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Job Description
🌍 Product Manager – Digital/IT Focus (Remote – South Africa | UK Client)
📍 Preferred Location: Johannesburg or Cape Town (Open to candidates across SA)
🕒 Working Hours: Aligned to UK Business Hours
🕒 Working Hours: Aligned to UK Business Hours
About the Role
We are recruiting for a Digital/IT Product Manager to join a UK-based organisation committed to innovation through digital transformation and purpose-built internal solutions. You’ll lead the delivery of impactful technology products that streamline operations, enhance agility, and drive strategic growth across the business.
This is a remote position based in South Africa, working in alignment with UK time zones. You’ll collaborate with international teams and play a central role in creating digital tools that deliver measurable business value.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and continuous improvement of internal digital products, from ideation to launch.
- Align product strategy and feature priorities with broader business objectives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including IT, business units, and key stakeholders.
- Manage and prioritise product backlogs, ensuring value-driven decision-making.
- Own outcomes — take accountability for the successful delivery of solutions.
- Leverage data and analytics to inform decisions and measure performance.
- Produce clear, actionable product documentation including user stories and story maps.
- Prepare product launches with effective communication and rollout planning.
- Identify operational pain points and propose innovative, technology-led improvements.
- Engage in discovery work to challenge assumptions and continuously improve product impact.
- Contribute to business reviews and present product performance and roadmap outcomes.
Key Skills & Experience
- Proven experience managing digital or IT products through the full lifecycle.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
- Experience with value-based prioritisation and defining MVPs (Minimum Viable Products) and MLPs (Minimum Lovable Products).
- Proficient in using data and analytics to support decisions and explain priorities.
- Creative, solutions-oriented mindset — able to think outside the box.
- Strong ownership mindset with the ability to deliver outcomes independently.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience managing and maintaining product backlogs and development alignment.
Beneficial Experience
While not essential, experience working within the following environments will be advantageous:
- Recruitment
- Talent acquisition
- Managed service provision (MSP)
- Workforce solutions
Familiarity with the challenges and systems used in these areas will help accelerate success in this role.
What We’re Looking For
- Based in South Africa — ideally in Johannesburg or Cape Town, but open to other regions.
- Able to work UK business hours remotely.
- Comfortable working autonomously while collaborating with international teams.
- A proactive, delivery-focused individual who thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Someone motivated by innovation, ownership, and making a meaningful impact.
Why Join?
- Collaborate with a forward-thinking UK team driving digital transformation.
- Gain valuable international experience while based in South Africa.
- Be part of a growing product function where your ideas and ownership matter.
- Shape the future of internal digital products that truly impact business success.
Apply today to help shape the future of digital products with a company that values ownership, creativity, and progress.
