About us: 

Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.

Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards. We don’t do memecoins.

Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.

The role in a nutshell:

In Luno’s customer-focused environment, the Workforce Analyst plays a key role in driving operational excellence through data, insights, and planning. You will create, maintain, and continuously improve schedules and forecasts to enable the achievement of service-level goals while ensuring the best possible experience for both customers and our Customer Success teams.

You’ll use your analytical expertise and scenario-based thinking to help Luno stay ahead of changing customer behaviors and global crypto trends. This means not only reacting to volume changes but anticipating them—collaborating closely with Customer Success leadership and global WFM peers to ensure our plans are flexible, data-informed, and future-ready.

You’re an analytical problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced, high-energy environment and can translate data into clear operational decisions. You bring strong communication skills, curiosity, and a continuous improvement mindset that helps shape how we work today and how we plan for tomorrow.

Your mission will involve:

• Serving as a subject-matter expert on workforce optimisation and capacity planning.
• Ensuring service level targets are consistently achieved through accurate forecasting, scheduling, and proactive planning.
• Building and maintaining forecasting models that account for historical data, customer trends, seasonality, and external market factors (including crypto market activity).
• Developing scenario-based plans to anticipate potential surges, downtime, or unexpected events, ensuring we are operationally prepared for varying demand scenarios.
• Maintaining, testing, and improving our scheduling software and workforce tools.
• Conducting data analysis to identify opportunities for improved coverage, productivity, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborating with Customer Success leadership and Team Leads to review scheduling effectiveness and adjust approaches based on feedback, performance trends, and evolving customer needs.
• Reporting on key workforce metrics such as Service Level, Forecast Accuracy, AHT, Shrinkage, Coverage, and CPH, and providing insights and recommendations.
• Continuously reviewing and refining WFM processes to enhance flexibility and responsiveness to market and business changes.
• Monitoring intraday performance, identifying real-time risks or opportunities, and making actionable recommendations.
• Maintaining and approving time-off requests, tracking attendance, and managing non-productive time to ensure optimal staffing balance.

In your first six months, you will:

• Build strong partnerships with the Customer Success and WFM teams across regions to understand operational needs and planning nuances.
• Support the implementation of an enhanced WFM framework, evaluating tools and processes for greater accuracy and agility.
• Lead scenario-based forecasting reviews, linking crypto market activity and customer engagement trends to potential demand impacts.
• Create data visualisations and dashboards that help stakeholders quickly understand performance trends and planning outcomes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects focused on schedule optimization, forecasting precision, and global capacity alignment.

The ideal Lunaut for this role:

• 2+ years Workforce Management experience, preferably in a multi-region or high-growth environment.
• Strong analytical background with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Experience using forecasting and scheduling tools, as well as proficiency in Google Sheets, Excel, or BI tools (e.g. Looker).
• Demonstrated ability to plan for different operational scenarios and model the impact of business or market changes.
• Collaborative mindset — comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels to align plans and drive improvements.
• Detail-oriented and proactive with excellent problem-solving, time management, and communication skills.
• Adaptable to change, resilient under pressure, and passionate about improving processes and finding smarter ways of working.

 Life at Luno:

• Forward-thinking and ambitious team that values diversity, hard work, and the continuous quest for excellence.
• Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
• Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance. 
• Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development.
• Generous maternity / paternity and even paw-ternity for your furry friend.
• Annual Inspiration Day
• A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events
• Free access to Headspace – a full library of guided meditations, sleep stories, and music.
• 0 fees with Luno from the day you start.*

*Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not negatively discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Senior Analyst to join our team in Cape Town with a specific focus on TakealotMORE & Cross Group.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment, and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the Group Head: Customer Insights and Engagement

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

TakealotMORE Analytics

• Own subscription growth forecasting, including detailed component-level predictions (free-to-paid conversions, reactivations, cancellations, tier migrations)
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports tracking subscription KPIs, member behaviour, and service utilisation
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to improve subscription attribution measurement and reporting
• Conduct root-cause analyses of subscription metric variances and performance changes
• Analyse subscription customer lifetime value, retention patterns, and churn drivers
• Develop data-driven recommendations for subscriber growth strategies and retention initiatives
• Build predictive models to identify at-risk subscribers and growth opportunities
• Design and analyse A/B tests to optimise subscription experience and conversion funnels

Cross Group Analytics 

• Own cross-platform growth forecasting, including detailed component-level predictions
• Develop and maintain attribution frameworks for cross-platform customer journeys and acquisition paths
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports tracking cross-platform rates, attribution and customer behaviour across cohorts.
• Investigate cross-platform performance issues and variances through root-cause analysis
• Conduct cohort analyses, tracking customer behaviour and value creation across the ecosystem
• Map customer interactions across Takealot and Mr D to identify cross-selling and migration opportunities
• Create actionable customer segmentation strategies for targeted marketing and product initiatives

TakealotMORE & Cross Group Marketing Performance 

• Measure and optimise marketing campaign performance across the full funnel for TakealotMORE and cross-platform initiatives
• Drive ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) optimisation recommendations for marketing investments
• Establish marketing performance accountability frameworks with measurable growth targets
• Conduct comprehensive new subscriber and customer acquisition analytics, including acquisition cost and performance optimisation
• Track and optimise cross-platform marketing attribution and impact
• Develop marketing attribution frameworks to track customer acquisition and conversion across subscription marketing channels
• Create marketing performance dashboards tracking campaign-driven subscription metrics and acquisition patterns
• Conduct competitive intelligence analysis to inform cross-group marketing strategies and positioning
• Develop and maintain marketing budget allocation frameworks and ROI measurement standards
• Lead marketing performance reviews and accountability reporting across the group

Strategic Analysis & Collaboration

• Collaborate with data engineering and analysts in the business units to ensure data quality, accessibility and correct attribution measurement
• Partner with Marketing, Product, and Technology teams on cross-platform growth and marketing optimisation
• Prioritise and manage analytics/BI requests and backlog; produce executive reports for marketing and growth performance
• Document analytical methods, technical specifications and processes; drive process improvement and knowledge management
• Lead analytical strategy and methodology development across TakealotMORE and Cross Group initiatives
• Present findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders, including marketing leadership and C-suite

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant postgraduate qualification in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or a related quantitative field
• 5-7 years of analytical experience in commercial analytics, management consulting, market research, or similar roles
• Experience with growth target setting and performance accountability reporting
• Experience handling large datasets and building business models
• Experience with subscriptions and/or cross-platform businesses
• Experience developing marketing performance frameworks and accountability systems
• Retail/e-commerce or data science exposure is beneficial
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration with marketing, product, and technology teams
• Marketing analytics experience, including campaign performance, attribution modelling, and ROAS optimisation

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Required:

Core Technical Skills

• Advanced SQL and R or Python
• Experience working with Google BigQuery (GBQ) and Looker (or similar platforms)
• Google Analytics expertise and certification advantageous
• Advanced statistical methods, hypothesis testing, experimental design, and research methodology
• Machine learning techniques, forecasting model development, and advanced modelling techniques

Marketing & Analytics Expertise

• Marketing attribution modelling and cross-channel attribution
• Customer journey analytics, LTV modelling, cohort analysis, segmentation
•  A/B testing design and analysis for both product and marketing initiatives
• ROAS analysis and marketing performance measurement
• Marketing automation platforms and MarTech stack management
• Brand tracking and market research methodologies
• Marketing performance framework development and accountability system design
• Budget optimisation and allocation modelling
• Customer acquisition cost modelling and optimisation

Business & Presentation

• Advanced presentation skills with Google Workspace (Sheets, Slides)
• Executive dashboard development and visual storytelling
• Strong data extraction/manipulation and technical documentation
• Marketing technology integration and process optimisation
• Ability to manage multiple analytical projects and stakeholder requests simultaneously
• Deep understanding of digital commerce KPIs, conversion funnels, and customer acquisition

Attributes Required:

• Advanced problem-solving abilities with strong diagnostic skills for root-cause analysis and hypothesis-driven investigation
• Deep understanding of e-commerce, subscription, and marketplace business models 
• Marketing performance accountability expertise with framework development capabilities
• Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders 
• Cross-functional leadership capabilities with strong stakeholder management and consensus-building skills
• Strong documentation mindset with focus on process improvement, automation, and knowledge management
• Ability to connect analytical insights to business strategy and drive data-driven decision making
• Self-guided learner with strong prioritisation skills, attention to detail under pressure, and a deadline-driven approach
• Can-do attitude with high energy, bias toward action, and passion for brand and customers

The Environment: 

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 
• We are short on ego and high on output. 
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all. 
• We love what we do and what we are creating.
• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us! 

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Senior Analyst to join our team in Cape Town with a specific focus on TakealotMORE & Cross Group.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment, and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the Group Head: Customer Insights and Engagement

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

TakealotMORE Analytics

• Own subscription growth forecasting, including detailed component-level predictions (free-to-paid conversions, reactivations, cancellations, tier migrations)
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports tracking subscription KPIs, member behaviour, and service utilisation
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to improve subscription attribution measurement and reporting
• Conduct root-cause analyses of subscription metric variances and performance changes
• Analyse subscription customer lifetime value, retention patterns, and churn drivers
• Develop data-driven recommendations for subscriber growth strategies and retention initiatives
• Build predictive models to identify at-risk subscribers and growth opportunities
• Design and analyse A/B tests to optimise subscription experience and conversion funnels

Cross Group Analytics 

• Own cross-platform growth forecasting, including detailed component-level predictions
• Develop and maintain attribution frameworks for cross-platform customer journeys and acquisition paths
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports tracking cross-platform rates, attribution and customer behaviour across cohorts.
• Investigate cross-platform performance issues and variances through root-cause analysis
• Conduct cohort analyses, tracking customer behaviour and value creation across the ecosystem
• Map customer interactions across Takealot and Mr D to identify cross-selling and migration opportunities
• Create actionable customer segmentation strategies for targeted marketing and product initiatives

TakealotMORE & Cross Group Marketing Performance 

• Measure and optimise marketing campaign performance across the full funnel for TakealotMORE and cross-platform initiatives
• Drive ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) optimisation recommendations for marketing investments
• Establish marketing performance accountability frameworks with measurable growth targets
• Conduct comprehensive new subscriber and customer acquisition analytics, including acquisition cost and performance optimisation
• Track and optimise cross-platform marketing attribution and impact
• Develop marketing attribution frameworks to track customer acquisition and conversion across subscription marketing channels
• Create marketing performance dashboards tracking campaign-driven subscription metrics and acquisition patterns
• Conduct competitive intelligence analysis to inform cross-group marketing strategies and positioning
• Develop and maintain marketing budget allocation frameworks and ROI measurement standards
• Lead marketing performance reviews and accountability reporting across the group

Strategic Analysis & Collaboration

• Collaborate with data engineering and analysts in the business units to ensure data quality, accessibility and correct attribution measurement
• Partner with Marketing, Product, and Technology teams on cross-platform growth and marketing optimisation
• Prioritise and manage analytics/BI requests and backlog; produce executive reports for marketing and growth performance
• Document analytical methods, technical specifications and processes; drive process improvement and knowledge management
• Lead analytical strategy and methodology development across TakealotMORE and Cross Group initiatives
• Present findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders, including marketing leadership and C-suite

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant postgraduate qualification in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or a related quantitative field
• 5-7 years of analytical experience in commercial analytics, management consulting, market research, or similar roles
• Experience with growth target setting and performance accountability reporting
• Experience handling large datasets and building business models
• Experience with subscriptions and/or cross-platform businesses
• Experience developing marketing performance frameworks and accountability systems
• Retail/e-commerce or data science exposure is beneficial
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration with marketing, product, and technology teams
• Marketing analytics experience, including campaign performance, attribution modelling, and ROAS optimisation

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Required:

Core Technical Skills

• Advanced SQL and R or Python
• Experience working with Google BigQuery (GBQ) and Looker (or similar platforms)
• Google Analytics expertise and certification advantageous
• Advanced statistical methods, hypothesis testing, experimental design, and research methodology
• Machine learning techniques, forecasting model development, and advanced modelling techniques

Marketing & Analytics Expertise

• Marketing attribution modelling and cross-channel attribution
• Customer journey analytics, LTV modelling, cohort analysis, segmentation
•  A/B testing design and analysis for both product and marketing initiatives
• ROAS analysis and marketing performance measurement
• Marketing automation platforms and MarTech stack management
• Brand tracking and market research methodologies
• Marketing performance framework development and accountability system design
• Budget optimisation and allocation modelling
• Customer acquisition cost modelling and optimisation

Business & Presentation

• Advanced presentation skills with Google Workspace (Sheets, Slides)
• Executive dashboard development and visual storytelling
• Strong data extraction/manipulation and technical documentation
• Marketing technology integration and process optimisation
• Ability to manage multiple analytical projects and stakeholder requests simultaneously
• Deep understanding of digital commerce KPIs, conversion funnels, and customer acquisition

Attributes Required:

• Advanced problem-solving abilities with strong diagnostic skills for root-cause analysis and hypothesis-driven investigation
• Deep understanding of e-commerce, subscription, and marketplace business models 
• Marketing performance accountability expertise with framework development capabilities
• Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders 
• Cross-functional leadership capabilities with strong stakeholder management and consensus-building skills
• Strong documentation mindset with focus on process improvement, automation, and knowledge management
• Ability to connect analytical insights to business strategy and drive data-driven decision making
• Self-guided learner with strong prioritisation skills, attention to detail under pressure, and a deadline-driven approach
• Can-do attitude with high energy, bias toward action, and passion for brand and customers

The Environment: 

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 
• We are short on ego and high on output. 
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all. 
• We love what we do and what we are creating.
• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us! 

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.

At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to eliminate the back row in education – and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world’s leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.

