls and related systems? * Do you have the ability to interpret technical specifications, equipment performance data and product selection requirements? * Do you have understanding of product costing, pricing, profit margins and commercial viability * Do you have experience with SAP Business One or a similar ERP system? Education: * High School (matric) (Required) Experience: * refrigeration, HVAC and air-conditioning equipment : 7 years (Required) * inventory management and product lifecycles: 5 years (Required) * product and technical management or supplier evaluation: 3 years (Required) * evaluating and developing technical product ranges: 3 years (Required) * international sourcing and supplier relationships: 3 years (Required) Work Location: In person
About the Role Our client, a rapidly expanding software development company, is seeking a visionary and experienced Product Manager to lead product strategy and execution in Soweto . This role requires your dedicated presence in the office, where you will be at the forefront of defining and delivering innovative software solutions. You will be responsible for the entire product lifecycle, from ideation and market research to development, launch, and ongoing improvement. This is a critical role …
Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients. We are looking for an AI Product Manager to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 6-month contract role. The AI Product Manager will identify, define, and deliver AI products that generate measurable business and user value. The role bridges business needs, user experience, AI technology, responsible AI practices, and commercial outcomes, overseeing produc…
GuardriskCity of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
From $21/yr
We’re building a Data \& AI capability at Guardrisk that turns business problems into data, analytics, AI and automation products that people actually use. We’re looking for an experienced Data \& AI Product Manager to own products from initial discovery through delivery, rollout, adoption, value realisation and continuous improvement. This is not a traditional internal Product Owner role where requirements arrive ready to be put into a backlog. You will work closely with business teams, understand how decisions and processes work today, uncover the real problems behind requests, and determine where data, analytics, AI or automation can make a meaningful difference. You will then bring business and technology teams together around a clear product vision, make prioritisation and scope trade-offs, and stay accountable after launch to ensure products are adopted and deliver the intended value. Within Guardrisk’s Data \& AI CoE, Product Management is intended to provide the business interface and front door for demand, ensuring products address business needs, support adoption and deliver measurable value. COE Org Structure.txt What you will do * Build trusted relationships with business teams and work alongside them to understand their processes, decisions, pain points and opportunities . * Lead product and problem discovery, distinguishing a stakeholder’s initial request from the underlying business need. * Translate business needs into compelling opportunities for data products, analytics, AI and automation . * Develop clear product visions, strategies and value cases that connect investment to business outcomes. * Own a portfolio of products and maintain coherent roadmaps across discovery, build, launch, growth, improvement and eventual retirement. * Own and prioritise product backlogs, balancing business value, strategic fit, reuse, risk, dependencies and delivery effort . * Define product requirements, outcomes and acceptance criteria with enough clarity for engineering, data and AI teams to deliver effectively. * Work closely with engineers, architects, analysts and AI specialists to make informed trade-offs between user need, technical complexity, speed and long-term reuse. * Plan releases and work with business teams to drive rollout, adoption and operational change , rather than treating technical deployment as the finish line. * Define how product success will be measured and monitor usage, adoption, feedback and realised value after launch. * Use evidence from live products to determine what should be improved, expanded, consolidated or retired. * Identify where a requirement initially raised by one part of the business can become a reusable enterprise capability rather than a one-off solution. * Maintain clear product documentation and ensure stakeholders understand product direction, priorities, decisions and progress. * Help establish mature product-management disciplines across Guardrisk's growing Data \& AI capability. This product and use-case ownership is consistent with Guardrisk's emerging operating model: business demand is recorded as use cases, Product Management owns the intake front door, and PM-led shaping deals with overlaps, product dependencies, sizing and delivery alignment. Own a portfolio of data and AI products from discovery through rollout, adoption, value realisation and continuous improvement. What makes this different * Embedded with business teams, not waiting for requirements * Understands workflows, pain points and operating constraints * Distinguishes stated requests from the underlying problem * Shapes data, analytics, automation and AI opportunities * Owns product vision, roadmap, backlog, releases and lifecycle * Works closely enough to engineering to make credible trade-offs * Drives products into real operational use * Monitors usage, value and feedback after launch * Converts local needs into reusable enterprise capabilities where appropriate This is closer to a Forward Deployed Product Manager/ Engineer than a traditional internal Product Owner . Public role descriptions similarly position the forward-deployed PM as embedded with stakeholders, accountable for product outcomes, deployment into production, customer value and converting operational reality into product direction. Expected seniority: A mature hire who has already taken complex software, data or AI products from problem discovery into production and adoption. Qualifications * Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data/Analytics or a related