Location: Johannesburg
Duration: 12-month contract
Working arrangement: Full-time, office-based
Opportunity: Join a high-growth fintech venture at an exciting stage of development

Build the Future of Sustainable Business

Are you an experienced Product Owner who thrives on turning complex problems into simple, impactful digital products?

We are looking for a Senior Product Owner to join an innovative fintech venture focused on helping businesses better understand, measure and improve their sustainability performance.

This is a unique opportunity to join a venture at an exciting stage of growth and play a meaningful role in taking an established MVP through its next phase of development, scaling and market adoption.

You will work at the intersection of technology, product, sustainability and financial services, helping shape a platform with the potential to become a leading sustainability data and reporting solution for businesses across South Africa and the broader African market.

The Opportunity

As Senior Product Owner, you will take ownership of the product roadmap and play a key role in determining what gets built, why it matters and how it delivers value to users and the business.

You’ll work closely with customers, senior stakeholders, designers, business analysts, engineers and subject-matter experts to turn real-world needs into intuitive, scalable product experiences.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys product discovery, prioritisation and delivery and is comfortable operating in an environment where there is plenty of opportunity to shape the direction of the product.

What You'll Be Doing

• Own and prioritise the product backlog, balancing customer value, commercial objectives and technical considerations.
• Translate business and customer needs into clear product requirements, epics, user stories and delivery priorities.
• Lead product discovery alongside design and business analysis colleagues, engaging users and stakeholders to validate ideas and identify opportunities.
• Drive delivery across multidisciplinary product and technology teams.
• Develop and continuously refine the product roadmap based on customer insight, data, market requirements and business priorities.
• Help evolve the existing product from MVP stage into a robust, scalable and enterprise-ready platform.
• Define meaningful product success measures and use data and feedback to improve adoption, usability and customer value.
• Work with sustainability specialists to translate complex ESG, climate and reporting concepts into practical digital experiences.
• Engage confidently with senior stakeholders and clients, communicating product decisions, progress, risks and opportunities.
• Contribute to product launches, market expansion and the ongoing growth of the platform.
• Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies, including AI, to enhance the product and customer experience.

Why This Role?

This isn't a traditional Product Owner role where you'll simply manage a backlog.

You'll have the opportunity to help shape a growing fintech product, influence strategic product decisions and work alongside experienced professionals across technology, financial services and sustainability.

You'll also gain exposure to an increasingly important area of business — helping organisations understand and respond to the growing demands around ESG, climate and sustainability data.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for an experienced Product Owner with approximately 5–10 years' experience working across complex digital products or solutions.

You'll ideally bring:

• Strong experience owning and prioritising product roadmaps and backlogs.
• A proven ability to translate complex business requirements into clear, deliverable product outcomes.
• Experience working closely with engineering, design and business teams.
• Strong stakeholder and client engagement skills.
• Excellent product judgement and commercial awareness.
• A track record of working effectively in fast-moving or ambiguous environments.
• Curiosity about technology and emerging capabilities, particularly AI.
• A genuine interest in developing expertise in sustainability and ESG.

You don't need to be an ESG expert from day one. What's important is that you're curious, commercially minded and excited by the opportunity to learn.

The Ideal Candidate

You're someone who enjoys building rather than maintaining the status quo.

You can move comfortably between strategy and execution, understand both the customer and the technology, and aren't afraid to get into the detail when required.

You're energised by ambiguity, comfortable making decisions with incomplete information, and motivated by the opportunity to see your product ideas move from concept through to real-world adoption.

If you're looking for a role where you can have genuine ownership, visible impact and the opportunity to help shape a growing fintech venture, we'd like to hear from you.