What We’re Looking For:

The Lead Analyst, Exec Ed Portfolio Analytics sits outside the program pod structure and owns the cross-cutting analytical functions that sit above individual programs. Where the program analysts are focused on depth within their assigned offerings, this role is focused on breadth across the full Exec Ed portfolio  -  providing the portfolio-level visibility, partner reporting, and strategic analytics that senior stakeholders and university partners depend on. You will own contact strategy analytics, partner reporting, discount and scholarship analytics, and partner resource performance, working closely with the Director, the Manager, and the equivalent Portfolio Analytics function on the Degree side. This is a role for an analyst who is equally comfortable building analytical frameworks, presenting to senior audiences, and collaborating across a distributed team.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

1. Contact Strategy Analytics

• Own the contact strategy analytics function for Executive Education  -  measuring the performance of communications sequences and their impact on registration and enrollment outcomes.
• Analyze comms sequencing performance across Exec Ed programs, identifying which touchpoints, timing windows, and messaging approaches are driving conversion and which are underperforming.
• Build and maintain a contact strategy measurement framework that provides consistent, comparable insight across programs and cohorts.
• Partner with the CRM and Contact Strategy teams to ensure analytical findings are being translated into actionable improvements to comms sequencing.
• Report contact strategy performance to the Director and senior leadership on a regular cadence, with clear recommendations for optimization.

 2. Partner Reporting

• Own the partner-facing reporting suite for Executive Education  -  developing, maintaining, and delivering the analytics that are shared directly with university partners.
• Ensure partner reports are accurate, timely, and well-presented  -  these outputs represent the analytics function to our most important external stakeholders and must reflect the highest standard of quality.
• Develop a consistent reporting framework that can be applied across Exec Ed partners while accommodating partner-specific requirements and preferences.
• Collaborate with the Senior Manager and program analysts to ensure that program-level data feeding into partner reports is complete and validated before delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve the partner reporting experience  -  including automation, self-serve dashboards, or enhanced data storytelling that increases partner confidence and engagement.

 3. Discount & Scholarship Analytics

• Own discount and scholarship analytics for the Exec Ed portfolio  -  tracking how discounts and scholarships are being used across programs and measuring their impact on registration behavior and revenue.
• Build and maintain an analytical framework for evaluating the effectiveness of discount and scholarship strategies, with clear metrics and benchmarks.
• Provide regular analysis and recommendations on discount utilization, identifying programs where current strategies are over- or under-performing relative to registration goals.
• Partner with Finance and the Exec Ed business team to ensure discount and scholarship analytics are aligned with financial planning and partner commitments.

 4. Partner & Resource Performance

• Analyze how Exec Ed team resources and capacity are distributed across partners identifying imbalances, gaps, or opportunities to reallocate effort for greater impact.
• Track partner-level analytics engagement  -  which partners are actively consuming and acting on the analytics we provide, and where there is an opportunity to deepen the analytical relationship.
• Support the Director with data and analysis for partner business reviews, renewal conversations, or strategic planning sessions where portfolio-level insight is required.
• Flag partner health signals proactively  -  surfacing early indicators of partner dissatisfaction, underperformance, or strategic misalignment to the Director before they become escalations.

 5.  Portfolio Performance & Cross-Program Insight

• • Maintain a portfolio-level view of Exec Ed performance  -  synthesizing program-level data into cross-portfolio trends, patterns, and insights that inform leadership decision-making.
  • Produce portfolio-level analytics for the Director and VP of Analytics, including cross-program benchmarking, cohort performance comparisons, and portfolio health summaries.
  • Identify systemic patterns across the Exec Ed portfolio  -  for example, funnel stages that are consistently underperforming across multiple programs  -  and surface these with analytical evidence and recommended actions.
  • Partner with the Degree Portfolio Analytics team led by Kevin Bolton, to ensure consistency in portfolio analytics methodology, reporting standards, and data definitions across the full organization.

Things That Should Be In Your Background:

•  4–6 years of experience in analytics, with demonstrated ability to own analytical workstreams independently from design through delivery.
• Experience with portfolio-level or cross-program analytics  -  you are comfortable synthesizing data across multiple programs or accounts into a coherent narrative.
• Familiarity with contact strategy analytics, CRM analytics, or customer journey measurement  -  or strong demonstrated ability to build new analytical frameworks in unfamiliar domains.
• Strong data storytelling skills  -  you can translate complex, multi-dimensional data into clear insights for partner-facing and executive audiences.
• Highly detail-oriented with strong data hygiene instincts  -  portfolio analytics requires consistency and accuracy across many inputs.
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one BI or data visualization platform (Tableau, Looker, or equivalent).
• • Collaborative and comfortable working across a distributed team  -  this role connects the program pod, the Director, and the Degree Portfolio team on a regular basis.

Other Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:

• Experience with CRM systems (Salesforce or equivalent) and direct involvement in contact strategy or comms analytics.
• Familiarity with partner reporting or client-facing analytics in a B2B or institutional setting.
• Exposure to discount, pricing, or scholarship analytics.
• Experience in higher education, ed-tech, or an enrollment-based business.

• Experience with dashboard automation or self-serve reporting tools.

Benefits & Culture

Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you’re excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference. #NoBackRow

We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance.
Full-time, ZA benefits include: 

2 complimentary Getsmarter short courses per year

Subsidised medical aid with Discovery Health Medical Scheme

4% 2U contribution towards Discovery Life Pension Fund and Group Risk Benefit

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Generous leave policy including time off to volunteer for non-profit organization, study leave, sports leave and a company-wide festive season break

2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion. We are proud of the steps we’ve taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike. 

2U is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodations, please reach out to us at: recruitingaccommodations@2u.com. 

About 2U LLC.

For more than a decade, 2U, Inc. has been the digital transformation partner of choice to great non-profit colleges and universities delivering high-quality online education at scale. As the parent company of edX, a leading global online learning platform, 2U provides over 45 million learners with access to world-class education in partnership with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporations. Our people and technology are powering more than 4,000 digital education offerings — from free courses to full degrees — and helping unlock human potential. To learn more: visit 2U.com.

About edX

edX is the education movement for restless learners and a leading global online learning platform from 2U, LLC. Together with the majority of the world’s top-ranked universities and industry-leading companies, we bring our community of over 45 million learners world-class education to support them at every stage of their lives and careers, from free courses to full degrees. And we're not stopping there — we're relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location. Learn more at edX.org.

Learn more at https://2u.com/careers/
#NoBackRow

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans’ status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U’s equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits and pay. 

2U is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. 2U requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.

At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to eliminate the back row in education – and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world’s leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.

What We’re Looking For:

The Manager, Executive Education Analytics is responsible for the day-to-day analytical leadership of the Exec Ed program pod in Cape Town. This role sits between the Director and the analyst team  -  translating strategic direction into operational rigor, ensuring analysts are producing high-quality outputs on time, and serving as the primary point of accountability for program-level spend and performance across the pod. You will manage a team of analysts who each own a portfolio of Exec Ed programs end-to-end, and you will be expected to know every program in your pod well enough to speak to it at any moment. This is a hands-on leadership role that requires both people management depth and strong analytical credibility.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

1. Team Management &  Analyst Development

• Manage and develop a pod of 3-4 analysts, each responsible for demand generation analytics and program performance for a defined set of Exec Ed programs.
• Set and maintain a high quality bar for analyst outputs - spend plans, forecasts, and meeting preparation should not reach stakeholders without a manager's review.
• Run structured 1:1s with each analyst focused on work quality, skill development, and wellbeing - not just status updates.
• Actively develop analyst capability particularly in areas where the new unified model requires growth: spend planning, forecasting methodology, and partner communication.
• Manage capacity and prioritization across the pod, escalating to the Director when workload or capability creates genuine delivery risk.

 2. Spend Management & Budget Oversight

• Own the pod-level view of Exec Ed spend tracking actuals versus plan across all programs in the pod and flagging material variances to the Director in a timely manner.
• Review and approve analyst spend plans before they are submitted to the media execution team, ensuring plans are analytically sound and aligned to program goals.
• Serve as the escalation point for spend-related questions from media, finance, or internal stakeholders within your pod.
• Ensure analysts are held accountable to budget accuracy and that spend decisions are documented and defensible.

 3. Analytics & Program Performance

• Maintain a real-time view of all programs in the pod  -  you should be able to speak to any program's status, funnel performance, and risks without preparation.
• Review cohort forecasts produced by analysts ensuring they reflect current pacing, are methodologically consistent, and are ready for stakeholder consumption.
• Own submit-to-registration analysis at the pod level  -  identifying systemic patterns across programs and surfacing insights to the Director and broader team.
• Ensure the pod meeting cadence is maintained with analysts leading well-prepared, data-driven program performance conversations on the agreed schedule.

 4.  Portfolio Visibility & Stakeholder Engagement

• Contribute to portfolio-level reporting by ensuring pod-level data is accurate, submitted on time, and in the correct format for rollup by the Director.
• Serve as a senior analytical resource in stakeholder conversations where analyst-level presence is insufficient - stepping in to provide additional context or credibility.
• Partner with US-based colleagues including the broader Analytics leadership team, maintaining tight alignment on spend plans, forecasting methodology, and portfolio priorities.
• Support partner-facing engagements as needed, ensuring that the analytical narrative presented to university partners is accurate, clear, and reflects the full picture of program performance.

 5.  Operations & Team Rhythm

• • Own the operational cadence of the pod including spend plan submission timelines, forecast cycles, and program meeting schedules.
  • Establish and maintain team norms around data hygiene, output formatting, and stakeholder communication  particularly important as the CT team is new and norms are being set.
  • Coordinate with the Lead Analyst (Portfolio) to ensure program-level data flows correctly into portfolio analytics workstreams such as contact strategy and partner reporting.
  • Identify and flag process improvement opportunities including areas where tooling or automation could reduce manual work across the pod.

Things That Should Be In Your Background:

• 5+ years of experience in analytics, with at least 1-2 years in a people management or formal mentoring role.
• Strong command of demand generation analytics, media spend management, and registration or enrollment funnel performance.
• Proven ability to hold a team accountable to output quality and deadlines while maintaining a coaching and development mindset.
• Highly organized - you can track multiple programs, workstreams, and analyst portfolios simultaneously without dropping threads.
• Strong communicator, comfortable in both internal stakeholder settings and cross-timezone collaboration with US-based leadership.
• Analytically credible - you can engage deeply with the work your analysts are producing and identify issues before they reach stakeholders.
• Proficiency in analytics and BI tools; SQL or equivalent querying skills.

Other Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:

• Experience in higher education, ed-tech, or an enrollment- or subscription-based business.
• Familiarity with CRM systems, contact strategy analytics, or customer journey frameworks.
• Experience working in a globally distributed team with remote leadership.

•  Exposure to cohort-level forecasting methodology and registration funnel analytics.

Benefits & Culture

Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you’re excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference. #NoBackRow

We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance.
Full-time, ZA benefits include: 

2 complimentary Getsmarter short courses per year

Subsidised medical aid with Discovery Health Medical Scheme

4% 2U contribution towards Discovery Life Pension Fund and Group Risk Benefit

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Generous leave policy including time off to volunteer for non-profit organization, study leave, sports leave and a company-wide festive season break

2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion. We are proud of the steps we’ve taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike. 

2U is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodations, please reach out to us at: recruitingaccommodations@2u.com. 

About 2U LLC.

For more than a decade, 2U, Inc. has been the digital transformation partner of choice to great non-profit colleges and universities delivering high-quality online education at scale. As the parent company of edX, a leading global online learning platform, 2U provides over 45 million learners with access to world-class education in partnership with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporations. Our people and technology are powering more than 4,000 digital education offerings — from free courses to full degrees — and helping unlock human potential. To learn more: visit 2U.com.

About edX

edX is the education movement for restless learners and a leading global online learning platform from 2U, LLC. Together with the majority of the world’s top-ranked universities and industry-leading companies, we bring our community of over 45 million learners world-class education to support them at every stage of their lives and careers, from free courses to full degrees. And we're not stopping there — we're relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location. Learn more at edX.org.

Learn more at https://2u.com/careers/
#NoBackRow

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans’ status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U’s equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits and pay. 

2U is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. 2U requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.

At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to eliminate the back row in education – and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world’s leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.

What We’re Looking For:

The Director of Executive Education Analytics leads a dedicated Cape Town-based analytics team responsible for the full performance of 2U's Exec Ed portfolio. Reporting directly to the VP of Analytics, this is a senior leadership role with broad scope: you will oversee a team of analysts and managers, own the analytical strategy for the Exec Ed business, and serve as the most senior analytics voice in partner and leadership conversations for this segment. The role sits at the intersection of people leadership, investment management, and business performance - and requires someone who can operate with authority at both the strategic and operational level.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

1. Team Management & Development

• Lead and manage the Cape Town Exec Ed analytics team, including a Senior Manager, Lead Analyst (Portfolio), and Senior Analysts.

• Set clear expectations for performance, output quality, and professional development across the team.

• Own the hiring, onboarding, and capability development of direct reports and the broader team beneath them.

• Create a high-performance team culture that is analytically rigorous, partner-oriented, and accountable to outcomes.

• Serve as the escalation point for people, performance, and stakeholder issues within the Exec Ed analytics function.

2. Spend Management & Investment Oversight

• Own the analytical oversight of Exec Ed media investment ensuring spend plans are grounded in performance data, aligned to program goals, and executed correctly by media teams.

• Hold the team accountable to monthly spend plan production and budget management for every program in the Exec Ed portfolio.

• Partner with the Demand Generation and Media teams to ensure investment decisions are informed by full-funnel analytics, not channel metrics alone.

• Provide leadership-level visibility into spend performance, variance from plan, and the analytical rationale behind investment decisions.

3. Analytics & Program Performance

• Ensure the team delivers rigorous, timely program performance analytics across all Exec Ed offerings - covering funnel performance, submit-to-registration conversion, and cohort-level outcomes.

