Product Manager (Data)

**Mr D,** a division of the Takealot Group, is seeking a highly talented **Data** **Product Manager** to join our dynamic team. This role is at the heart of our ambition to harness the power of data to drive business strategy and outcomes. You will work cross-functionally with stakeholders across the business, engineering teams, and data scientists to define, develop, and execute a comprehensive data product roadmap. We offer a dynamic work environment with a culture that is open, innovative, and performance-oriented. This role allows you to make a significant impact on the business and the lives of our customers. **Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!** - **Scale:** Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do. - **Learn:** We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time. - **Grow:** Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: [](http://takealot.com), TFS and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance. **Who’s who in the tech space:** This position reports to the **Product Lead: Group Data** ### Key Responsibilities **Data Strategy & Roadmap Development** - Collaborate with stakeholders to define a holistic strategy for leveraging data to achieve business objectives. - Identify opportunities for impactful data solutions and prioritise projects for inclusion in the product roadmap. - Balance long-term product vision with short-term wins to deliver value incrementally. **Stakeholder Collaboration & Advocacy** - Act as an evangelist for data within the business, helping stakeholders understand its capabilities and potential value. - Assist stakeholders in defining and tracking Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) for data initiatives, ensuring alignment with overall business goals. **Product Development & Delivery** - Work closely with engineering teams to prioritise, plan, and execute the development of data products and capabilities. - Inform build vs. buy decisions on technical solutions, balancing cost, speed to market, and strategic fit. - Manage the data product lifecycle from concept through launch and beyond, incorporating feedback and evolving requirements. **Governance & Metrics** - Advocate for data governance, quality, and compliance standards within the organisation. - Define and analyse metrics to measure the success of data products and initiatives. **Problem-Solving & Execution** - Proactively explore problem spaces and opportunities to support the product vision and roadmap. - Collaborate with engineering teams to reduce uncertainty and set actionable deliverables. ### Attributes required: - Solutions-oriented with a high-energy, can-do attitude. - Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, using data to inform decisions. - Passion for solving ambiguous, complex problems and delivering innovative, high-quality solutions. - Ability to identify areas for improvement in current processes and drive change effectively. ### Requirements **Education & Experience** - Bachelor’s degree or Advanced Diploma in a relevant field, or equivalent industry experience. - 5 years proven experience as a Product Manager or similar role, ideally within an e-commerce or data-centric organisation. **Skills & Competencies** - Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to navigate complex organisational structures and build consensus. - Familiarity with agile development methodologies and working with technical teams. - Strategic thinker with an analytical mindset and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving. - Ability to make informed decisions quickly, balancing business needs with technical feasibility. - Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal. - High accountability for meeting deadlines and delivering results. **Preferred Experience** - Proven track record in delivering data products and subsequent iterations at scale. - Proficiency with agile methods and tools to support project management in a timeline-sensitive environment. **Let’s talk about life @ Mr D** - **The power is in your hands**: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that allows flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny. - **No doors**: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great. - **Naspers Tech Community** **& Online Learning**: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Upskill with free access to courses on Prosus Academy, Udacity, Coursera, and more. - **Good times**: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the Takealot Group during regular social events and out-of-office activities - **Birthday leave**: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. - **Help when you need it most**: Confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere. - **Tech stack (for days):** Angular, Python, Kotlin, Swift, AWS, Kafka, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, IOT, and all things machine learning. If you build it, they will come. - **Free parking:** No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to). **Like what you see?** If you meet the above you are an **Extraordinary Mind.** Apply today!! *Mr D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference*