Product Manager

Product Manager: FinTech | Cape Town (Hybrid)

Kurtosys builds digital and reporting platforms for leading global asset and wealth managers. Our products sit at the core of how firms communicate performance, risk, and investment information, in high-trust, data-intensive environments where accuracy, auditability, and scale are non-negotiable.

Product at Kurtosys is evolving with intent. We are strengthening clarity of ownership, sharpening our focus on measurable outcomes, and embracing modern product practices, including AI-assisted workflows, to move faster without compromising quality.

We are building a product organisation that combines domain depth with structured thinking and real accountability. This role is part of that journey.

The Role:

Product Managers at Kurtosys contribute across multiple product domains - spanning foundational platform capabilities and client-facing reporting and digital solutions.

We operate through outcome-led initiatives aligned to longer-term product themes. Within those initiatives, PMs take meaningful end-to-end ownership, shaping the problem, driving delivery, and ensuring measurable impact.

Roadmaps are shaped collaboratively, but accountability is clear. You will be trusted to prioritise effectively, make trade-offs thoughtfully, and ensure the work you lead delivers real value.

This is a role for someone who wants real ownership in a complex, regulated environment - and who is motivated to grow into a strong, well-rounded Product Manager in world that is evolving daily as AI scales.

Role Responsibilities:

As a Product Manager at Kurtosys, you will operate at the intersection of client need, platform capability, and commercial impact.

You will:

Lead outcome-driven initiatives

• Frame complex problems clearly and define outcome-focused initiatives aligned to product themes.
• Translate strategic intent into coherent, well-scoped execution plans.
• Define meaningful success measures and ensure impact can be measured post-release.
• Make pragmatic trade-offs to deliver value early while protecting long-term platform integrity.

Drive high-quality delivery

• Own and prioritise backlogs within your initiatives with clarity and discipline.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering and Design from discovery through release – not through handover.
• Maintain high standards of scope definition, acceptance criteria, and delivery quality.
• Balance speed with correctness in a regulated, data-intensive context.

Shape direction, not just execute

• Contribute actively to roadmap discussions and product decisions.
• Bring structured thinking to ambiguous problems.
• Challenge assumptions constructively and balance requests with scalable product thinking.

Ensure adoption and realised value

• Partner cross-functionally to ensure launches are enabled and coherent.
• Monitor usage, adoption, and feedback signals.
• Iterate intentionally to maximise long-term value and scalability.
  

What Will Make You Successful Here:

This role suits Product Managers who are thoughtful, structured, and comfortable taking ownership in a complex environment.

You’ll thrive at Kurtosys if you:

• Think in systems, not features - looking for scalable patterns rather than one-off solutions.
• Care about outcomes over activity - understanding that impact matters more than shipping volume.
• Are comfortable with shared ownership and influencing across domains.
• Bring intellectual honesty and are willing to change your perspective when data or insight demands it.
• Operate well in complexity - regulated financial environments sharpen your thinking rather than intimidate you.
• Value collaboration and see product as a team sport.
• Are curious about how product management is evolving, including the role of AI in accelerating discovery and delivery.

You don’t need to have all the answers - but you should be motivated to ask great questions.

What We’re Looking For:

You likely have:

• 3-5 years’ experience in Product Management or Product Ownership
• Background or education in information systems, computer science, or related fields
• Experience in fintech or financial services environments (advantageous)
• Demonstrable knowledge with the asset, wealth or investment management industries (highly desirable)
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with the ability to work across complex systems
• Comfort working closely as part of a cross-functional team and making trade-off decisions
• Clear, structured communication skills
• Experience with agile delivery practices and tools such as Jira and Confluence

Advantageous but not essential:

• Data querying experience (SQL or similar)

More important than what’s on your CV is your mindset: ownership, structured thinking, curiosity, and a desire to build meaningful products in a serious domain.

Why Join Us:

This is an opportunity to build your product career in an environment that values substance over noise.

• Work on products used by global asset and wealth managers operating in highly regulated markets.
• Develop deep expertise in reporting, digital experience, and platform capabilities within financial services.
• Contribute to a product organisation that is actively maturing and evolving, where your thinking can influence not just what we build, but how we build.
• Grow into greater strategic ownership as the product model continues to evolve.
  

We offer competitive compensation, hybrid flexibility, and a collaborative culture.

If you are motivated by building scalable, high-trust products and growing as a disciplined Product Manager, we’d like to hear from you.