Overview
Product Area Lead : Group Data & ML Platform Tribe Jobs in Durbanville, South Africa at Sanlam Limited
Location: Durbanville
Date: 13 Feb 2025
Location:
Bellville, Western Cape, ZA
Who are we?
Sanlam Group Technology is responsible for the provision of a digitally enabled technology service as a group COE, drive business and transformation and provide group-wide digital and data architecture. We operate the various technology platforms and shared services, ensure Cyber and Information Securityresilience, and act as technology governance and risk orchestra tor for technology across Sanlam.
We’re on a transformation journey to be aninnovativecompany at the forefront of the financial services industry’sdigital transformation. By harnessing advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), we aim to redefine the financial landscape with intelligent, advice-led solutions. To do this, we aim to be a net producer of technology, rather than a net consumer and Product Area Leads are a critical part of this mission.
This is an internal productleadershiprole focusing on enabling Sanlam to quickly and reliably ingest, transform, share and process data, whilst adhering to the highest standards of privacy and security. As a Product Area Lead, you’ll lead 2 or more full stack engineering teams doing their critical part to accelerate autonomous value creation through Insights and ML across Sanlam Group.
With your mastery of Product Management, your expertise in data ingestion, sharing and processing technologies and your experience leading high performing, autonomous technology teams, you’ll ensure business teams across the group make data a source of competitive advantage for them in their markets.
What will make you successful in this role?
What you’ll achieve in the next 12 months.
Achieve a free flow of information between internal users and your team(s):Identify and conduct internal user research to understand data consumers’ needs and willingness to pay, improving satisfaction and adoption metrics. Success measured by increased user satisfaction scores and adoption rates.
Establish a compelling product vision:Ensure you and your team are always able to articulate how the world for your users will be different because of your products. Be clear about how they and Sanlam will benefit as a group, relating it to your user research. Success will be measured through internal surveys and formal approvals of the team’s OKRs by users andsenior leadership.
Establish, gain funding for and deliver an ambitious transformative roadmap:Establish a comprehensive roadmap for your products and gain the buy-in of commercial and data science & analytics leaders across the business. Lead budgeting approval discussions to release investment in data to meet business needs, ensuring effective allocation of all approved engineering and financial resources. Success measured by roadmap approval and budget accuracy.
Give your team the context and clarity they need to deliver the roadmap:Write detailed PRDs that clarify ‘the what’ for development teams effectively, ensuring timely and accurate product & feature delivery based on group needs. Provide any additional context the team needs around user stories, commercial objectives, and so on, so they’re also clear about ‘the why’. Success measured by on-time delivery and alignment with PRD specifications along with team engagement surveys.
Define and measure team success openly:Define or refine success metrics and Service Level Obje…
Title: Product Area Lead : Group Data & ML Platform Tribe
Company: Sanlam Limited
Location: Durbanville, South Africa
Category: IT/Tech, Management
