Freelancer.com is the worlds largest freelancing and outsourcing marketplace. I am a product manager in the growth team where we focus on increasing revenue through new product offerings and core funnel optimisation. We are a heavily data driven company and all product decisions are based on tests and tracking.Responsibilities / Day-to-day Activities:Daily analysis of data (along with the data scientists) to isolate opportunities and optimize user pathsAB testing features and… Show more Freelancer.com is the worlds largest freelancing and outsourcing marketplace. I am a product manager in the growth team where we focus on increasing revenue through new product offerings and core funnel optimisation. We are a heavily data driven company and all product decisions are based on tests and tracking.Responsibilities / Day-to-day Activities:Daily analysis of data (along with the data scientists) to isolate opportunities and optimize user pathsAB testing features and ideas for better conversionCommunicating product roadmap and setting out monthly and quarterly OKRs - making sure the team and all stakeholders are onboardComing up with business ideas, concepts and experiments, getting stakeholder buy-in and bringing them to market Building and growing relationships across product groups within the companyAgile process - running sprint planning, demo’s, retro’s, backlog grooming and daily scrumsAnalyzing data sets and using insights gained to make business decisionsDesigning and wireframing simple and intuitive user flows and interfaces Show less

Information Logistics is a software development company that focuses on forming partnerships with funded startups in a shared success model. The owner, David Campey, is a well respected software product and process guru in Cape Town and I was fortunate to have him as a personal coach and mentor while working at IL. Responsibilities / Day-to-day Activities:Team lead of 3 developers Meeting with stakeholders and setting realistic expectations on a sprint by sprint basis, also… Show more Information Logistics is a software development company that focuses on forming partnerships with funded startups in a shared success model. The owner, David Campey, is a well respected software product and process guru in Cape Town and I was fortunate to have him as a personal coach and mentor while working at IL. Responsibilities / Day-to-day Activities:Team lead of 3 developers Meeting with stakeholders and setting realistic expectations on a sprint by sprint basis, also managing feature requestsRegular meetings with the UX designer explaining technical capabilities and constraints to ensure our products had great user experience Whiteboarding solutions and discussing design patterns with the dev team API design and documentationSoftware development in Python, Javascript, AngularJS and JavaManaging remote development teams on outsourced project work Show less

I co-found Electric Blue and helped it grow from a garage startup into one of South Africa's largest LED solutions providers. As owner and product manager I had a diverse role that evolved with the company's growth.Responsibilities / Day-to-day Activities:Communication: making sure staff, customers, suppliers and leads all had the answers they need to move forward in the right directionProduct management: conception, design, and overseeing manufacture/production of hardware and… Show more I co-found Electric Blue and helped it grow from a garage startup into one of South Africa's largest LED solutions providers. As owner and product manager I had a diverse role that evolved with the company's growth.Responsibilities / Day-to-day Activities:Communication: making sure staff, customers, suppliers and leads all had the answers they need to move forward in the right directionProduct management: conception, design, and overseeing manufacture/production of hardware and firmware products that integrate with building automation systems to solve specific architectural and engineering requirementsTechnical salesStakeholder relationship managementCostings, project proposals, schedule estimations, contract negotiations Quality controlSourcing and auditing reliable suppliers and manufacturers in ChinaWorkflow planning and logistics for installations involving numerous products, procedures and subcontractors, coordinating with multiple stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery of quality productsCreating support documentation for end users and installation teams Demonstrate solutions or proposals to high level executives at large corporates (eg. Standard Bank, Pick n Pay, etc) to get final sign off Show less