• Own the registration forecasting function for Exec Ed, ensuring forecasts are accurate, consistently produced, and clearly communicated to business stakeholders.

• Drive the team toward analytical best practices including the use of consistent methodologies, clean data hygiene, and a push toward automation where appropriate.

• Lead or sponsor program performance conversations with senior internal stakeholders, stepping in where Director-level presence is required.

4. Portfolio Performance & Partner Reporting

• Maintain a portfolio-level view of Exec Ed program health - tracking trends, identifying systemic risks, and ensuring leadership has a clear picture of the business at all times.

• Oversee partner reporting ensuring that analytics delivered to university partners are accurate, well-presented, and reflect the full scope of program performance.

• Oversee contact strategy analytics and customer journey analytics for Exec Ed, ensuring the team is building the right frameworks to measure and optimize the learner experience.

• Partner with the VP of Analytics and CMO on portfolio-level strategy, cross-functional priorities, and Exec Ed business planning.

5. .  Cross-Functional Leadership

• • Serve as the senior Exec Ed analytics representative in cross-functional forums involving Finance, Media, Demand Generation, and Partner teams.

  • Partner with the Finance team on program-level financial reporting, forecast alignment, and budget planning.

  • Coordinate with the Degree Analytics team particularly the Portfolio Analytics function, to ensure consistency in methodology and reporting standards across the organization.

  • Represent the analytics function in partner-facing conversations where a Director-level presence is required.

Things That Should Be In Your Background:

• 8+ years of experience in analytics, with at least 3 years leading a team of 4 or more analysts or managers.

• Demonstrated ownership of a business analytics function with accountability for both people and outcomes.

• Strong command of demand generation analytics, media spend management, and enrollment or registration funnel performance.

• Experience engaging with external partners or clients in an analytics capacity  -  you are comfortable in the room with senior stakeholders.

• Ability to operate with autonomy in a Cape Town-based role while maintaining close alignment with US-based leadership.

• Excellent communication skills  -  you present analytical findings clearly and confidently to executive and partner audiences.

• Proficiency in analytics and BI platforms (Tableau, Looker, or equivalent) and strong SQL or equivalent querying skills.

Benefits & Culture

Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you’re excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference. #NoBackRow

We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance.
Full-time, ZA benefits include: 

• 2 complimentary Getsmarter short courses per year
• Subsidised medical aid with Discovery Health Medical Scheme
• 4% 2U contribution towards Discovery Life Pension Fund and Group Risk Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Generous leave policy including time off to volunteer for non-profit organization, study leave, sports leave and a company-wide festive season break

2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion. We are proud of the steps we’ve taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike. 

2U is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodations, please reach out to us at: recruitingaccommodations@2u.com. 

About 2U LLC

For more than a decade, 2U, Inc. has been the digital transformation partner of choice to great non-profit colleges and universities delivering high-quality online education at scale. As the parent company of edX, a leading global online learning platform, 2U provides over 45 million learners with access to world-class education in partnership with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporations. Our people and technology are powering more than 4,000 digital education offerings — from free courses to full degrees — and helping unlock human potential. To learn more: visit 2U.com.

About edX

edX is the education movement for restless learners and a leading global online learning platform from 2U, LLC. Together with the majority of the world’s top-ranked universities and industry-leading companies, we bring our community of over 45 million learners world-class education to support them at every stage of their lives and careers, from free courses to full degrees. And we're not stopping there — we're relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location. Learn more at edX.org.

Learn more at https://2u.com/careers/
#NoBackRow

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans’ status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U’s equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits and pay. 

2U is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. 2U requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.

Who we are

S-RM is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy. Since 2005, we’ve helped some of the most demanding clients in the world solve some of their toughest information security challenges.

We’ve been able to do this because of our outstanding people. We’re committed to developing sharp, curious, driven individuals who want to think critically, solve complex problems, and achieve success.

But we also know that work isn’t everything. It’s about the lives and careers it helps us build. We’re immensely proud of this culture and we invest in our people’s wellbeing, learning, and ideas every day.

We’re excited you’re thinking about joining us

Working in Cyber at S-RM

Our Cyber Security division is the fastest-growing part of S-RM. The cyber sector is always evolving, and our Incident Response and Managed Services practices are in more demand than ever.

We’re building a team to meet this challenge.  We’re quick to respond, innovate, and improve.  We don’t get too hung up on hierarchy or bureaucracy.  If your ideas are good enough, we’ll empower you to implement them.  If you’re the best person to talk to a customer, you’ll get that opportunity, regardless of the title in your email signature. And when you need a hand, your team will always have your back.

We also don’t believe there’s a typical cyber security professional.  We’ve built a team of intelligence analysts, technical specialists, software developers, investigators, risk managers, and more.  You’ll always find a range of perspectives and expertise to help you learn and grow.

If that sounds like your kind of team, we’d like to hear from you.

The role

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) is an integral part of our Incident Response (IR) and Managed Services practices. As a CTI analyst you will be a critical part of our wider cyber team’s success.

You will work across the full intelligence cycle to help our clients respond and recover to security incidents, and stay ahead of evolving threats, including:

• Threat Actor Intelligence: You will track developments in the ransomware and cybercrime ecosystem, and write and update profiles on key threat actors of interest which will be shared with clients to inform case strategy and externally as thought leadership
• Threat Actor Engagement: You will monitor leak sites and negotiation portals across our global IR cases, and inform case leads of regular developments. You will assist with researching and drafting attestations on sanctions exposure for given threat actors
• Dark Web Monitoring: You will use threat intelligence platforms and specialist tools to conduct targeted research the dark web and set up and deliver regular monitoring engagements. You will assist with renewals of these cases
• Technical IOC Management: You will help collate technical indicators of compromise (IOCs) from across our global IR team, ensure these are enriched and correctly classified, and facilitate dissemination across the organisation to improve the operational effectiveness of our IR and Managed Services teams
• Incident Data Collection and Analysis: You will help ensure that incident data collected by our global IR team from our engagements is accurate and consistent. You will assist with the management of this dataset, and with analysis to produce regular reporting on trends and insights to use for presentations, events and training sessions
• CTI-lead analysis: You will assist with in-depth investigations which have a strong threat intelligence component, including conducting research and drafting client-facing reports
• Blockchain analysis: You will use specialist tools to trace ransom payments to identify sanctions exposure or other compliance risks, and draft reports to present findings to clients
• Thought leadership: You will contribute to public write ups and presentations on new vulnerabilities, trends, and threat actor techniques
• Help develop and share domain expertise: We will support you in growing your cyber expertise, including sharing it with the wider team through internal initiatives and programs.
• Help contribute to business development: You will help cultivate and manage close relationships with external partners who we share intelligence with and help identify business development opportunities.

Other features of the role include:

• Variety of casework: no day will be the same. Our team responds to a huge variety of incidents for both public and corporate clients.
• Range of opportunities: you will have opportunities to broaden your security awareness into testing and advisory projects, in addition to deepening your cyber threat intelligence and incident response expertise.
• Flexible working practices: responding to incidents can be intense, high-pressure work. We are mindful of our team’s work/life balance and offer flexible working options to support your wellbeing.

What we're looking for

Candidates with the following qualifications and experience are likely to succeed as Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysts at S-RM. 

That said, if you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box—we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others.

We nurture a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion and we are dedicated to developing a workforce that displays a variety of talents, experiences and perspectives.

Required Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear and  concise reports.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to work with incomplete, ambiguous, or conflicting information.

• Understanding of foundational cyber concepts, such as common attack vectors (e.g., phishing, credential misuse), high-level security terminology, and general threat actor motivations.
• Understanding of core intelligence concepts, including the intelligence lifecycle, requirements gathering, and the distinction between tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence outputs.

• A demonstrated interest in cyber threats, including financially-motivated activity such as ransomware and extortion.

Preferred Skills:

• Academic or professional background in a research-focused discipline (qualitative or quantitative), such as Political Science, Intelligence Studies, Criminology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Data Science, or related fields.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity fundamentals, such as threat actor TTPs, IOCs, and relevant frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK).
• Ability to contextualize findings into business-relevant assessments, including potential impact, likelihood and recommended mitigations.
• Experience using OSINT and/or Threat Intelligence platforms (e.g. VirusTotal, Shodan, MISP, Recorded Future).

Successful candidates are likely to show the following personal attributes: 

• An investigative mindset and an enthusiasm for investigations.
• Exceptional attention to detail, especially when examining indicators, infrastructure data, and adversary behaviours.
• A collaborative mindset and willingness to collaborate across teams.
• Ability to thrive under pressure, prioritize multiple tasks, and meet short deadlines.
• A self-starter, demonstrating initiative, ownership of work and the ability to identify opportunities to enhance S-RM's cyber capabilities.

Relevant industry certifications are not required for this role. However, holding relevant CTI or cyber security related certifications such as the following is beneficial: GCTI, GCFA, SSCP, or Security+

Our benefits

We offer thoughtful, balanced rewards and support to help our people do their best work and live their lives outside of work. This includes but is not exhaustive of:

• Holiday – 23 days per year increasing to 28 days (+1 day for every year you worked at S-RM, up to a maximum of 5 days) in addition to bank holidays
• Gap Cover policy – allowing you to bridge the gap between your medical bills and your medical aid cover.
• Hybrid working and flexible working hours;
• Private pension – up to 7% contribution matched by the company
• Life Insurance 4X annual salary.

Parental Support:

• Fertility treatment leave – 5 days of leave per cycle of treatment per year;
• Maternity leave – 26 weeks of full pay followed by 13 weeks of half pay;
• Paternity leave – 6 weeks of full pay.
• Various Health and Medical Benefits including:
• Medical aid with Discovery Health for employee, partner, and children up to the cost of the Classic Saver plan(taxable benefit) for you and your family;
• EAP programme for you and your immediate family;
• Free access to the world-famous mindfulness app Headspace.

The application process

We want to get to know you, and for you to get to know us, to see if we’d be a good fit. We are responsive and respectful of people’s time throughout our hiring process.

A typical application process includes:

• Initial screening of your application by our recruiting team.
• An interview to assess your baseline technical skills.
• An interview to discuss your previous experience, broader competencies, and suitability for the role.

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Promotions Manager _TakealotMORE to join our Group Customer Services & Insights team in Cape Town.

We are seeking a strategic and innovative Promotions Manager  to own and drive the promotional strategy for TakealotMORE subscriptions across Takealot and Mr D. This individual will be responsible for curating and managing member promotions including MORE deals, ensuring they deliver value to members while driving business objectives. The role requires a balance of strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and data-driven decision-making to build a world-class subscription experience.

This position reports to the Head of TakealotMORE

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and own the promotional strategy for TakealotMORE subscriptions on Takealot and Mr D, ensuring alignment with overall business goals and broader promotions strategy for each business.
• Define and maintain the rules and guidelines for member-exclusive promotions, including deal selection criteria, discount thresholds, and funding models.
• Benchmark against global players to identify best practices and innovative approaches to subscription promotions.
• Use data and analytics to select deals and evaluate performance, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Establish and manage the promotional budget, ensuring efficient deal selection to maximise ROI and meet targets for GMV, rate of sale, member acquisition, and retention.
• Collaborate with the Promotions team to screen and load deals, ensuring they meet strategic objectives.
• Spearhead personalisation initiatives to tailor promotions to subscriber preferences, leveraging data and insights.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams (Retail, Marketplace, Promotions, Mr D Sales, Marketing, Retail Media, Finance, Supply Chain and other stakeholders).
• Source funding for promotions by engaging with internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Track and report on the financial performance of promotions, ensuring they meet budgetary and revenue targets.
• Present promotional plans and results to senior leadership, highlighting their impact on subscriber growth, retention and GMV.
• Develop and maintain dashboards to track key metrics, such as subscriber acquisition, retention, and engagement.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and competitor activities, identifying opportunities to differentiate TakealotMORE.
• Work with Product and Engineering teams to develop the tech roadmap for TakealotMORE promotions and launch new features.  Experiment with new promotional formats and strategies, testing their effectiveness and scaling successful initiatives.

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Data Analytics, or a related field is required.
• An Advanced degree is advantageous.
• Advanced proficiency in data analysis tools such as Excel, SQL, or BI platforms (e.g., Looker, Big Query, Tableau, Power BI).
• Experience using KNIME, R, or Python for data analysis and modelling is advantageous.
• 5+ years of experience in e-commerce, retail, or subscription-based businesses, with a focus on promotions
• Proven track record of developing and executing successful promotional strategies.
• Budget management experience, with a focus on maximising ROI.
• Proven track record of analysing data to drive business decisions.

Attributes Required:

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and make data-driven decisions.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work with large datasets.
• Results-driven mindset with a focus on achieving commercial targets.
• Familiarity with personalisation tools and techniques, including segmentation and targeting, is advantageous
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience working cross-functionally.

The Environment: 

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 
• We are short on ego and high on output. 
• We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all. 
• We love what we do and what we are creating.
• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us! 

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.

Takealot Group is looking for a Junior Product Manager to help improve its Fulfilment Experiences - a key part of what makes Takealot.com one of the most successful ecommerce platforms in South Africa. In this role, you will focus on tools that support the day-to-day operational teams within supply chain and logistics, helping to create the best fulfillment experiences for internal and external clients. 

You will work closely with engineering, supply chain & logistics operations, and client-focused teams to define requirements, test ideas, and deliver improvements that drive better fulfillment experiences and measurable business impact.  You bring analytical thinking, customer empathy, and a practical product mindset, helping the team identify opportunities, prioritise initiatives, and scale what works.

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Over 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com and 2.7 million on Mr D. Show them what you can do.
• Learn: We work with the best of the best. Work alongside leaders and upskill in record time.
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: Takealot.com, Mr D, and Takealot Fulfilment Solutions

The position reports to the Fulfilment Product Lead.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Drive roadmap initiatives that power Fulfilment Experiences. This includes innovating and improving the back-end systems that enable seamless and scalable delivery execution, as well as client frontends.

