Product Manager

About the job

About the Product Manager role

We are seeking an experienced Product Manager to own digital product capabilities from discovery through delivery, launch, and continuous improvement. The role will define product roadmaps, priorities, and success metrics while working closely with Engineering, Design, QA, Operations, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver user-centric digital products using Agile/Scrum practices.

Key Responsibilities:

Product Ownership & Discovery

  • Own multiple product capabilities and epics end-to-end, shaping the product roadmap and priorities from discovery delivery launch measurement and iteration
  • Understand user and business problems, define desired outcomes and success measures before committing to solutions
  • Use user research, data, experimentation and feedback to validate assumptions and inform product decisions
  • Translate product opportunities into clear hypotheses, user stories and acceptance criteria, and maintain a prioritized product backlog
  • Design user-centric experiences for consumer-facing digital and mobile products, working with UX/UI teams to create intuitive journeys that fit naturally into users’ daily lives
  • Make trade-offs based on user value, business impact, evidence, technical feasibility and effort

Product Delivery & Execution

  • Be accountable for delivery of your product areas, including scope, timeline, quality, risks, dependencies and operational readiness
  • Work closely with Engineering, Design, QA, Operations and vendors to deliver iteratively using Agile/Scrum practices
  • Manage delivery plans, milestones and RAID items, proactively resolving issues and escalating early with options and recommendations
  • Define and track product success metrics such as adoption, engagement, retention and behavioural outcomes, using product analytics, user feedback and experiments to validate hypotheses and drive continuous improvement

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

  • Retain product ownership and accountability even where delivery is supported by external vendors
  • Set clear direction, priorities and expected outcomes for vendors rather than acting as an intermediary between stakeholders and delivery teams
  • Critically evaluate vendor recommendations and manage delivery performance, commitments, risks and dependencies
  • Align business, technology and other stakeholders towards common product outcomes and communicate progress, risks and trade-offs clearly

Governance, Risk & Compliance

  • Ensure product delivery complies with applicable organizational policies, security, data protection, privacy and operational requirements
  • Identify and manage product, delivery and operational risks throughout the product lifecycle
  • Work with Engineering, Security, Architecture and relevant governance teams to ensure appropriate controls and requirements are incorporated into solutions
  • Maintain appropriate documentation, traceability and governance while balancing compliance requirements with user experience and delivery effectiveness

Team & Product Culture

  • Operate as an owner, not a coordinator — proactively identify problems, challenge assumptions and drive issues towards resolution
  • Collaborate across Product, Engineering, Design, Data, Operations and vendors without rigid role boundaries
  • Contribute to continuous improvement, knowledge sharing and stronger product practices across the team
  • Demonstrate increasing ability to operate through ambiguity, influence stakeholders and take ownership of larger and more complex product areas

Requirements:

  • Minimum Qualification: Diploma / Degree in IT or related discipline
  • At least 3 years of relevant experience in product management or digital product delivery, with experience owning and shipping digital products or capabilities
  • Strong outcome-oriented product thinking — able to frame problems, define success measures and priorities based on evidence and impact rather than simply delivering requirements
  • Experience owning product capabilities from discovery and backlog management through delivery, launch and iteration
  • Strong execution discipline, including management of scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, stakeholders and vendors
  • Experience working with Agile product development teams and good understanding of Agile/Scrum practices
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Proactive and collaborative mindset, with the ability to challenge assumptions constructively and work beyond strict role boundaries
  • Comfortable operating through ambiguity and able to bring structure and clarity to complex problems
  • Experience working with external technology vendors while retaining internal ownership of product decisions and outcomes

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in health and wellness, lifestyle or other consumer digital products
  • Technical understanding of APIs, system integrations, data flows, system dependencies and modern digital architectures
  • Ability to discuss technical options and trade-offs effectively with engineers and vendors
  • Understanding of non-functional considerations such as security, performance, scalability, reliability and operational support
  • Experience with large-scale digital platforms, industry-specific digital products or large-scale digital services
  • Experience working within security, privacy, governance and compliance requirements

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