Experience

Vodacom Financial Services

• South Africa
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Portfolio Product Manager: Marketplace Lending

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Driving financial inclusion through leveraging off technology to build marketplace lending value propositions. Driving financial inclusion through leveraging off technology to build marketplace lending value propositions.



Vodacom

• South Africa
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Portfolio Manager: Enterprise Access Services, Enterprise Technology

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2022

  My role entails the overall end-to-end management (commercial feasibility, product development, project delivery and operations) of new Enterprise Business Unit's products and services, and manage relationships with the internal and external stakeholders and service providers. The role also extends to developing Business & Process operational efficiency initiatives that will yield into cost reduction and drive service delivery performance within the Enterprise Access Service Business Unit. My role entails the overall end-to-end management (commercial feasibility, product development, project delivery and operations) of new Enterprise Business Unit's products and services, and manage relationships with the internal and external stakeholders and service providers. The role also extends to developing Business & Process operational efficiency initiatives that will yield into cost reduction and drive service delivery performance within the Enterprise Access Service Business Unit.



FNB Wealth and Investments

• South Africa
• Investment Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Product Manager : Business Banking

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2015

  My role entails portfolio and product management of Business Accounts for the FNB Wealth Segment. This includes but not limited to defining the Customer Value Proposition, Strategy on how to grow the product line which contributes a significant portion to Transactional Banking's bottom line, Financial Management.

• Product Manager & Strategist: Credit Card (RMB Private Bank & FNB Private Clients)

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2013

  Key responsibilities include:1. Leveraging off the FirstRand group and especially FNB2. Accountability for product management of Wealth Segment’s Credit Card product set. 3. Defining and implement key strategies to ensure, and improve product sales, management and profitability, as relating to Card. 4. Identifying key market trends that require a competitive response from Wealth. 5. Innovation surrounding product performance, product development and implementation in order to differentiate. 6. Analysis and application of key insights to identify key product opportunities. Show less



RMB Private Bank

• Banking
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Product Specialist - Global Banking (Transactional)

  • Mar 2011 - May 2012

  1. Product Research: Acquisition of data, information, knowledge and business intelligence within Global Banking. Assessment of internal and external end-to-end product processes effectiveness, regulatory, economic, political and social drivers across multiple jurisdictions related to the product scope.2. Interpretation: Utilizing the intelligence gained through product and environmental research for value creation i.e. understanding the impact of the environment on the current and future product competitiveness and identifying new opportunities. 3. Product Development: The development of new products and services and/or enhancements. This responsibility will include selecting appropriate channels through which the products or functionality will be delivered and scoping the high level product requirements for those channels4. Product Management: The deployment and management of a proactive and disciplined product management approach including: identifying new product or service candidates; gathering market requirements; determining business-case and feasibility; scoping and defining new products at high level; promoting new products within the company; building product roadmaps, working to a critical path and ensuring all products are produced on schedule; ensuring products are within price margins; product lifecycle considerations; product differentiation; and detailed product planning. 5. Management: Leading the product/project team to ensure understanding of product requirements and that developed solutions are aligned to the defined product requirements.6. Product Profitability: The ongoing evaluation of balance sheet product cost structures and market penetration versus the cost of product delivery, i.e. continuous assessment of overall balance sheet product profitability and related drivers. Show less

• Business Analyst - Strategic Business Development

  • Oct 2010 - Feb 2011

  1. Defining and documenting the business requirements and processes to improve efficiencies. Through a structured process validate and translate these requirements into functional specifications that are used by developers to craft a technical solution. 2. Facilitate the requirements elicitation workshops 3. Test and validate the functionality of the technical solution against the business requirements. Interface between the business client and the development team with regards to the business and functional requirements 4. Ensure that the business requirements are delivered in the implemented solution. 5. Work with multiple business areas and multiple teams that require integration of solutions 6. Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, and acting as consultant on the application/solution7. Facilitate the requirements elicitation workshops Show less

• Senior Specialist - Solutions Architecture

  • Jun 2009 - Sep 2010

  In my position as a Senior Specialist: Solutions Architect my responsibilities are to:1. Analyse the Impact and Design solutions for Business and Engineering Network Requirements2. Investigate and Evaluate New Solutions through a RFI/RFP process3. Provide High Level Support to the Product Management and the Service Development teams4. Performing a Project Management role during the initial phases of the SDLC process5. Continuous Implementation of Best Practise and Knowledge Management Show less

• Specialist - Solutions Architecture

  • Dec 2006 - May 2009

  1. Analyse the Impact and Design solutions for Business and Engineering Network Requirements2. Providing high level support to the Product Management and the Service Development teams. This entailed providing architectural support during the PDLC and the SDLC process respectively.3. Performing a Project Management role during the initial phases of the SDLC process



Safaricom (PTY) Ltd

• Vodafone Assignee

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2008

  During the latter part of 2008, I was selected to participate in the Vodafone Global Rotation (EMAPA) Programme for Emerging Markets. I was placed in Safaricom (Pty) Ltd, Kenya. The assignment period was valid for 3 months (i.e. 19 September - 19 December 2008). During the assignment my responsibilities were: 1. Developing a voice & data product for the Corporate Connect Business requirement 2. Project Management of the technical deliverables for the Corporate Connect Business requirement 3. Investigating Clocking & Synchronisation over IP RAN (Radio Access Network) 4. Analysing the Technology Roadmapping process within the Network & Product Evolution department Show less