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Parvana Strategic Sourcing

Head of Product (VP) at Parvana Recruitment

Parvana Strategic Sourcing

  • R Undisclosed
  • Permanent Management position
  • Cape Town
  • Posted 25 Apr 2025 by Parvana Strategic Sourcing
  • Expires in 28 days
  • Job 2608734 - Ref 448937000091339
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About the position

About our client:
Our client is a leading payments company dedicated to transforming the payment landscape by providing a risk-free and empowering payment solution. This is a senior executive-level position reporting directly to the C-Suite, necessitated by phenomenal growth. You will have full ownership and autonomy to lead and develop both the merchant and consumer sides of our best-in-class payments product. This organisation has won multiple awards and is leading the field. This position will suit an innovative, strategic thought leader who enjoys R&D and being part of a winning team.

What you will be doing:

  • Come up with and promote a product vision and strategy that works with and improves the company's overall goals.
  • Create and maintain a product roadmap that prioritises key features, sets timelines, and makes the best use of resources for product development.
  • Oversee the entire product lifecycle, from idea generation, concept testing, and development to launch and post-launch improvement.
  • Build, lead and inspire a high-performing product team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
  • Work closely with teams from different areas including engineering, design, marketing, sales, and others to ensure alignment and smooth product delivery.
  • Conduct and use market research, user feedback, and competitive analysis to find opportunities and inform strategic product decisions.
  • Lead successful product launches and drive adoption, partnering with marketing and sales to develop and execute impactful go-to-market strategies.
  • Keep an eye on product performance, finding areas for improvement and optimisation.
  • Be a key communicator and influencer, engaging with stakeholders at all levels, and ensuring the fun, innovative, team-driven company culture is strengthened and sustained.

What is needed:
  • A relevant tertiary qualification is a big plus
  • You need at least 12+ years experience leading product teams and a proven history of successful B2C products and you know how B2B works.
  • Experience in payments or fintech is a must.
  • You need to have built and led successful product teams and launched B2C products that people actually use. Deep technical skills will make you stand out.
  • You need to be a strategic thinker who can create a product vision and roadmap that helps the company grow and change.
  • You need expert knowledge of how to manage B2C and B2B products.
  • You need strong technical skills and the ability to work with engineering and development teams.
  • You're passionate about customers and committed to giving them a great experience.
  • You're data-driven and can use data to make product decisions and measure success.
  • You have outstanding communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills, and can influence and inspire everyone in the company.
  • You're a problem-solver who can handle tough situations.
  • You have executive presence and can represent the company at events and with key stakeholders.

Job ID:
  • J106818

For a more comprehensive list of opportunities that we have on offer, do visit our website - [URL Removed]

Desired Skills:

  • Head of Product VP
  • B2B
  • B2C

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Parvana Strategic Sourcing

About the agency

We are a recruitment company specialising in IT, telco & Finance with offices in South Africa and the United Kingdom. We are a highly skilled team that endeavours to provide a personal, efficient and value add service. PARVANA is Persian for butterfly. An unusual name for a recruitment agency perhaps, but we like to think it will stick with you next time you think about new opportunities. At Parvana, we pride ourselves on our ability to not only assist our clients who are trying to find the best talent, but to guide and offer advice to our candidates who are looking for a new career. That’s why when any executive or high profile employee is looking for a new career, they head directly to Parvana - and so should you.

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