Job Openings Head of Product

About the job Head of Product

Head of Product

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Role Type: Full-time, office-based (with potential for hybrid working in the future)

Salary: Negotiable, dependent on experience

Executive Summary

  • Own the product roadmap, prioritisation, and delivery across an internal AI product portfolio

  • Lead the development of a flagship AI platform and supporting internal products

  • Work closely with an in-house engineering team to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions

  • Use customer feedback and product usage data to inform strategy and roadmap decisions

  • Report directly to the CEO and contribute to the overall business strategy

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and manage the product roadmap across internal products, prioritising by business value, user impact, and technical effort

  • Write clear PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria to support effective delivery

  • Translate usage data and stakeholder feedback into refined backlog items and requirements

  • Lead product discovery and validation with internal users and client teams

  • Partner closely with developers throughout delivery to ensure quality and alignment

  • Coordinate release planning, product launches, and internal rollouts alongside commercial teams

  • Define product usage metrics and work with engineering to build dashboards

  • Ensure evaluation and acceptance testing are embedded into delivery processes

  • Generate and refine new product ideas across the wider product portfolio

Person Specification – Essential

  • 3–5+ years of experience delivering B2B SaaS products with clear ownership of roadmap and delivery

  • Strong experience translating product strategy into PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria

  • Practical familiarity with generative AI tools and exposure to AI or ML-driven products

  • Comfortable working closely with engineers and designers, making informed technical trade-offs

  • Proven experience running discovery, validation, and converting insights into a deliverable scope

  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills

  • Based in Cape Town with the legal right to work in South Africa, and able to work on-site

Person Specification – Desirable

  • UX/UI design exposure or hands-on experience with user research

  • Experience delivering internal platform or tooling products

  • Startup or high-growth environment experience

  • Experience managing or contributing to a broader product portfolio

  • Formal product management training, qualifications, or certifications

Why Join

  • Opportunity to own and shape a high-impact AI product portfolio

  • Fast-paced, innovative environment with strong growth potential

  • High visibility and influence within the business

  • Culture that values autonomy, learning, and innovation

Benefits

  • Competitive, negotiable salary

  • Equity or share options

  • Performance-based bonus

  • 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays

  • Clear scope for long-term career progression and impact