• Translate business needs into actionable and measurable projects; partner with business owners to understand their challenges and priorities, to translate these into initiatives that improve the fulfilment experience.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by evolving product management practices to suit the fast-paced, dynamic nature of supply chain and logistics.
• Define and monitor key metrics (e.g., delivery turnaround time, fulfilment experience scores) to inform product decisions. Use data to create compelling business cases for prioritising initiatives.
• You will analyse and understand project scope and core objectives through requirements workshops with stakeholders to define business requirements
• Conduct workshops with stakeholders to elicit detailed functional requirements. Document these requirements (OKR & BRS) for engineering teams to create technical specifications.
• Work with technical leads and subject matter experts to align on the technical vision, balancing the operational trade-offs with usability, scalability, and performance.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including engineers, BI analysts, and UI designers, to deliver projects on time and within scope. Track project progress from concept to release, ensuring alignment with business goals.

• Evolve appropriate Product Management practices for a responsive, dynamic environment to foster cost-effective execution to commitments
• Collaborate with QA teams to review test plans and scripts, ensuring comprehensive coverage and high-quality product releases. Perform user acceptance testing to validate functionality.
• Project management by setting timelines, driving project schedules and leading cross-functional development teams from design through to release. This includes monitoring for slippage and/or updating timelines and adjusting for changing scopes of work or considering mitigation options.
• Understand your target “customer” - assess end-users to ensure products deliver a seamless, efficient, and transparent experience..
• Performing user acceptance testing.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma (Information Systems / Computer Science / Engineering / Commerce) with 3 to 5 years of experience in product management, business analysis, or a related role, preferably driving large, company-wide initiatives through projects or responsibilities
• Experience in an agile/iterative project management and development environment is beneficial
• Experience working on customer-facing frontends, web, and apps
• Prior experience in logistics, on-demand delivery platforms, or e-commerce is preferred
• Prior experience in web-based frontend operational system development is preferred

 The skills we need:

• Client focus: An understanding of what it takes to satisfy a variety of clients with varying needs.
• Execution skills: Demonstrated ability to define and execute a detailed product roadmap, particularly in the ecommerce, logistics or supply chain space.
• Solution-oriented: Proactive, accountable, and motivated to solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment.
• Data-driven approach: Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to inform decisions and measure success.
• Technical acumen: Familiarity with back-end systems, APIs, and technologies that support logistics execution, such as route optimization algorithms, real-time tracking, and trip allocation logic. Thorough knowledge of prevailing and emerging mobile and e-commerce trends and technologies.
• Stakeholder management: Exceptional organisational and communication skills to balance multiple priorities and align cross-functional teams.
• Attention to detail: A meticulous approach to product development and the required documentation to support the successful assessment and execution of a detailed product initiative.
• Customer advocate: A strong focus on improving the experience for both drivers, franchise hubs and customers.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab, and make something great.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a remote (within South Africa) or hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Upskill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini-golf, think good times).
• Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech of the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

Like what you see?

If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.

Takealot Group is looking for a Junior Product Manager to help improve its Fulfilment Experiences - a key part of what makes Takealot.com one of the most successful ecommerce platforms in South Africa. In this role, you will focus on tools that support the day-to-day operational teams within supply chain and logistics, helping to create the best fulfillment experiences for internal and external clients. 

You will work closely with engineering, supply chain & logistics operations, and client-focused teams to define requirements, test ideas, and deliver improvements that drive better fulfillment experiences and measurable business impact.  You bring analytical thinking, customer empathy, and a practical product mindset, helping the team identify opportunities, prioritise initiatives, and scale what works.

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Over 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com and 2.7 million on Mr D. Show them what you can do.
• Learn: We work with the best of the best. Work alongside leaders and upskill in record time.
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: Takealot.com, Mr D, and Takealot Fulfilment Solutions

The position reports to the Fulfilment Product Lead.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Drive roadmap initiatives that power Fulfilment Experiences. This includes innovating and improving the back-end systems that enable seamless and scalable delivery execution, as well as client frontends.

• Translate business needs into actionable and measurable projects; partner with business owners to understand their challenges and priorities, to translate these into initiatives that improve the fulfilment experience.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by evolving product management practices to suit the fast-paced, dynamic nature of supply chain and logistics.
• Define and monitor key metrics (e.g., delivery turnaround time, fulfilment experience scores) to inform product decisions. Use data to create compelling business cases for prioritising initiatives.
• You will analyse and understand project scope and core objectives through requirements workshops with stakeholders to define business requirements
• Conduct workshops with stakeholders to elicit detailed functional requirements. Document these requirements (OKR & BRS) for engineering teams to create technical specifications.
• Work with technical leads and subject matter experts to align on the technical vision, balancing the operational trade-offs with usability, scalability, and performance.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including engineers, BI analysts, and UI designers, to deliver projects on time and within scope. Track project progress from concept to release, ensuring alignment with business goals.

• Evolve appropriate Product Management practices for a responsive, dynamic environment to foster cost-effective execution to commitments
• Collaborate with QA teams to review test plans and scripts, ensuring comprehensive coverage and high-quality product releases. Perform user acceptance testing to validate functionality.
• Project management by setting timelines, driving project schedules and leading cross-functional development teams from design through to release. This includes monitoring for slippage and/or updating timelines and adjusting for changing scopes of work or considering mitigation options.
• Understand your target “customer” - assess end-users to ensure products deliver a seamless, efficient, and transparent experience..
• Performing user acceptance testing.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma (Information Systems / Computer Science / Engineering / Commerce) with 3 to 5 years of experience in product management, business analysis, or a related role, preferably driving large, company-wide initiatives through projects or responsibilities
• Experience in an agile/iterative project management and development environment is beneficial
• Experience working on customer-facing frontends, web, and apps
• Prior experience in logistics, on-demand delivery platforms, or e-commerce is preferred
• Prior experience in web-based frontend operational system development is preferred

 The skills we need:

• Client focus: An understanding of what it takes to satisfy a variety of clients with varying needs.
• Execution skills: Demonstrated ability to define and execute a detailed product roadmap, particularly in the ecommerce, logistics or supply chain space.
• Solution-oriented: Proactive, accountable, and motivated to solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment.
• Data-driven approach: Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to inform decisions and measure success.
• Technical acumen: Familiarity with back-end systems, APIs, and technologies that support logistics execution, such as route optimization algorithms, real-time tracking, and trip allocation logic. Thorough knowledge of prevailing and emerging mobile and e-commerce trends and technologies.
• Stakeholder management: Exceptional organisational and communication skills to balance multiple priorities and align cross-functional teams.
• Attention to detail: A meticulous approach to product development and the required documentation to support the successful assessment and execution of a detailed product initiative.
• Customer advocate: A strong focus on improving the experience for both drivers, franchise hubs and customers.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab, and make something great.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a remote (within South Africa) or hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Upskill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini-golf, think good times).
• Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech of the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

Like what you see?

If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.

Takealot Group is looking for a Junior Product Manager to help improve its Fulfilment Experiences - a key part of what makes Takealot.com one of the most successful ecommerce platforms in South Africa. In this role, you will focus on tools that support the day-to-day operational teams within supply chain and logistics, helping to create the best fulfillment experiences for internal and external clients. 

You will work closely with engineering, supply chain & logistics operations, and client-focused teams to define requirements, test ideas, and deliver improvements that drive better fulfillment experiences and measurable business impact.  You bring analytical thinking, customer empathy, and a practical product mindset, helping the team identify opportunities, prioritise initiatives, and scale what works.

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Over 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com and 2.7 million on Mr D. Show them what you can do.
• Learn: We work with the best of the best. Work alongside leaders and upskill in record time.
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: Takealot.com, Mr D, and Takealot Fulfilment Solutions

The position reports to the Fulfilment Product Lead.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Drive roadmap initiatives that power Fulfilment Experiences. This includes innovating and improving the back-end systems that enable seamless and scalable delivery execution, as well as client frontends.

• Translate business needs into actionable and measurable projects; partner with business owners to understand their challenges and priorities, to translate these into initiatives that improve the fulfilment experience.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by evolving product management practices to suit the fast-paced, dynamic nature of supply chain and logistics.
• Define and monitor key metrics (e.g., delivery turnaround time, fulfilment experience scores) to inform product decisions. Use data to create compelling business cases for prioritising initiatives.
• You will analyse and understand project scope and core objectives through requirements workshops with stakeholders to define business requirements
• Conduct workshops with stakeholders to elicit detailed functional requirements. Document these requirements (OKR & BRS) for engineering teams to create technical specifications.
• Work with technical leads and subject matter experts to align on the technical vision, balancing the operational trade-offs with usability, scalability, and performance.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including engineers, BI analysts, and UI designers, to deliver projects on time and within scope. Track project progress from concept to release, ensuring alignment with business goals.

• Evolve appropriate Product Management practices for a responsive, dynamic environment to foster cost-effective execution to commitments
• Collaborate with QA teams to review test plans and scripts, ensuring comprehensive coverage and high-quality product releases. Perform user acceptance testing to validate functionality.
• Project management by setting timelines, driving project schedules and leading cross-functional development teams from design through to release. This includes monitoring for slippage and/or updating timelines and adjusting for changing scopes of work or considering mitigation options.
• Understand your target “customer” - assess end-users to ensure products deliver a seamless, efficient, and transparent experience..
• Performing user acceptance testing.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma (Information Systems / Computer Science / Engineering / Commerce) with at least 5 years of experience in product management, business analysis, or a related role, preferably driving large, company-wide initiatives through projects or responsibilities
• Experience in an agile/iterative project management and development environment is beneficial
• Experience working on customer-facing frontends, web, and apps
• Prior experience in logistics, on-demand delivery platforms, or e-commerce is preferred
• Prior experience in web-based frontend operational system development is preferred

 The skills we need:

• Client focus: An understanding of what it takes to satisfy a variety of clients with varying needs.
• Execution skills: Demonstrated ability to define and execute a detailed product roadmap, particularly in the ecommerce, logistics or supply chain space.
• Solution-oriented: Proactive, accountable, and motivated to solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment.
• Data-driven approach: Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to inform decisions and measure success.
• Technical acumen: Familiarity with back-end systems, APIs, and technologies that support logistics execution, such as route optimization algorithms, real-time tracking, and trip allocation logic. Thorough knowledge of prevailing and emerging mobile and e-commerce trends and technologies.
• Stakeholder management: Exceptional organisational and communication skills to balance multiple priorities and align cross-functional teams.
• Attention to detail: A meticulous approach to product development and the required documentation to support the successful assessment and execution of a detailed product initiative.
• Customer advocate: A strong focus on improving the experience for both drivers, franchise hubs and customers.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab, and make something great.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a remote (within South Africa) or hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Upskill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini-golf, think good times).
• Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech of the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

Like what you see?

If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.

Takealot Group is looking for a Product Manager to help improve its Fulfilment Experiences - a key part of what makes Takealot.com one of the most successful ecommerce platforms in South Africa. In this role, you will focus on tools that support the day-to-day operational teams within supply chain and logistics, helping to create the best fulfillment experiences for internal and external clients. 

You will work closely with engineering, supply chain & logistics operations, and client-focused teams to define requirements, test ideas, and deliver improvements that drive better fulfillment experiences and measurable business impact. You bring analytical thinking, customer empathy, and a practical product mindset, helping the team identify opportunities, prioritise initiatives, and scale what works.

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Over 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com and 2.7 million on Mr D. Show them what you can do.
• Learn: We work with the best of the best. Work alongside leaders and upskill in record time.
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: Takealot.com, Mr D, and Takealot Fulfilment Solutions

The position reports to the Fulfilment Product Lead.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Define and drive the roadmap that powers Fulfilment Experiences. This includes innovating and improving the back-end systems that enable seamless and scalable delivery execution, as well as client frontends.

• Translate business needs into actionable and measurable projects; partner with business owners to understand their challenges and priorities, to translate these into initiatives that improve the fulfilment experience.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by evolving product management practices to suit the fast-paced, dynamic nature of supply chain and logistics.
• Define and monitor key metrics (e.g., delivery turnaround time, fulfilment experiences scores) to inform product decisions. Use data to create compelling business cases for prioritising initiatives.
• You will analyse and understand project scope and core objectives through requirements workshops with stakeholders to define business requirements
• Conduct workshops with stakeholders to elicit detailed functional requirements. Document these requirements (OKR & BRS) for engineering teams to create technical specifications.
• Work with technical leads and subject matter experts to align on the technical vision, balancing the operational trade-offs with usability, scalability, and performance.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including engineers, BI analysts, and UI designers, to deliver projects on time and within scope. Track project progress from concept to release, ensuring alignment with business goals.

• Evolve appropriate Product Management practices for a responsive, dynamic environment to foster cost-effective execution of commitments
• Collaborate with QA teams to review test plans and scripts, ensuring comprehensive coverage and high-quality product releases. Perform user acceptance testing to validate functionality.
• Project management by setting timelines, driving project schedules, and leading cross-functional development teams from design through to release. This includes monitoring for slippage and/or updating timelines and adjusting for changing scopes of work or considering mitigation options.
• Understand your target “customer” - assess end-users to ensure products deliver a seamless, efficient, and transparent experience.
• Performing user acceptance testing.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma (Information Systems / Computer Science / Engineering/Commerce) with at least 5 years of experience in product management, business analysis, or a related role, preferably driving large, company-wide initiatives through projects or responsibilities
• Experience in an agile/iterative project management and development environment is beneficial
• Experience working on customer-facing frontends, web, and apps
• Prior experience in logistics, on-demand delivery platforms, or e-commerce is preferred
• Prior experience in web-based frontend operational system development

 The skills we need:

• Client focus: An understanding of what it takes to satisfy a variety of clients with varying needs.
• Execution skills: Demonstrated ability to define and execute a detailed product roadmap, particularly in the ecommerce, logistics, or supply-chain space.
• Solution-oriented: Proactive, accountable, and motivated to solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment.
• Data-driven approach: Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to inform decisions and measure success.
• Technical acumen: Familiarity with back-end systems, APIs, and technologies that support logistics execution, such as route optimization algorithms, real-time tracking, and trip allocation logic. Thorough knowledge of prevailing and emerging mobile and e-commerce trends and technologies.
• Stakeholder management: Exceptional organizational and communication skills to balance multiple priorities and align cross-functional teams.
• Attention to detail: A meticulous approach to product development and the required documentation to support the successful assessment and execution of a detailed product initiative.
• Customer advocate: A strong focus on improving the experience for both drivers, franchise hubs, and customers.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab, and make something great.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a remote (within South Africa) or hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Upskill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini-golf, think good times).
• Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech of the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

Like what you see?