discipline , or equivalent practical experience. * Significant product-management experience with digital, software, data, analytics or AI-enabled products . * Demonstrated experience taking complex products from problem discovery and definition through delivery and into operational adoption . * Strong product discovery skills, including the ability to work with users and stakeholders to understand workflows, problems and desired outcomes. * Experience developing product strategies, roadmaps, prioritised backlogs, requirements and release plans . * Strong understanding of the product lifecycle and experience managing products beyond initial launch. * Experience defining product success measures and using adoption, usage, customer/user feedback and business outcomes to drive product decisions. * Sufficient technical fluency to work credibly with engineering, architecture, data and AI teams and understand the implications of technical trade-offs. * Strong stakeholder-management skills and the ability to bring together people with different business and technical perspectives. * Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex problems understandable and create clarity from ambiguity. * Commercial and analytical thinking, with the ability to prioritise opportunities according to expected value rather than stakeholder volume or enthusiasm. Guardrisk's emerging product model makes lifecycle management substantive rather than administrative. Preferred Qualifications * Experience managing data products, analytics products, AI products or automation solutions , particularly where the end product changes a business process or decision. * Experience working in a mature digital product environment such as digital banking, fintech, telecommunications, e-commerce, SaaS or technology consulting . * Experience operating in a forward-deployed or highly business-embedded product role , working directly with users while remaining closely connected to engineering teams. * Understanding of modern data-product concepts, including data quality, lineage, semantics, APIs, analytical products and reusable data assets . * Practical understanding of generative AI, agentic AI and workflow automation , sufficient to identify appropriate use cases and product opportunities. * Familiarity with agile product-development practices and tools such as Azure DevOps or equivalent product-delivery platforms . * Experience managing a portfolio of related products , not only a single application or delivery project. * Experience establishing product adoption, usage and value measurement and using those measures to make investment, improvement or retirement decisions. * Experience turning business-specific requirements into scalable or reusable capabilities that can serve multiple user groups. * Experience in financial services, insurance or another regulated environment . Experience working across organisational boundaries where successful delivery requires coordination between business, product, engineering, architecture and governance teams. Core outputs * Product portfolio and strategy * Product visions and value cases * Discovery findings and workflow maps * Product roadmaps and prioritised backlogs * Product requirements and acceptance criteria * Release, rollout and adoption plans * Usage and value dashboards * Continuous-improvement priorities * Product consolidation or retirement decisions Should you not hear from us within 21 days, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.
The Product Manager is responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle management of DFA's core products. This strategic role involves. * Understanding customer and market needs through research. * Assess market competition by benchmarking the company’s products to competitors’ products. * Defining product vision and roadmap. * Determines product pricing by utilizing market research data and applying best practices. * Develop business cases to justify new product initiatives and enhancements to meet financial targets. * Collaborating with key stakeholders including operations and sales teams. * Drive successful new product development, launch and growth of products that meet customer demands and contribute to DFA's strategic objectives and profitability. * Bachelor’s degree in business management, Commerce, Marketing, or a related technical qualification. * A post -graduate qualification (e.g. Honours, Master's) or relevant professional certification would be advantageous. * At least 10 years 'experience in the ICT industry with at least 5 years exposure to product development, innovation, product management and customer solution building including customer segmentation. * Exposure to revenue management including profitability and margin calculations. * Broad and deep understanding of market, customer, operating model, and technology evolution. * Broad and deep knowledge of the South African Telecommunications landscape. * Strong presentation and customer conversation skills at senior level. * Experience in product or revenue reporting and trend analysis. * Strong understanding of customer segmentation, sales channels, business needs and technology and product/services roadmap and experience in engaging with customers in product, service, and process enhancements.
Summary of Role AI Product Manager with experience driving product strategy, discovery, and delivery across AI, data, digital, and technology initiatives. Proven ability to identify business opportunities, define product requirements, prioritise roadmaps, and deliver AI-enabled solutions that create measurable business value. Skilled in translating complex business problems into scalable products, working closely with data scientists, engineers, architects, governance teams, and business stakeh…
Role: AI Product Manager 1 Identify and prioritise opportunities Investigate user needs, business processes and market opportunities. Define the problem, target users, current performance baseline and intended benefits. Assess whether AI is appropriate and prioritise use cases against value, feasibility, data readiness, cost and risk. Develop the business case and investment priorities with stakeholders. 2 Develop AI product requirements Own the product requirements document for each use case. …