Product Lead / Delivery Manager / Lead Business / Technical Analyst

Project Context

The commission cycle currently spans multiple systems (including OPS, legacy platforms, Oracle Fusion, and spreadsheets) and is heavily rule-driven. Over time, this has created:

• High operational complexity
• Strong dependency on IT for changes and fault-finding
• Limited configurability by the business
• Growing financial and audit risk

The direction is therefore a bespoke, modular solution, designed to:

• Separate rule management from calculation and posting
• Enable Sales Administration to manage rules and exceptions directly
• Integrate cleanly with Oracle Fusion
• Support future analytics and automation

The Product Lead will play a central role in turning an already substantial body of business knowledge into a clear, implementable product and delivery roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

Product Leadership

• Own the product vision and scope for the commission cycle solution.
• Translate business objectives into a clear, modular product structure.
• Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term scalability and governance.

Business & Technical Analysis

• Consolidate and formalise existing commission, incentive, and split rules.
• Design rule structures, data models, and calculation logic suitable for systemisation.
• Define commissionable transaction lifecycles and state transitions.
• Produce high-quality functional and technical specifications.

Delivery Management

• Plan and manage phased delivery, including discovery, design, build, and rollout.
• Coordinate internal stakeholders (Sales Admin, Finance, IT) and external service providers.
• Drive prioritisation, dependency management, and delivery cadence.
• Own acceptance criteria, testing strategy, and business sign-off.

Vendor & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary interface between ooba and the selected development partner.
• Challenge and validate solution designs to protect business intent.
• Facilitate structured decision-making across Sales, Finance, and Technology.

Governance & Control

• Ensure rules are date-effective, version-controlled, and auditable.
• Design processes for exception handling, overrides, and approvals.
• Support reconciliation, accrual accuracy, and financial integrity.

Required Experience & Skills

Core Experience

• 10+ years in business analysis, product ownership, or solution design roles.
• Proven experience delivering bespoke, rules-driven systems.
• Strong exposure to financial processes (commissions, incentives, pricing, accruals, or settlements).
• Experience working with or integrating into financial systems (Oracle preferred).

Analytical & Technical Capability

• Exceptional ability to structure complex, ambiguous rules into clear models.
• Comfortable designing data structures, decision tables, and calculation logic.
• Able to bridge business language and technical implementation.
• Experience producing detailed specifications that developers can build from.

Delivery & Leadership

• Confident leading workstreams without formal authority.
• Able to operate as both strategist and hands-on analyst.
• Comfortable working with external vendors and holding them accountable.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with senior stakeholders.

Mindset & Attributes

• Systems thinker with a strong sense of commercial impact.
• Detail-oriented, disciplined, and outcomes-focused.
• Pragmatic: able to balance ideal architecture with real-world constraints.
• Comfortable working in an environment where not everything is defined upfront.

Contract Details

• Engagement: Initial 6-month contract, with intention to extend to 12 months.
• Start Date: Asap.
• Location: Cape Town (hybrid / remote possible).
• Rate: Market-related (negotiable based on experience).

Why This Role Is Different

This is not a traditional BA or PM role. You will:

• Shape a core financial product, not just document requirements.
• Influence how Sales Administration operates long-term.
• Work on a system that directly impacts revenue, cost of sales, and audit outcomes.
• Have real ownership, autonomy, and visibility at executive level.