If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.

Within AKQA (part of WPP), Data & Analytics is one of the fastest growing disciplines that is integral to delivering value for our clients and positive impact for their customers. As part of a multi-disciplinary approach to problem solving  our team provide a wide range of capabilities including user experience (UX) analytics, consumer research, and applied data science. Our clients are building the future of their business and, more than ever, data is at the heart of making this future a reality.

As a Senior Analyst at AKQA, you should be passionate about using data to derive insights and provide optimization recommendations that create better connections with consumers. You will be responsible for defining measurement and testing frameworks to business results for our clients.

At AKQA you will have access to world-renowned thought leadership from influential authors, athletes, artists and entrepreneurs. You will work in an environment which fosters a meritocratic culture and encourages ownership, and you will be surrounded by some of the brightest minds in their fields. 

 ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Experience in digital analytics, UX/funnel optimisation, and A/B testing.
• Knowledge and mastery of relevant analytics systems and data sources such as: web analytics (Google Analytics), funnel / flow analysis (Content Square), CRM, Survey (Usabilia), BI tools (Tableau, PowerBI), other 3^rdparty sources, etc.
• Ability to connect a client’s business goals to a complete measurement plan that defines the metrics, systems, and methodologies needed to meet those objectives.
• Strong background in data analysis and insight generation, using statistically sound analytical techniques to provide robust descriptive data sets that inform, shape, and defend a business/brand/experience strategy.
• Highly developed communication and story-telling skills, to be able to connect those insights in a way that tells a clear story and leads to clear action – across a variety of formats (reports, presentations, interactive dashboards).
• Experience in designing a detailed tracking strategy and ensuring rich data capture, as part of tag management (GTM), QA, and implementation guidance to dev team/partners.
• Familiarity with creating strategic testing frameworks, learning agendas and associated tools and methodologies, like using Google Optimise and analysing statistical significance.

QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS

• Proactive mindset, able to execute a hypothesis-driven, data-first approach with light guidance from an Analytics Manager
• Skilled storyteller, able to effectively communicate analysis, identify key takeaways, and quantify opportunities.  
• Team player, able to integrate into a project and team environment as a thought leader, seamlessly connecting analytics to actionable strategic goals.

 Explore our extensive range of benefits here.

Job Title: Senior Audience Planner/Data and Insights Specialist

Company: WPP Media South Africa

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Reports To: Client lead 

About the Role

As the senior audience planner/ data and insights specialist, your role will encompass working in both the data and tech space, as well as designing and delivering audience strategies.

Core Responsibilities

• Data and Tech Requirements

You will be the core support arm to the broader agency team in providing ongoing data and tech solutions relevant to the requirements of the client, this includes but is not limited to:

• Supplying of any data requirement for strategy and insight work
• Conduct market research on media consumption patterns for different markets and audiences.
• Adoption and localization of regional and/or global tools or data solutions
• Building of internal capabilities of data strategy, data analytics and data solution products/tools
• Responsible for driving innovation and new technology topics for the client business.
• On-going thought leadership in relevant industry & category initiatives such as white papers / public speaking / landscape & trend reports / awards judging
• Audience Planning Requirements
• Lead the development and delivery of audience strategy and champion audience-first thinking within the planning and strategy teams; providing a consultative approach to driving business outcomes using data and technology platforms.
• Build a cohesive 360 view of the customer profile using 1st party, 2nd party, 3rd party and research data inclusive of online and offline data sources.
• Utilize all available technologies to drive audience-based planning, buying, targeting, measurement and optimization
• Develop strategic audience segmentation to drive omnichannel personalization.
• Build audience targeting strategies based on campaign goals, run audience insight analysis, collaborate with data partners to create custom audiences, and establish connection with media partners to configure, test, and validate destination across all channels.
• Supervise the end-to-end process of audience planning, activation, and measurement for clients and/or campaigns.
• Analyse performance by audience segment & provide audience optimization recommendations.
• Develop a deep expertise in the data ecosystem including 3rd party data providers, publisher and supply direct relationships, and WPP companies.
• Drive adoption and success of data and technology platform partnerships as well as ensure that global team understands market needs and priorities.
• Lean into data strategy conversations and work with clients, partners and other stakeholders to forge new and interesting data connections and trials.
• Assist in closing the measurement loop to improve incrementality, working with specialist teams as needed.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Have an in-depth understanding of communication channels and platforms, including but not limited to CRM, CDP, DMP, programmatic, social, EC, new retail and how they interrelate.
• Familiar with how data could be used in driving business outcome and how business outcome could be measured by data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with evolved present-to-persuade and facilitation skills. Strong analytics skills and can see business implications beyond data
• Have the ability to demonstrate a depth of understanding of the industry, the client’s business and brands as well as changes to consumer and media in senior level client conversations.
• Excel at ability to influence without authority but with the organization’s support to ensure that even without authority there is accountability.
• Collaboration, accountability, persuasive attitudes are critical for this role.

Experience

• Minimum of (5 years+) experience in data and analytics
• Experience working in cross functional teams and geographies.
• Experience connecting Audience segmentation with the realities of delivering in addressable media platforms.
• Sound understanding of the marketing technology stack required to delivery on Audience planning through to execution.
• Strong experience working with digital platforms and ad solutions with knowledge of targeting capabilities.
• Experience delivering campaigns with a real time dynamic creative element.
• Executed campaigns with omnichannel user journeys and media targeting.
• Needs to have worked in roles that have developed both strategic and operations capability within media marketing.
• Change agent mindset and risk-taking capabilities with examples of projects that have landed successful business transformation.
• Must be comfortable leading change and spearhead effectiveness and efficiency in media operations.
• Build competitively advantaged skills around audience planning.

Mastery of (Required):

• Precision Planning and Activation
• Audience Segmentation
• 1P / 2P / 3P Data Collection, Integration (including Data Onboarding) and Activation
• MarTech / AdTech
• Biddable Media Buying & Optimization Solutions

Broad Expertise in (Good to Have):

• Brand and Campaign Strategy
• Category Experience
• Agency and Client Background
• Marketing Analytics
• Marketing Effectiveness & Measurement Solution

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for an exceptional Central Planning Manager: Systems and Processes  to join our Retail Team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the Head of Planning 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Create sustainable In-stock systems and processes in partnership with central analytics, technical and product teams
• Manage the top-down budgeting plan cycle and reviews in line with performance, margin, stock turn & business strategy objectives
• Own and compile the annual retail sales budget, half year plans, working plan as well as on-going re-forecasting at division levels to ensure budgets are achieved
• Drive complex business analysis that identifies opportunities to improve cost structure and profitability, focusing on continual contribution margin improvements.
• Support the operations team in managing supplier returns through ensuring that collection objectives are met
• Deliver accurate insights and reports on a timely basis on which buyers and planners can base commercial decisions and deliver on revenue, margin and stock plans
• Spec reports and apps based on merch team requirements and liaise with BI to get reports and apps implemented
• Manage clearance process
• Input into Planning Strategic Roadmap
• Manage design and development of planning systems and processes
• Manage continuous improvement of planning systems and processes including testing, roll-out and training.
• Manage data/information transfer between Planning and various business stakeholders i.e Finance, Supply Chain and BI
• Develop and maintain the buying/planning critical path

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or related field (Master’s degree preferred)
• 7+ years of experience in Retail inventory planning.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional projects
• Experience working with large and complex data sets to drive business decisions
• Highly skilled in process development and improvement
• Strong numerical and analytical aptitude, and high proficiency creating and managing advanced models
• Strong proficiency in using analytical tools (Microsoft Excel, SQL and statistical software)

Attributes Required:

• Strong willingness to learn
• Entrepreneurial / Commercial mindset
• Exceptional problem solving & analytical skills
• Ability to influence and inspire action in others, with or without a direct reporting line
• Proactive attitude and willingness to roll up sleeves and dig deep to achieve high level goals

The Environment: 

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 
• We are short on ego and high on output. 
• We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all. 
• We love what we do and what we are creating.
• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us! 

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.  

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Overview

The responsibilities of our Platform team include building and maintaining all backend services, including, but not limited to, payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, text to speech, and external APIs.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.

We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount. 

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week. 

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS API, internal APIs like Payment, Subscription, Auth and Consumption Tracking, ensuring they meet business and scalability requirements
• Oversee the full backend API landscape, enhancing and optimizing for performance and maintainability
• Collaborate on B2B solutions, focusing on customization and integration needs for enterprise clients
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align backend architecture with overall product strategy and user experience

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Proven experience in backend development: TS/Node (required)
• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers
• Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact
• Preferred: Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
• Preferred: Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes

What We Offer

• A dynamic environment where your contributions shape the company and its products
• A team that values innovation, intuition, and drive
• Autonomy, fostering focus and creativity
• The opportunity to have a significant impact in a revolutionary industry
• Competitive compensation, a welcoming atmosphere, and a commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture
• The privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and more
• An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio – a rapidly evolving tech domain

Think you’re a good fit for this job? 

Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit? 

Refer them! 

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

About us:

Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.

Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards. 

Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.

The role in a nutshell:

You will form part of the Onboarding Operations team based in Cape Town and Kuala Lumpur, reporting to the Head of Onboarding Strategy and Customer Due Diligence Operations. Your role as a Business Optimisation Analyst (Data) will be to use your knowledge of data analysis and data processing to inform key business decisions in the Onboarding Operations team and other business areas. You will work in a fast paced environment, collaborating with other business units, including Engineering, Product, Compliance and Data teams, servicing the business on an international level together with the teams from South East Asia, Africa and Europe. You will be responsible for creating dashboards, extracting data, writing reports, and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) to determine business initiatives’ success.

Your mission will be:

• Interpret trends and patterns in data and present findings and actionable insights to senior leaders of the business
• Collaborate with data engineers to design and build any pipelines/data models needed to support analytical and reporting needs
• Structure large data sets to find usable information
• Design metrics to help assess how the onboarding teams and broader business are performing on a day-to-day basis
• Report regularly on business and team performance
• Work closely with the relevant business stakeholders to understand their data needs
• Collaborate with teams to determine, collect and analyse required data to address business needs while ensuring it is of the highest quality, reliable and trusted
• Build visually compelling dashboards that communicate insights to stakeholders (often non-technical) to allow data-informed decision making
• Use data-driven analysis to identify opportunities for improvement and automation in onboarding operations processes
• Review delivery of providers against Service Level Agreements and support negotiations from a data perspective

The ideal candidate will have:

• A qualification in Data Analysis or similar quantitative fields.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in the data or business optimisation space
• Intermediate skills in SQL, Python and experience working with data pipelines.
• Experience working with business intelligence platforms such as Looker, Tableau, DataBricks, PowerBI or similar
• Familiar with data governance principles and best practices
• Passionate about data analytics and related disciplines
• Friendly, transparent, articulate and driven to succeed.
• Experience in a customer service / customer onboarding / KYC environment is advantageous
• Ability to lead change through entrepreneurial thinking, a strong sense of responsibility and a very high level of integrity
• Adaptable, capable and intellectually curious and have the persistence to find answers to difficult questions in fast-paced and environments
• Ability to formulate business cases, document investigation work, and contribute to technical design documents
• Ability to take ownership of own work and successfully deliver high quality projects with obscure and incomplete requirements
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to explain data concepts to non-experts in a clear, and structured manner
• Experience working with cross-functional teams using data to influence strategy, roadmaps and drive data-informed decisions
• Internet access at home and the ability to work remotely (Luno will provide successful candidates with suitable equipment to set them up for success)

Life at Luno:

• Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
• Plus the option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
• Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance
• Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development
• 6 months primary care-giver leave
• Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
• Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave which increases based on your length of service! 
• A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events and virtual cooking, dancing, drawing and house planting classes hosted by our Lunauts
• Free lunch and snacks
• 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start.*

*Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

WHO WE ARE      

S-RM is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy. Since 2005, we’ve helped companies, governments and private individuals solve some of their most complex challenges. 

We’ve been able to do this because of our outstanding people. We’re committed to developing bright, curious, enthusiastic people who want to think critically, solve complex problems, and achieve success. 

But we also know that work isn’t everything. It’s about the lives and careers it helps us build. We’re immensely proud of this culture and we invest in our people’s wellbeing, learning, and ideas every day. 

We’re excited you’re thinking about joining us.  

THE ROLE   

We are seeking a proactive and organised, native Arabic and English speaker, to conduct live virtual pre-investment interviews in both languages with accuracy, objectivity, and discretion. These interviews will be held with potential high net worth individual (HNWI) investors as part of a due diligence process, with an objective of verifying their identities and understanding their occupations and sources of wealth along with their investment motivations. In this role, you will collaborate and form part of our administration and operations team, working closely with our global Corporate Intelligence teams, including our investment migration due diligence practice.  

The ideal candidate is a team player who is adaptable, meticulous and organised with a proactive mindset toward contributing to the growth and evolution of the service and business. You will undergo structured onboarding and ongoing training covering: 
 
a) Core interview techniques, best practices, and active listening skills  

1. b) System navigation and data handling,ensuring discretion and confidentiality at all times. 
2. c) Our end-to-end approach to managing and delivering a live interview process. 

