Product Head: Emerging Markets

Product Head to lead expansion into high-growth emerging markets, shape strategic direction for Emerging Markets offerings, translate vision into world-class financial products that drive client acquisition and maximize client value. Own full product lifecycle, build and lead dedicated team across product, technology, and operations, establish foundation for sustained growth in transformational markets. Accountable for end-to-end ownership of newly launched Entrepreneur account and expand offering across broader emerging market by defining and driving capabilities to address client financial and business needs. Ensure Emerging Market products are competitive, scalable, digitally led, and underpinned by robust, secure, modern technology foundations.

Education (Minimum)

Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational; Bachelor's Degree.

Education (Ideal or Preferred)

Honours Degree.

Knowledge

• Strategic and commercial thinking at organisation-wide level
• technologically literate and adaptable
• able to think about problems from business perspective using people, technology, and product input
• business acumen and systems thinking
• big picture view, logical decisions, influence others
• people leadership and management practices to empower, create focus and delivery
• data-driven approach with analytical and quantitative skills

Experience

• 8+ years senior business management in innovative high-performing environment, preferably Financial Services, Retail or FinTech
• 5+ years managing products and leading multiple small or medium sized teams (remote and hybrid)
• experience applying technical expertise to lead, manage, guide technical teams within product development lifecycle
• business and product vision with prior product ownership
• communicate with technical and non-technical senior stakeholders across multiple business units
• use data and metrics to test theories, confirm assumptions, measure success
• provide thought leadership and vision, identify and promote strategic opportunities
• align multiple teams and products with central organisational strategy and objectives
• strong ability to manage competing priorities, influence diverse stakeholders, operate effectively across strategic, tactical, and technical levels

Skills

• Commercial thinking
• decision making
• interpersonal and relationship management
• problem solving
• strategic thinking

How to Apply

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