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Product Manager

24.com (division of Media24)|Posted 1 month ago

Skills and experience

Role:Product manager
Other roles:Product owner
Experience in role:5+ years
Must-have skills:
    Agile
    Lean

Location and salary

Remote policy:In-office
Location of job:Foreshore, Cape Town, South Africa
Visa requirements:Authorised to work in South Africa With status of citizen/passport holder or permanent resident
Visa sponsorship:Unable to sponsor visa
Employment type:Permanent

Role description

Why join us?

At 24.com, our team of engineers, data scientists, product managers and UX/UI design specialists develop exceptional digital products for renowned brands including News24 and Netwerk24. By harnessing cutting-edge technology and a sophisticated tech stack, we deliver world-class solutions. Our vibrant, people-focused culture, commitment to innovation, and strong societal mission are at the heart of everything we do. At 24.com, we empower Media24 brands to inform, entertain, and inspire millions across South Africa.

What will you do?

Enhance products supporting the Digital Publishing business

Ensure products remain of a high standard by interpreting, guiding and refining requirements

Coming up with innovative concepts to ultimately enhance existing or create new Digital Publishing products to improve the user experience

Collaborate with our tech teams to spec requirements where necessary

Keep abreast of the development of new technologies, trends and products, ensuring successful and timeous roll out

Assist the editorial teams with operational requirements on an ad-hoc basis

Manage existing and new products introduced into the Publishing stable

Troubleshoot product bugs and queries logged with the product team

Engage the product team in assisting with the roll-out of new products and features across the 24.com product suite

Using your commercial acumen, suggest product enhancements to realise market opportunities

Articulate product strategies in support of business objectives

What should you have?

  • Bachelor's degree/Diploma in a relevant field
  • A minimum of 5+ years of product management experience of which include 4 years in a mobile/digital environment
  • Obsession with creating delightful user experiences
  • Data and research driven, analytical approach to features and changes
  • Proven track record of delivering business value
  • Comfortable with ambiguity
  • Proficiency to manage a diverse workload and assign priorities to tasks
  • Familiarity and significant experience with agile and lean processes
  • Thorough knowledge of prevailing and emerging mobile trends and technologies
  • Experience working on web and mobile products
  • An exceptional communicator with presentation experience. Able to convey complex concepts in a simple and digestible manner

What skills will you need?

  • Sound judgment
  • Analytical thinking
  • Planning and organising
  • Good verbal communication
  • Organized and meticulous
  • Pro-active
  • Quality-orientated
  • Professional, assertive, and responsible

Benefits of working at 24.com

Dynamic work schedule: We enjoy flexible working hours, with core hours in our Cape Town offices between 10AM to 3PM and optionally remote for the balance of your working hours.

AI-forward culture: We actively look for opportunities to leverage AI to unlock new opportunities. We harness cutting-edge AI technology and tools to supercharge productivity, efficiency and results and we encourage our teams to explore and experiment.

Continuous learning & growth: Dive into a wealth of learning opportunities backed by our parent company, the Naspers group. Gain free access to platforms like Udemy, pursue nanodegrees to enrich your skills or take advantage of complimentary Microsoft certification training. We also offer bursary opportunities.

Stay ahead: Attend cutting-edge tech events and expos to stay on top of industry trends and innovations.

Personalised benefits: Choose from optional medical aid and customisable retirement funding options to suit your needs.

Give back: Each year, take up to 3 days of Volunteers24 leave to make a meaningful impact in the community while supporting causes you care about.

About 24.com (division of Media24)

201-500 employees

24.com is a leading African network of popular digital publishing brands and online services across the internet and mobile apps. Centred on News24 and Netwerk24, 24.com is dedicated to creating and sustaining uniquely African online and mobile communities. The network welcomes over 17 million local unique browsers monthly.

Our mission is to inform, entertain, educate and connect people through web, mobile and app platforms.

We use .NET, .NET Core, C# , MVC, native Android, native iOS, React, and WordPress.

We have around 35 developers in several teams, using the Scrum methodology. We don't have a corporate image or dress code!

Interview process:

We have a 2-step interview process that varies from team to team:

  1. Initial meeting with one of our development managers followed by a tech assessment.
  2. Panel interview for culture fit (on a different day).

Perks at 24.com (division of Media24)

Regular Friday socials at the Media24 rooftop bar.
Coffee barista.
Hi-spec PC's or Macs with dual monitors
Freebie birthday leave
Work from home days
Flexible hours
Free parking

Tech Stack

application and data

AngularJS
AngularJS
Sass
Sass
Objective-C
Objective-C
Javascript
Javascript
Python
Python
MySQL
MySQL
PHP
PHP
Java
Java
Swift
Swift
React
React
Redis
Redis
jQuery
jQuery
HTML5
HTML5
C#
C#
Bootstrap
Bootstrap
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure
Google App Engine
Google App Engine
ASP.NET
ASP.NET
MS SQL
MS SQL
ExtJS
ExtJS
Kotlin
Kotlin
.Net Core 2.0
.Net Core 2.0
TypeScript
TypeScript
TensorFlow
TensorFlow
Kibana
Kibana

utilities

Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch
Google Analytics
Google Analytics

dev ops

Grunt
Grunt
Git
Git
Chef
Chef
Docker
Docker
Android Studio
Android Studio
npm
npm
Xcode
Xcode
Kubernetes
Kubernetes

business tool

Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
Confluence
Confluence

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