Your day-to-day responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

Conducting professional virtual interviews: Conducting professional virtual interviews in both Arabic and English with your camera on, reading out pre-scripted questions with precision in either language to the interviewee(s), demonstrating active listening to their answers and probing effectively where necessary.  
 

Managing the full interview lifecycle: Managing the full lifecycle of an interview from pre-interview communications to help ensure punctual attendance, to ensuring all completed interview recordings and materials are accurately stored and handled with the utmost discretion.  
 

Communicating proactively with practitioners and stakeholders: Communicating proactively and professionally with S-RM practitioners, clients, and interviewees (investors), initially with guidance, but ultimately independently including informing practitioner teams of live interview  progress and attendance and ensuring your own prompt and punctual attendance at all live interviews. 

Troubleshooting and escalating issues appropriately: Identify and troubleshoot technical and methodological difficulties promptly and effectively before and during live interviews, taking initiative to resolve issues where appropriate, seeking guidance when needed, and escalating more serious concerns to the team while communicating these to S-RM practitioners for oversight. 

Supporting overall interview service administration: Collaborating with the interview team in administering the overall interview service delivery and maintaining the smooth operation of the interview service including addressing any IT challenges, liaising with relevant internal and external stakeholders, and contributing to planning meetings.  

We are looking for candidates to fill this role at either our Cape Town or Kuala Lumpur office. Working hours will be set at 9am to 6pm SAST with 1 or 2 later shifts from 12pm to 9pm SAST per week if based in Cape Town or 12pm to 9pm MYT on a regular basis if based in Kuala Lumpur. We have flexible working arrangements available. 

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR   

We think candidates with the following skills and experience are likely to succeed as an Interviewer at S-RM.  

That said, if you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box—we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others. 

We’re looking for someone that is able to adapt to change and work comfortably in a fast-paced environment, this person will have some or all of these skills.  

• Written and spoken fluency in English and Arabic and mastery of professional communication is a must; 

• Business literacy - an ability to engage with an investor’s explanation of their occupation/business interests/wealth composition and probe appropriately for clarifications; 

• Cultural sensitivity - ability to build trust with interviewees, clients, colleagues, and all stakeholders. 

• Previous experience in a fast-paced and technology-enabled customer complaints department and/or multifaceted communication and operations role. Customer-facing experience is a plus; 

• Proficient use of Microsoft Office and ability to quickly adapt to new software and systems; 

• Strong planning and organisational skills, with high attention to detail; 

• A proven ability to work unsupervised, with strong interpersonal skills. 

The successful candidate must have permission to work in Cape Town or Kuala Lumpur by the start of their employment. 

OUR BENEFITS  

We offer thoughtful, balanced rewards and support to help our people do their best work and live their lives outside it, this includes but is not exhaustive of: 

• 23 days holiday per year in addition to bank holidays (+1 day for every day of service up to a maximum of 28 days); 

• Matching pension contribution up to 7% (up to a maximum of 14% combined), and financial education; 

• Hybrid working and flexible working hours 

Parental Support: 

• Fertility treatment leave – 5 days of leave per cycle of treatment per year; 

• Maternity leave – 26 weeks of full pay followed by 13 weeks of half pay; 

• Paternity leave – 6 weeks of full pay. 

Various Health and Medical Benefits including:  

• Medical Aid and Gap Cover Policy (taxable benefit) for you and your family; 

• Free access to the world-famous mindfulness app Headspace; 

• EAP programme for you and your immediate family. 

 
THE APPLICATION PROCESS   

To apply for this role, please email your CV and cover letter to Job Application for Due Diligence Interviewer at S-RM

The application process will include: 

1. A first interview discussing your previous experience and broader competencies, to be held remotely, 

1. A second interview discussing previous experience more in-depth and allowing you the opportunity to meet the team. 

We nurture a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion and we are dedicated to developing a workforce that displays a variety of talents, experiences and perspectives 

TECHNICAL LEAD, INCIDENT RESPONSE, SOUTH AFRICA

WHO WE ARE

S-RM is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy.  Since 2005, we’ve helped some of the most demanding clients in the world solve some of their toughest information security challenges. 

We’ve been able to do this because of our outstanding people.  We’re committed to developing sharp, curious, driven individuals who want to think critically, solve complex problems, and achieve success. 

But we also know that work isn’t everything. It’s about the lives and careers it helps us build.  We’re immensely proud of this culture and we invest in our people’s wellbeing, learning, and ideas every day.

We’re excited you’re thinking about joining us.

WORKING IN CYBER AT S-RM

Our Cyber Security division is the fastest-growing part of S-RM.  The cyber sector is always evolving, and our Advisory, Ethical Hacking, and Incident Response practices are in more demand than ever.

We’re building a team to meet this challenge.  We’re quick to respond, innovate, and improve.  We don’t get too hung up on hierarchy or bureaucracy.  If your ideas are good enough, we’ll empower you to implement them.  If you’re the best person to talk to a customer, you’ll get that opportunity, regardless of the title in your email signature. And when you need a hand, your team will always have your back.

We also don’t believe there’s a typical cyber security professional.  We’ve built a team of intelligence analysts, technical specialists, software developers, investigators, risk managers, and more.  You’ll always find a range of perspectives and expertise to help you learn and grow.

If that sounds like your kind of team, we’d like to hear from you.

THE ROLE

Our Incident Response Consultants are a critical part of our Cyber Security consulting practice’s success. As a Technical Lead, you will deploy your incident response expertise in a senior, client‑facing delivery role across our incident response services.

You will work across the full lifecycle of security incidents to help our clients respond and recover, spanning both traditional incident response scenarios (such as ransomware, business email compromise and intrusion investigations) and modern incidents affecting cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines and software delivery environments.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

You will be responsible for leading and delivering technical investigations for clients, including:

• Leading technical incident response engagements from first contact through to closure
• Acting as the primary technical resource on response cases, applying your own expertise and providing guidance to colleagues on the project team.
• Overseeing host‑, network‑ and cloud‑based investigations, including:
• Triage and containment
• System recovery and remediation support
• Technical evidence collection and forensic analysis
• Log, malware and root cause analysis

• Investigating a wide range of incident types, including but not limited to:
• Ransomware and extortion incidents
• Business Email Compromise (BEC)
• Unauthorised access and data breaches
• Incidents involving cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, automation and software supply chains

• Applying cloud and DevOps‑related expertise where required, for example when incidents involve:
• Compromised cloud identities, APIs or control planes
• Abuse of CI/CD pipelines, source code repositories or secrets
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code and automated deployment workflows
• Developing and sharing domain expertise
  We will support you to deepen your technical knowledge and share it across the wider team through internal initiatives, training and capability development.
• Participating in an on‑call rotation
  Providing 24×7×365 incident response coverage for our clients.

OTHER FEATURES OF THE ROLE

• Variety of casework
  No two days are the same. You will respond to a diverse range of incidents across public and private sector clients, industries and technology stacks.
• Range of opportunities
  In addition to incident response, you will have opportunities to contribute to related consulting work such as post‑incident reviews, incident readiness, threat exposure assessments and broader advisory projects.
• Flexible working practices
  Incident response can be intense, high‑pressure work. We are mindful of work/life balance and offer flexible working arrangements to support wellbeing.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Candidates with the following experience and attributes are likely to succeed as Incident Response Consultants at S‑RM.

That said, if you don’t meet every criterion below but are interested in the role, we encourage you to apply. We value individuals who are particularly strong in certain areas and keen to develop in others.

We nurture a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion and are committed to building a workforce with varied backgrounds, skills and perspectives.

Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in a technical cyber security, cloud security, DevSecOps, platform engineering or related role.
• Direct experience working in a consulting or in‑house incident response team is beneficial, but not essential.

Approach

• A strong investigative mindset, with the ability to work through complex problems using limited or incomplete information.
• Comfortable operating in high‑pressure, time‑critical client situations.

Technical skillset

• Strong technical foundations suitable for investigating a range of incident types, including ransomware and intrusion scenarios.
• Experience or strong interest in cloud and modern infrastructure, such as:
• AWS, Azure or GCP
• CI/CD platforms and automation
• Identity, logging and audit trails in cloud environments
• Comfortable using scripting and automation to support investigations and analysis.

Threat awareness

• Demonstrable knowledge of cyber threat actors and their tactics, techniques and procedures, including those targeting both traditional enterprise environments and modern cloud‑based systems.

Communication

• Able to clearly communicate technical findings and risk to non‑technical client audiences in a professional consulting setting.

Qualifications

Relevant certifications are not required, but the following (or similar) are beneficial:

GCFE, GCFA, EnCE, CFSR, CISSP, GREM, CCNA, MCFE, OSCP, Network+, Security+
Cloud and platform‑focused certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform) are also advantageous.

The successful candidate must have permission to work in South Africa by the start of their employment.

OUR BENEFITS 

We offer thoughtful, balanced rewards and support to help our people do their best work and live their lives outside it, this includes but is not exhaustive of:

• 23 days holiday per year in addition to public holidays (+1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 30 days in total);
• Hybrid working and flexible working hours;
• Matching pension contribution up to 7% (up to a maximum of 14% combined), and financial education;
• Life Insurance 4X annual salary.

Parental Support:

• Fertility treatment leave – 5 days of leave per cycle of treatment per year;
• Maternity leave – 26 weeks of full pay followed by 13 weeks of half pay;
• Paternity leave – 6 weeks of full pay.

Various Health and Medical Benefits including:

• Medical Aid (taxable benefit) for you and your immediate family
• EAP program for you and your immediate family;
• Free access to the world-famous mindfulness app.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS 

We want to get to know you, and for you to get to know us, to see if we’d be a good fit.  We are responsive and respectful of people’s time throughout our hiring process. 

A typical application process includes:  

• Initial screening of your application by our recruiting team. 

• An interview to assess your baseline technical skills. 

• An interview to discuss your previous experience and broader competencies. 
  
  
• An final interview to determine alignment with the role. 

Please apply via: Job Application for Technical Lead, Incident Response at S-RM

At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to eliminate the back row in education – and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world’s leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.

What We’re Looking For:

The Data Scientist III will technically lead analytical research, machine learning and other data science initiatives across all lines of business, including degree, executive education, and open course programs. The Data Scientist III would be expected to engage with stakeholders, lead technical solution design and delivery. This is a highly quantitative role that requires analytical aptitude, strong programming skills, and intellectual curiosity. We are looking for someone who is excited about solving business problems, eager to learn and apply experimental and machine learning techniques, and motivated to develop their skills in a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

• Lead statistical analysis, reporting and visualization to support business decision-making across degree, executive education, and open course lines of business. 
• Lead the end to end technical delivery of Data Science projects/models  over use cases that span all lines of business and functional areas, identifying high value opportunities and implementing the solution. 
• Lead design and implementation of A/B tests on Data Science projects/models implemented to determine and size success of solutions. 
• Collaborate with engineers and ML engineers to support productionization efforts, including code development, testing, and integration into the 2U software ecosystem.
• Partner with stakeholders and product to gain domain knowledge, understand requirements, and contribute to planning development tasks and projects.

Things That Should Be In Your Background:

• Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, mathematics, computer science, economics or other quantitative field required
• 5-10 years of experience in data science or related role
• Proven track record of delivering production-grade machine learning models and data science products that drove significant business impact
• Demonstrated experience designing and analyzing online controlled experiments (A/B testing)
• Proven experience applying analytical techniques such as classification, regression, cluster analysis, pattern recognition, and predictive modeling 
• Strong proficiency in Python and other object-oriented programming languages (R, Java, Scala, or similar)
• Advanced SQL skills and experience querying relational and/or NoSQL databases
• Solid understanding of applied statistics
• Experience with data visualization and business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, Domo, or similar platforms) 
• Familiarity with data engineering concepts and ETL processes 
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment while receiving moderate guidance and direction 

Other Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:

• Graduate degree or additional coursework in quantitative fields is a plus

Benefits & Culture

Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you’re excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference. #NoBackRow

We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance.
Full-time, ZA benefits include: 

• 2 complimentary Getsmarter short courses per year
• Subsidised medical aid with Discovery Health Medical Scheme
• 4% 2U contribution towards Discovery Life Pension Fund and Group Risk Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Generous leave policy including time off to volunteer for non-profit organization, study leave, sports leave and a company-wide festive season break

2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion. We are proud of the steps we’ve taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike. 

2U is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodations, please reach out to us at: recruitingaccommodations@2u.com. 

About 2U

For more than a decade, 2U has been the digital transformation partner of choice to great non-profit colleges and universities delivering high-quality online education at scale. As the parent company of edX, a leading global online learning platform, 2U provides over 45 million learners with access to world-class education in partnership with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporations. Our people and technology are powering more than 4,000 digital education offerings — from free courses to full degrees — and helping unlock human potential. To learn more: visit 2U.com.

About edX

edX is the education movement for restless learners and a leading global online learning platform from 2U. Together with the majority of the world’s top-ranked universities and industry-leading companies, we bring our community of over 45 million learners world-class education to support them at every stage of their lives and careers, from free courses to full degrees. And we're not stopping there — we're relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location. Learn more at edX.org.

Learn more at https://2u.com/careers/
#NoBackRow

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans’ status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U’s equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits and pay. 

2U is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. 2U requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.

About us:

Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.

Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards. 

Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.

The role in a nutshell:

You will form part of the Onboarding Operations team based in Cape Town and Kuala Lumpur, reporting to the Head of Onboarding Strategy and Customer Due Diligence Operations. Your role as a Business Optimisation Analyst (Data) will be to use your knowledge of data analysis and data processing to inform key business decisions in the Onboarding Operations team and other business areas. You will work in a fast paced environment, collaborating with other business units, including Engineering, Product, Compliance and Data teams, servicing the business on an international level together with the teams from South East Asia, Africa and Europe. You will be responsible for creating dashboards, extracting data, writing reports, and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) to determine business initiatives’ success.

