An exciting opportunity exists within an innovative Fintech team who serve the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) industry. As part of the broader team guided by their financial inclusive strategy, our client is looking for an experienced Portfolio or Product Manager to own their Unsecured Lending Business Term Advance product across the value chain through client insights, product enhancements, stakeholder engagement, and to be accountable for product profitability and overall performance. You will also own the Unsecured SME Lending product and marketplace strategy and execution under the client’s lending brand.(Six month contract role based in Johannesburg).
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Owning the execution of the unsecured business lending platform marketplace
- Owning the unsecured lending business term advance product across the value chain through client insights, product enhancements and stakeholder engagement, while being accountable for product profitability and overall performance
- Owning the unsecured SME lending product and marketplace strategy and execution under the client’s lending brand
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams spanning Marketing, Sales, IT and CX to scale the product and achieve year-on-year growth targets
- Creating new products and features to enhance the business value proposition, with specific focus on the marketplace and ensuring the requisite scale is achieved
- Providing insights to the broader team on innovation and developments within the business lending and fintech industry
- Setting up business cases for evaluation of new ideas
Minimum Requirements:
- Matric and relevant 3- or 4-year Business Degree essential
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience within product development essential
- Fintech or business lending experience preferred
- Prior business lending product design and development experience is essential
- A detailed understanding of the fast-paced fintech lending industry is essential
- Understanding of regulatory requirements essential
- Experience in building, launching and rapidly scaling SME lending platforms and products, ideally in a Fintech environment