Senior Product Manager:

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Consultant

REQ 133607 Thembi Mtshali

Job Family

Information Technology

Career Stream

It Application Development

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Managers

FAIS Affected

Job Purpose

To manage a portfolio through multiple teams with a medium term strategic horizon.

Job Responsibilities

• Managed Financial and Business ResultsEnsure that all individual and department results are delivered within budget to deadlines
• Ensure effective targeted cost recovery through monitoring and ensuring all times are captured by staff on a weekly basis
• Ensure quality projects / processes / systems delivered on time and are fully aligned to Nedbank's business requirements
• Provide agreed information, resources, professional advice and strategic contribution to relevant stakeholders on time, in budget, within quality standards
• Quality projects / processes / systems delivered on time and were fully aligned to Nedbank's business requirements
• Provided agreed information, resources, professional advice and strategic contribution (on time, in budget, within quality standard)
• Managed Stakeholder Relationships
• Deliver services on client expectations and Nedbank standards by ensuring the Service Level Agreement, Operational level agreements , contractual agreements, and project schedules are met as stipulated
• Advise and consult to clients by providing professional solutions that meet the requirements of the clients business needs
• Enable the building of commercially viable relationships with clients by providing quality advice to clients
• Monitor and manage client, service providers/ vendors, partners and other stakeholder expectations
• Actively engage to establish trust and respect of department members, direct reports, stakeholders & manager/s through active engagement with all parties
• Delivered best practice services to client expectations
• Monitored and managed client, service providers, partners and other stakeholder expectations, built long term relations
• Proactively supported and shared information and knowledge with peers in own and other departments and functionsTrusted and respected by department members, direct reports and manager/sEffective communication and relationship networks upwards, downwards, sideways and outwards
• Managed Internal ProcessesOperationalise Divisional Strategy by ensuring all supervisors and first line managers understand and prioritise work in alignment to Divisional Strategy
• Empower First line managers and effective performance measures that are empowering and aligned to strategy by clearly defining their roles and responsibilities
• Ensure professional field is leveraged to enable strategy and that proposed solutions related to field are embedded in strategy
• Select appropriate professional frameworks, methods/ supporting technologies in line with Agreed Architecture and expected return on investments
• Manage multiple assets through the development, implementation, review of strategies and planning for area

 

Critical Tasks

• Co-ordinate operations. Dealer Relationship managers and Deal making teams. Handle month end reporting. Play an active role in Product Development and all activities that contribute to Targets

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Tertiary Qualification/ formal accreditation in Professional field
• MMP/SMP / MM or equivalent
• BSC Computer science
• BComm Information Technology
• Post graduate management qualification
• MBA

Essential Certifications

• ITILTalent nurturing or equivalentMMP/SMP / MM or equivalent

Minimum Experience Level

• 6 to 8 years' experience in vehicle Finance, Car dealership and product ownership

Types of exposures

• Industry knowledge in the dealer environment (Sales)
• Deep understanding of Vehicle Finance process 
• Experience at building new products
• Commercialisation Skills
• Drive Marketing Activity
• Legal.Risk and Compliance processes
• Reporting Skills(Powerpoint/Excel)
• Commercial business case modelling (basic understanding)

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Budgeting
• Business administration and management
• Change management
• Client service management
• Communication Strategies
• Diversity management
• Employee training/development
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Stakeholder management
• Strategic planning
• Talent management
• Workforce planning
• Business writing skills
• Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
• System Development Life cycle(SDLC)
• ITIL
• IT Architecture
• General Communication Skills
• Joint application development
• Organisational structure
• Influencing
• IT Assets management processes

Behavioural Competencies

• Building Partnerships
• Facilitating Change
• Inspiring others
• Business Acumen
• Building partnerships
• Driving for Results
• Selecting Talent

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