About the position
Head of Product
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Role Type: Full-time, office-based (with potential for hybrid working in the future)
Salary: Negotiable, dependent on experience
Executive Summary
- Own the product roadmap, prioritisation, and delivery across an internal AI product portfolio
- Lead the development of a flagship AI platform and supporting internal products
- Work closely with an in-house engineering team to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions
- Use customer feedback and product usage data to inform strategy and roadmap decisions
- Report directly to the CEO and contribute to the overall business strategy
Key Responsibilities
- Own and manage the product roadmap across internal products, prioritising by business value, user impact, and technical effort
- Write clear PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria to support effective delivery
- Translate usage data and stakeholder feedback into refined backlog items and requirements
- Lead product discovery and validation with internal users and client teams
- Partner closely with developers throughout delivery to ensure quality and alignment
- Coordinate release planning, product launches, and internal rollouts alongside commercial teams
- Define product usage metrics and work with engineering to build dashboards
- Ensure evaluation and acceptance testing are embedded into delivery processes
- Generate and refine new product ideas across the wider product portfolio
Person Specification - Essential
- 3-5+ years of experience delivering B2B SaaS products with clear ownership of roadmap and delivery
- Strong experience translating product strategy into PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Practical familiarity with generative AI tools and exposure to AI or ML-driven products
- Comfortable working closely with engineers and designers, making informed technical trade-offs
- Proven experience running discovery, validation, and converting insights into a deliverable scope
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Based in Cape Town with the legal right to work in South Africa, and able to work on-site
Person Specification - Desirable
- UX/UI design exposure or hands-on experience with user research
- Experience delivering internal platform or tooling products
- Startup or high-growth environment experience
- Experience managing or contributing to a broader product portfolio
- Formal product management training, qualifications, or certifications
Why Join
- Opportunity to own and shape a high-impact AI product portfolio
- Fast-paced, innovative environment with strong growth potential
- High visibility and influence within the business
- Culture that values autonomy, learning, and innovation
Benefits
- Competitive, negotiable salary
- Equity or share options
- Performance-based bonus
- 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays
- Clear scope for long-term career progression and impact
Desired Skills:
- UX/UI design exposure
- Product Management
Employer & Job Benefits:
- salary
- equity
- Performance Bonus
