What You’ll Do

• Act as the strategic lead for enhancing and optimising News24’s digital products, ensuring the highest standards in product quality and user experience.
• Develop and drive innovative concepts to enhance or create new digital publishing products, always improving the user experience.
• Act as a senior advisor and operational champion for editorial and product queries, workflow, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate closely with technical and editorial teams to specify and prioritise product requirements.
• Monitor industry trends, technologies, and emerging best practices to keep News24 ahead of the curve.
• Support editorial teams with operational product queries, troubleshooting, and workflow improvements, taking a senior role in escalation and resolution.
• Manage the product lifecycle for both existing and emerging News24 digital assets.
• Lead product rollouts, testing, training, and optimisation across the News24 suite.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in a relevant field.
• A minimum of 7+ years of product management experience, with at least 5 years in a digital/mobile environment, and a proven track record in a senior or leadership capacity.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and presentation skills; the confidence to engage and influence at all levels.
• Passion for developing and delivering outstanding user experiences.
• Highly data-driven and analytically minded, with the proven ability to inform decision-making through research and insight.
• Consistent track record of successful product launches and driving significant business value.
• Expertise in managing diverse workloads and strategic prioritisation.
• Significant experience with agile and lean product development methodologies.
• Thorough knowledge of prevailing and emerging digital and mobile trends and technologies.