Product Owner Team Leader

Product Owner Team Leader

Pinelands, Cape Town | Hybrid

We are looking for a dynamic individual to fulfill a dual-accountability role as both a hands-on product owner of your own product, and the team leader of a team of product owners.

Confluent is a rapidly innovating company that experiments with different brands and solutions. Since we manage products across multiple brands and solution domains, the number of products and people under your management will change as the portfolio evolves. You'll have real input into team structure, composition, and priorities.

About Confluent

Confluent (previously Intelligent Debt Management Group) is a South African leader in personal financial wellness. The group includes South Africa's largest debt counsellor, DebtBusters; a renowned financial advice brand, JustMoney; a major credit bureau reseller, Kudough; and successful joint ventures with Sanlam, Hollard, and 3Way Group.

Since 2018, we’ve harnessed data, design and technology to build and optimize credit platforms. Our efforts have resulted in 5.5 million active users, delivering measurable financial outcomes for both users and business partners. Now, we’re growing our team structure, and we want you to help us build a great team.

What you’ll do

As a product owner (IC):

• Shape the product vision and roadmap in partnership with business and technical teams.
• Turn strategy into action by defining clear problem statements, backlog items, and success metrics.
• Prioritise what matters most — balancing customer needs, data insights, and business goals.
• Use experimentation and analytics to test assumptions, validate value, and improve performance.
• Collaborate closely with developers, designers, and analysts to deliver impactful features.
• Drive high-quality discovery, backlog refinement and delivery flow with stakeholders and development teams.
• Translate customer insights and behavioural data into clear product decisions and trade-offs.
• Align stakeholders around priorities, outcomes and delivery trade-offs in a complex environment.

As product team leader:

• Manage a team of Product Owners: set goals, run regular 1:1s, and manage day-to-day performance
• Run formal performance reviews
• Identify development needs and build growth plans for direct reports, including those newly stepping into product ownership
• Escalate and resolve performance or capability gaps within your team
• Contribute to how the product team structures and scales product ownership across brands as the portfolio grows

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in product, business analysis, engineering, software development, or related fields.
• Strong analytical thinking and comfort with data and systems.
• The ability to make decisions using data and to experiment
• Strong communication and facilitation skills — you’re comfortable leading discussions and building alignment.
• Practical experience working in Agile product delivery environments and managing prioritised backlogs.
• A knack for understanding customer journeys and improving user experience.
• A self-starter mindset — you can manage your own work while keeping the bigger picture in focus.
• A Bachelor’s degree in engineering, information systems, mathematics, science, or a related field.

What you’ll get

• Clear growth pathways into senior product or people leadership roles
• A hybrid work model (onsite and remote)
• Competitive packages, including medical and RA contributions
• A values-driven culture focused on purpose and growth
• Bursary program opportunities to further your education
• Merit-based promotions in a growing, future-focused company

Why join Confluent?

Every feature you help shape makes a real difference — giving South Africans the tools to understand, manage, and rebuild their financial lives. If you’re excited by purposeful innovation, complex data, and meaningful impact, you’ll feel right at home here.