Your mission will be:

• Interpret trends and patterns in data and present findings and actionable insights to senior leaders of the business
• Collaborate with data engineers to design and build any pipelines/data models needed to support analytical and reporting needs
• Structure large data sets to find usable information
• Design metrics to help assess how the onboarding teams and broader business are performing on a day-to-day basis
• Report regularly on business and team performance
• Work closely with the relevant business stakeholders to understand their data needs
• Collaborate with teams to determine, collect and analyse required data to address business needs while ensuring it is of the highest quality, reliable and trusted
• Build visually compelling dashboards that communicate insights to stakeholders (often non-technical) to allow data-informed decision making
• Use data-driven analysis to identify opportunities for improvement and automation in onboarding operations processes
• Review delivery of providers against Service Level Agreements and support negotiations from a data perspective

The ideal candidate will have:

• A qualification in Data Analysis or similar quantitative fields.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in the data or business optimisation space
• Intermediate skills in SQL, Python and experience working with data pipelines.
• Experience working with business intelligence platforms such as Looker, Tableau, DataBricks, PowerBI or similar
• Familiar with data governance principles and best practices
• Passionate about data analytics and related disciplines
• Friendly, transparent, articulate and driven to succeed.
• Experience in a customer service / customer onboarding / KYC environment is advantageous
• Ability to lead change through entrepreneurial thinking, a strong sense of responsibility and a very high level of integrity
• Adaptable, capable and intellectually curious and have the persistence to find answers to difficult questions in fast-paced and environments
• Ability to formulate business cases, document investigation work, and contribute to technical design documents
• Ability to take ownership of own work and successfully deliver high quality projects with obscure and incomplete requirements
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to explain data concepts to non-experts in a clear, and structured manner
• Experience working with cross-functional teams using data to influence strategy, roadmaps and drive data-informed decisions
• Internet access at home and the ability to work remotely (Luno will provide successful candidates with suitable equipment to set them up for success)

Life at Luno:

• Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
• Plus the option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
• Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance
• Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development
• 6 months primary care-giver leave
• Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
• Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave which increases based on your length of service! 
• A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events and virtual cooking, dancing, drawing and house planting classes hosted by our Lunauts
• Free lunch and snacks
• 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start.*

*Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

WHO WE ARE 

S-RM is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy.  Since 2005, we’ve helped some of the most demanding clients in the world solve some of their toughest information security challenges.   

We’ve been able to do this because of our outstanding people.  We’re committed to developing sharp, curious, driven individuals who want to think critically, solve complex problems, and achieve success.   

But we also know that work isn’t everything. It’s about the lives and careers it helps us build.  We’re immensely proud of this culture and we invest in our people’s wellbeing, learning, and ideas every day. 

We’re excited you’re thinking about joining us. 

WORKING IN CYBER AT S-RM 

Our Cyber Security division is the fastest-growing part of S-RM. The cyber sector is always evolving, and our Managed Services,  Advisory, and Incident Response practices are in more demand than ever.  

We’re building a team to meet this challenge.  We’re quick to respond, innovate, and improve.  We don’t get too hung up on hierarchy or bureaucracy.  If your ideas are good enough, we’ll empower you to implement them.  If you’re the best person to talk to a customer, you’ll get that opportunity, regardless of the title in your email signature. And when you need a hand, your team will always have your back. 

We also don’t believe there’s a typical cyber security professional.  We’ve built a team of intelligence analysts, technical specialists, software developers, investigators, risk managers, and more.  You’ll always find a range of perspectives and expertise to help you learn and grow.  

If that sounds like your kind of team, we’d like to hear from you. 

THE ROLE 

Our Security Operations Centre is a critical part of our Cybersecurity division’s success.  

As a Cybersecurity Analyst (SOC), you will deploy your cybersecurity expertise in a vital delivery role across our managed detection and response services.   

In this role, you will use infrastructure and tools that power our Security Operations Center (SOC) to deliver desired security outcomes for our managed services clients. The ideal candidate will have familiarity with security tools such as SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and other advanced technology.   You will have a proven ability to respond effectively to security incidents. This hybrid role involves both remote work and some in-office presence for collaboration, teamwork and development.  

Delivery 

• Monitor Security Events: Continuously monitor and analyse security alerts from EDR, SIEM and other security tools to detect suspicious activities or potential threats. 

• Incident Response: Conduct investigations and respond to security incidents, executing containment, mitigation, and remediation steps as necessary. 

• Threat Hunting: Proactively search for indicators of compromise (IoCs) and advanced threats within the environment, utilising both automated tools and manual analysis. 

• Threat Detection: Use expertise to tune detection rules, automate workflows, and improve incident detection accuracy. 

• Log Analysis: Perform in-depth log analysis from firewalls, endpoint protection platforms, and other solutions to investigate complex incidents. 

• Threat Intelligence: Stay informed of emerging threats and collaborate with the threat intelligence team to enhance detection capabilities. 

• Incident Reporting and Documentation: Ensure detailed documentation of incidents, responses, and resolutions to maintain a clear incident management process. 

• Shift Work: Participate in a 24/7 shift rotation to ensure continuous security monitoring, including evening, night, and weekend shifts. 

Growth of the service 

• Continuous Improvement: Work closely with other IT teams, security engineers, and senior SOC members to refine detection processes and improve overall security posture. 

• Collaboration: Collaborate with SOC analysts, security engineers, and IT teams to ensure seamless operation of security tools and alignment with broader cybersecurity practices. 

• Security Enhancements: Identify areas for improvement in security monitoring and response capabilities, proposing and assist with implementing new solutions where appropriate. 

• Collaborating with Global Teams: Work closely with other cyber security teams to ensure seamless integration of SOC operations with our broader cybersecurity initiatives and business units especially Incident Response. 

• Contributing to Internal Technical Development Initiatives: When the schedule allows, you will have opportunities to participate in and contribute to internal technical development initiatives, enhancing our tools, processes, and overall incident response capabilities. 

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR 

Candidates with the following qualifications and experience are likely to succeed in our Managed Services practice at S-RM.   

That said, if you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box—we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others. 

We nurture a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion and we are dedicated to developing a workforce that displays a variety of talents, experiences and perspectives. 

We’re looking for: 

• Qualifications: A Bachelors degree in a relevant subject, for example cybersecurity, computer science. Relevant industry certifications are advantageous, or evidence of working towards attaining these. 

• Experience: 2+ years of experience in a SOC or cybersecurity operations role. 

• Technical Expertise: Solid understanding of security fundamentals, including threat detection, incident response,  endpoint and network security. 

• Approach: An investigative mindset.  You should be comfortable solving problems with limited information and guidance, and be curious to learn. 

• Reliability:  Our customers depend on us to manage their security and provide cyber-resilience, you must be dependable. 

• Tools:  Expertise in use of EDR is required. Familiarity with other security tools such as SIEM, firewalls, and IDS/IPS is desirable.  

• Incident Response: Experience in responding to and remediating security incidents, including credential theft and malware based attacks. 

• Threat intelligence: Some demonstrable knowledge of current cyber threat actors, their tactics, techniques, and procedures.  

• Threat Detection: Understanding of security monitoring, threat detection techniques, and the ability to exploit detection systems for optimal performance. 

• Communication: Clear and concise verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams; preferably you should be able to communicate technical findings to a non-technical audience.  Able to write and format incident reports and summaries. 

The successful candidate must have permission to work in South Africa by the start of their employment. 

Our benefits 

We offer thoughtful, balanced rewards and support to help our people do their best work and live their lives outside it, this includes but is not exhaustive of: 

• Holiday – 23 days per year increasing to 28 days (+1 day for every year you worked at S-RM, up 
  to a maximum of 5 days) in addition to bank holidays

• Gap Cover policy – allowing you to bridge the gap between your medical bills and your medical 
  aid cover.
• Hybrid working and flexible working hours; 

• Private pension – up to 7% contribution matched by the company

• Life Insurance 4X annual salary. 

Parental Support: 

• Fertility treatment leave – 5 days of leave per cycle of treatment per year; 

• Maternity leave – 26 weeks of full pay followed by 13 weeks of half pay; 

• Paternity leave – 6 weeks of full pay. 

Various Health and Medical Benefits including: 

• Medical aid with Discovery Health for employee, partner, and children up to the cost of the Classic
  Saver plan(taxable benefit) for you and your family; 

• EAP programme for you and your immediate family; 

• Free access to the world-famous mindfulness app Headspace. 

To apply for this role, please submit an up-to-date CV through this link: Job Application for Cybersecurity (SOC) Analyst at S-RM

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented  On-Demand Analytics Planner to join our team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the Head of Takealot Now

Key responsibilities:

Inventory Planning & Management (50%):

• Monitor inventory levels and manage the replenishment process to maintain continuous product availability across dark stores.
• Analyse sales data and inventory reports to forecast needs and adjust inventory levels accordingly.
• Coordinate and execute weekly cycle counts and investigations for stock discrepancies.
• Act as primary point of contact for dark stores regarding missing, damaged, or expired stock issues.
• Manage returns processing, ensuring accurate scheduling based on store requests and operational requirements.
• Develop strategies to minimise waste and markdowns whilst improving inventory turnover.

Data Analysis &Business Intelligence (30%):

• Create and maintain business reports, dashboards, and alerts using BI tools (Looker and Knime).
• Extract, manipulate, and analyse data using SQL to provide actionable insights for stakeholders.
• Verify data quality and ensure adherence to required standards across all reporting structures.
• Model data for analysis and develop performance metrics for inventory and operational efficiency,
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their reporting and data analysis needs.

Process Optimisation & Problem-Solving (20%):

• Identify systematic inefficiencies and recommend process improvements.
• Manage workflows for order processing, including file uploads, batch scheduling, and WMS coordination.
• Escalate and manage tickets between distribution centres and stores for operational discrepancies.
• Participate in cross-functional team meetings to discuss operational issues and develop solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across planning and operational processes for operational discrepancies.
• Participate in cross-functional team meetings to discuss operational issues and develop solutions
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across planning and operational processes.

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Business Management, Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• 1-3 years of experience in inventory management, retail planning, business analysis, or related roles.
• Experience within e-commerce, retail, or quick commerce environments highly advantageous.
• Proven track record of working with inventory management systems and data analysis tools.

Attributes Required:

• Essential: Strong SQL skills for database querying and data manipulation.
• Essential: Proficiency with BI tools (Power BI, Looker, Qlik, or similar).
• Essential: Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite/Google Workspace (particularly Excel/Sheets).
• Working knowledge of inventory management systems and WMS platforms.
• Experience with customer service platforms (Zendesk or similar) advantageous.
• Familiarity with GBQ (Google Big Query) preferred.

The Environment: 

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 
• We are short on ego and high on output. 
• We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all. 
• We love what we do and what we are creating.
• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us! 

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.

Job summary

As Associate Corporate Counsel (Commercial Legal) you will be a member of our commercial legal team and be responsible for structuring, drafting, and negotiating complicated technology, distribution, licensing, and other commercial agreements, and provide legal support to the sales team and, where required, support the product, engineering and marketing teams in connection with product development and product-led initiatives. Some travel may be required.

This role has a shift differential of 5am to 2pm SAST to cover APAC regional support

What you will do

• Draft and negotiate technology agreements, including software as a service (SaaS) agreements and software license agreements
• Work with our channel partnership team to negotiate and document partner/distribution relationships
• Negotiate ancillary agreements, such as NDAs, privacy agreements, and security agreements
• Review and revise various form agreements
• Ensure contractual compliance with industry standards and technical product requirements
• Support, build positive relationships with, and provide legal guidance to internal business teams
• Work collaboratively to identify and implement process improvements and support updates to internal playbooks and templates
• Manage and meet internal SLAs and help juggle priorities in a fast-moving environment
• Own specific legal projects and develop subject matter expertise regarding legal issues faced by the customer contracts team and internal business partners
• Assist with the review and negotiation of procurement/vendor contracts with our suppliers

What you will have

• LLB degree or similar
• Admitted legal practitioner (and in good standing) in the Republic of South Africa
• 1+ years relevant post admission experience
• Experience with contract negotiation, interpretation, and administration
• Excellent business acumen, well-developed, pragmatic problem-solving abilities, and high emotional intelligence
• Strong work ethic, a “hands on” mentality, accountability, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-evolving business environment while juggling and prioritizing multiple projects at the same time
• Ethical, adaptable, flexible, and comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity
• Desire to take on greater responsibility as experience is gained and skills are further developed
• Keen diplomatic instincts and customer service mentality
• Ability to work independently, employ good judgment, act with integrity, take ownership, and seek advice when necessary 

Nice to have

• Experience working in-house for a tech company
• Knowledge or experience in data security and privacy
• Knowledge of or experience with digital certificate industry

Benefits

• Provident Fund
• Medical Aid + Gap Cover
• Employee Assistance Program
• Gym Reimbursement
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance

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CUSTOMER RETENTION STRATEGIST 

Our Mission is to be able to say - "Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price"

We are seeking a highly driven and performance-oriented Customer Retention Strategist to join our team.

In this position at Common Thread Collective (CTC), you will play a pivotal strategic role, guiding our clients toward durable, scalable growth. Your core responsibility is to deliver steady and reliable revenue through retention-focused initiatives—using data-backed insights to build accurate forecasts, shape strategic direction, and ensure consistent performance. At CTC, your expertise is invaluable, covering the elements of CTC's strategic forecasting methods and the foundational principles of retention marketing.

Your impact goes far beyond managing email programs—you operate as a trusted advisor to our clients across all areas of retention strategy. You clearly communicate the rationale behind our decisions, connecting forecasting insights to the email, SMS, direct mail, and other retention touchpoints we activate. Your clarity strengthens client trust and deepens alignment throughout the partnership.

