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Product Manager (Business Intelligence) at takealot.com

Product Manager for Business Intelligence at Takealot.com in Cape Town.
Remote
Hybrid
On-Site
South Africa
Undisclosed salary

Takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is seeking a Product Manager in Business Intelligence to be based in Cape Town. The role involves contributing to a young, dynamic, and hyper-growth company.

The Product Manager will report to the Head of Product: Fulfillment (Supply Chain & Logistics) and will be responsible for driving business results through data solutions and managing BI data/tool migration initiatives.

Responsibilities:

  • Create and facilitate the delivery of the Business Intelligence roadmap for one or more of the Takealot Group’s key focus areas: Supply Chain and Logistics
  • Work closely with product and engineering to ensure the right data collection for relevant business insights.
  • Collaborate with data engineering, analytical engineering, and business intelligence teams to drive end-to-end data products.
  • Manage large-scale BI data/tool migration initiatives within agreed timelines.
  • Validate existing reports and data sets and resolve identified issues.
  • Influence the supply chain and logistics roadmap with data-informed recommendations.
  • Perform exploratory data analysis and hypothesis testing on operational and customer behavior.
  • Assist in developing input metrics to influence the vertical’s “North Star” metric.
  • Evangelize data within the business vertical.
  • Balance long-term product vision with short-term wins.

Requirements:

  • Ability to distill technical subjects to their fundamental concepts.
  • Strong commercial acumen in a fast-paced e-commerce environment.
  • Comfort with data deep-diving for generating product-level insights.
  • Proactive in exploring the problem space and surroundings.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to reduce uncertainty.
  • Drive to actively unlearn and relearn mental models based on supporting data.
  • 7+ years of related experience or 3+ years of product management experience.
  • Experience leading and executing cross-functional projects.
  • Familiarity and proficiency with agile methods and tools.
  • High accountability in meeting deadlines and ship dates.
  • Proven track record in delivering data insights products at scale.
  • Understanding of data engineering and analytics fundamentals.
  • Experience with Google Sheets and/or Microsoft Excel at an advanced level.
  • Experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL, and BigQuery or similar technology.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Management Science, Engineering, Statistics, Data Science, or Computer Science.

Takealot offers:

  • A market-related Total Remuneration Package.
  • Hybrid working model.
  • Mentorship program.
  • Access to Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning platforms.
  • Staff discount.
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takealot.com

Takealot.com is a leading, dynamic, and fast-growing South African online retailer. The company fosters an entrepreneurial, customer-centric, and collaborative environment where employees are encouraged to be innovative, solutions-oriented, and data-driven. Takealot.com is committed to delivering a world-class customer experience. They value smart, hardworking individuals with integrity and a passion for e-commerce, who are eager to contribute to building something great. They aim to remain at the cutting edge of developing new concepts and are always looking for solutions.