Product Manager - Catalogue (Mr D)

About the role

The Takealot Group, through its food and convenience delivery brand Mr D, is hiring a Product Manager for its Partner Services division in Cape Town. The role owns the end-to-end product lifecycle of the catalogue management portfolio, which powers the thousands of menu items and retail products shown in the app every day. It sits at the intersection of business strategy and technical execution, working with UX designers, software engineers and other business units.

Key responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap and balance immediate business needs with long-term infrastructure health
• Prioritise the engineering backlog and manage sprint planning
• Gather requirements from business teams, communicate progress and explain roadmap changes
• Define key performance indicators for the catalogue system and track results through data analysis
• Work with engineers to document non-functional requirements and ensure stable system integrations

Required profile

• Minimum of 3 years in a dedicated Product Management role, or 5 years in software development with strong product exposure
• Bachelor's degree or advanced diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or Business
• Comfortable making data-driven decisions under pressure

Required skills

• Solid understanding of technical integrations and system architecture
• Experience with data analytics tools
• Experience creating wireframes or proposing design-led solutions
• Strong communication skills to translate technical constraints to business stakeholders and requirements to developers