You also act as a strong advocate for CTC’s unique retention methodology and the tools that support it.

As a Customer Retention Strategist, you lead with precision and purpose, ensuring every initiative is executed to the highest standard and tightly aligned with client objectives.

You thrive on solving complex challenges, take complete ownership of outcomes, and are committed to developing, enhancing, and scaling high-impact retention programs. We embody the principle “Everyday in Every Play, Count on Me”—embracing accountability, striving for excellence, and consistently delivering results that matter.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values.

We recognize these values aren't for everyone.

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

Minimum Experience Requirement  

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in email and SMS marketing, with proven execution across campaigns, automations, segmentation, and optimization.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in retention marketing, owning initiatives that drive predictable revenue, customer lifetime value, and ongoing lifecycle improvements.
  
  

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Growth strategist, Meta/Google/Channel Media Buyer and Creative Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas and other tracking tools.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophit system for your clients
• Building an Email Forecast for your clients
  • Utilizing a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required during analysis of past campaigns and flows etc
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Monthly Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each month, and determine additional resources required to meet KPIs.
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it's time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you've found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC's Email and SMS best practices
• Leverage tools like memberships, subscriptions, loyalty programs, popups, quizzes, cart drawers, post-purchase upsell tools, direct mail and more, to impact retention metrics.
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and deploying additional resources, or updating strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Projected Targets.
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring deliverables are on-brand 100% of the time, in collaboration with designers and copywriters.
• Ensuring that automations, campaigns and any other retention tool has the correct technical setups and work in tandem to achieve desired business outcomes
• Ensuring alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophit system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on Retention goals aligned with revenue goals on the Growth Map and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every week of the month.
• Providing weekly updates via Slack.
• Report where required, collaborating with Growth Strategists and Media Buyers.
  
  

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement.
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams.
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, copywriting, email/sms marketing etc.

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Retention, Growth and elements of finance to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophit system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance of retention, far beyond the email/sms platform, referring to the Prophit system's Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in email and sms marketing to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, email production and execution.
• Meet all deadlines and retention requirements requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

JOB SCOPE

• Oversee the profitable growth of retention channels, including but not limited to email, sms, direct mail, popups and push notifications. Where required, you may work within subscription, membership, loyalty programs and more.
• Write briefs and ensure the rest of the team is able to execute on it
• Complete reports with a high degree of accuracy, checking against multiple data points
• Analyse metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of retention efforts, providing insights and recommendations for improvements, with Statlas and the Growth Map as your guide.
• Collaborate with design, content and any other relevant teams to create compelling and engaging email content, ensuring brand consistency and messaging alignment.
• Ensure the timely delivery of relevant deliverables (emails, sms etc), which includes effective internal project management and management of clients and their teams.
• Stay updated with industry trends, new features, and best practices in retention marketing to continuously optimize performance.
• This is a client-facing role. So you must be able to consult clients and solve business problems, far beyond the email platform.
• Prioritize the development of relational equity with your team and clients to foster lasting relationships for the continued growth of CTC and our client businesses.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First 30 days – $1.5K (Part-time transition phase)

  • Give notice at your current job (if applicable)

  • Participate in daily training for the first 15 days

  • Shadow and support ongoing accounts during the next 15 days while preparing to take on your own clients

  Days 31–60 – $3K (Full-time start)

  • Transition to full-time

  • Begin managing your first 3 client accounts independently

  Days 61–90 – $4–5K + performance bonuses

  • Continue growing your portfolio

  • Earn bonuses based on hitting revenue targets

  •  Negotiate your term contract annually

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
  • Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
  • Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
  • With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress
• My Commitment to You:
  • You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and get recognized by the world for your expertise. You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression.
  • We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you're consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

Planning: 

• Assist in planning and executing comprehensive digital media strategies across various channels to meet client objectives. 
• Forecast and implement ad serving and brand safety to ensure effective campaign performance and protecting brand reputation. 
• Collaborate with internal teams (e.g., creative, analytics, client service) to ensure seamless campaign execution and alignment. 

  Compliance & Performance Analysis: 

• Analyze performance data, track campaign metrics, and offer data-driven recommendations for continuous optimization. 
• Continuously monitor campaign performance against KPIs, identify areas for improvement, and implement optimization strategies to maximize ROI. 
• Develop and deliver comprehensive campaign performance reports and use historical data and competitive research to identify insights and optimizations. 

  Budget & Implementation Management: 

• Monitor and manage budgets, ensuring proper allocation and tracking with media vendors. 
• Collaborate with the buying team to guarantee zero-error execution and handle budget adjustments as needed. 
• Oversee invoicing and reconciliation to maintain financial accuracy. 
• Ensure accurate reconciliation, invoicing/billing, and mapping data to our internal media campaign management platform. 

The Ideal Candidate  

• Minimum 3 years’ work experience in a planning role. 
• Experience working at a Media Agency preferable. 
• Knowledge along with a passion for digital. 
• Intermediate MS Office skills including Excel and PowerPoint 
• Experience in developing and implementing analysis and reporting strategies 
• Project management; ability to manage multiple projects across critical yet often fluctuating deadlines 
• Experience with new / emerging media, a plus 
• Result-oriented with strong communication and analytical skills. 
• Ability to work within a fast-paced deadline driven environment. 
• Analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Strong understanding of the media landscape. 
• Understands business principles and good practice. 

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Senior Data Analyst to join our team in Cape Town with a specific focus on Customer Experience.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment, and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the Group Head: Customer Insights and Engagement

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

Budget modelling & financial planning

• Develop and maintain comprehensive budget models for Takealot Group Contact Centre operations across all brands
• Create annual, quarterly, and monthly financial forecasts for contact centre costs and resource requirements
• Build cost allocation models distributing shared services across Takealot.com, Sellers, Mr D, TFS etc.
• Analyse cost per contact metrics and efficiency benchmarks across brands and channels
• Support budget planning cycles with detailed financial analysis and scenario modelling
• Track budget variance analysis and provide recommendations for cost optimisation

Cross-Brand Analytics & Optimisation

• Analyse Cross-brand contact centre data, including contact volume patterns, trends, and drivers across all Group brands and channels
• Build predictive models for contact volumes incorporating seasonality, promotions, and business events
• Develop cross-brand benchmarking frameworks for performance, efficiency, and customer satisfaction
• Create unified reporting dashboards showing Group-wide contact centre performance and trends
• Analyse customer journey impacts on contact generation across different brand touchpoints
• Identify opportunities for economies of scale and shared service optimisation

Strategic forecasting & planning

• Produce long-term strategic forecasts for contact centre growth and evolution (1-3 year horizon)
• Model the impact of business initiatives, new product launches, and market expansion on contact volumes
• Analyse seasonal patterns and special events' impact across all brands for strategic planning
• Support strategic decisions on contact centre footprint, technology investments, and capability development
• Create scenario planning models for business growth, market changes, and operational scaling
• Develop capacity planning models linking customer growth projections to resource requirements

Performance Analytics & Insights 

• Develop Group-wide KPI frameworks and performance measurement systems
• Analyse agent productivity, efficiency metrics, and performance trends across brands
• Build customer satisfaction analytics linking CSAT/NPS to operational performance across channels
• Create executive dashboards and reports for senior leadership and brand management
• Conduct deep-dive analyses on operational challenges and improvement opportunities
• Monitor industry benchmarks and best practices for contact centre operations
• Build customer segmentations, enabling agents to make more informed decisions 

Data governance & collaboration

• Establish data standards and definitions for cross-brand contact centre analytics
• Collaborate with Senior Capacity Planner to ensure operational and strategic analytics alignment
• Partner with Finance teams on budget planning, cost allocation, and financial reporting
• Work with business unit teams to understand unique business drivers and operational requirements
• Ensure data quality and consistency across all brand contact centre systems
• Document analytical methodologies and maintain knowledge management systems
• Lead change management initiatives for cross-brand process standardisation

Qualifications and Experience:

• Postgraduate degree (Honours, Masters, or higher) in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Business Analytics or related quantitative field with a strong analytical and research methodologies foundation
• Professional certification in financial planning, business analysis, or data analytics
• Contact centre management or customer experience certification (advantageous)
• 5-7 years of experience in commercial analytics, customer experience analysis, or contact centre analytics with demonstrable impact on business outcomes
• Proven experience working with large, complex customer datasets and building predictive business models
• Background in customer service analytics, ticket analysis, contact centre performance measurement, or contact reduction initiatives
• Experience working with contact centre operations and understanding customer experience metrics
• Experience in multi-brand or complex organisational environments 
• E-commerce, retail, or digital marketplace customer service environment experience strongly preferred
• Proven track record in budget variance analysis and cost optimisation delivery
• Experience with growth target setting and performance accountability reporting
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally across teams, including customer service, finance, marketing and operations
• Experience leading analytical projects and influencing senior stakeholders
• Change management experience in implementing standardisation across multiple business units

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Required:

Financial & analytical skills:

• Advanced financial modelling and budget planning expertise
• Cost accounting and allocation methodology experience
• Forecasting and predictive modelling capabilities (time series, regression, scenario analysis)
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets with complex financial models and macros
• Advanced statistical forecasting techniques and hypothesis testing

Data & BI skills:

• Advanced SQL and R or Python
• Experience working with Google BigQuery (GBQ) and Looker (or similar platforms)
• Data visualisation and executive dashboard development
• Experience with large datasets and data warehouse environments

Business skills:

• Strategic planning and scenario modelling with long-term business impact assessment
• Cross-brand and multi-business analysis with standardisation and optimisation focus
• Executive presentation and communication skills with senior leadership influence capability
• Process improvement and optimisation methodologies
• Project management and stakeholder coordination across complex organisational structures
• Change management and process standardisation experience in multi-brand environments
• Industry knowledge of e-commerce customer service trends and best practices

Attributes Required:

• Advanced problem-solving abilities with strong diagnostic skills for root-cause analysis and hypothesis-driven investigation
• Deep understanding of contact centre data, business models, and operational metrics
• Strategic thinking capabilities linking analytical insights to business strategy and competitive advantage
• Ability to synthesise complex, multi-source data into actionable business recommendations
• Change management skills for implementing cross-brand standardisation and process improvements
• Understanding of customer journey analytics, omnichannel experience, and e-commerce customer behaviour
• Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive decision-making
• Cross-functional leadership capabilities with strong stakeholder management and consensus-building skills
• Executive presence and ability to communicate complex analytical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Strong documentation mindset with focus on process improvement, automation, and knowledge management
• Self-guided learner with strong prioritisation skills, attention to detail under pressure, and a deadline-driven approach
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining quality and accuracy standards
• Can-do attitude with high energy, bias toward action, and passion for brand excellence and customer satisfaction

The Environment: 

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 
• We are short on ego and high on output. 
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all. 
• We love what we do and what we are creating.
• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us! 

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Senior Data Analyst to join our team in Cape Town with a specific focus on Customer Experience.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment, and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the Group Head: Customer Insights and Engagement

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

Budget modelling & financial planning

• Develop and maintain comprehensive budget models for Takealot Group Contact Centre operations across all brands
• Create annual, quarterly, and monthly financial forecasts for contact centre costs and resource requirements
• Build cost allocation models distributing shared services across Takealot.com, Sellers, Mr D, TFS etc.
• Analyse cost per contact metrics and efficiency benchmarks across brands and channels
• Support budget planning cycles with detailed financial analysis and scenario modelling
• Track budget variance analysis and provide recommendations for cost optimisation

Cross-Brand Analytics & Optimisation

• Analyse Cross-brand contact centre data, including contact volume patterns, trends, and drivers across all Group brands and channels
• Build predictive models for contact volumes incorporating seasonality, promotions, and business events
• Develop cross-brand benchmarking frameworks for performance, efficiency, and customer satisfaction
• Create unified reporting dashboards showing Group-wide contact centre performance and trends
• Analyse customer journey impacts on contact generation across different brand touchpoints
• Identify opportunities for economies of scale and shared service optimisation

Strategic forecasting & planning

• Produce long-term strategic forecasts for contact centre growth and evolution (1-3 year horizon)
• Model the impact of business initiatives, new product launches, and market expansion on contact volumes
• Analyse seasonal patterns and special events' impact across all brands for strategic planning
• Support strategic decisions on contact centre footprint, technology investments, and capability development
• Create scenario planning models for business growth, market changes, and operational scaling
• Develop capacity planning models linking customer growth projections to resource requirements

Performance Analytics & Insights 

• Develop Group-wide KPI frameworks and performance measurement systems
• Analyse agent productivity, efficiency metrics, and performance trends across brands
• Build customer satisfaction analytics linking CSAT/NPS to operational performance across channels
• Create executive dashboards and reports for senior leadership and brand management
• Conduct deep-dive analyses on operational challenges and improvement opportunities
• Monitor industry benchmarks and best practices for contact centre operations
• Build customer segmentations, enabling agents to make more informed decisions 

Data governance & collaboration

• Establish data standards and definitions for cross-brand contact centre analytics
• Collaborate with Senior Capacity Planner to ensure operational and strategic analytics alignment
• Partner with Finance teams on budget planning, cost allocation, and financial reporting
• Work with business unit teams to understand unique business drivers and operational requirements
• Ensure data quality and consistency across all brand contact centre systems
• Document analytical methodologies and maintain knowledge management systems
• Lead change management initiatives for cross-brand process standardisation

Qualifications and Experience:

• Postgraduate degree (Honours, Masters, or higher) in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Business Analytics or related quantitative field with a strong analytical and research methodologies foundation
• Professional certification in financial planning, business analysis, or data analytics
• Contact centre management or customer experience certification (advantageous)
• 5-7 years of experience in commercial analytics, customer experience analysis, or contact centre analytics with demonstrable impact on business outcomes
• Proven experience working with large, complex customer datasets and building predictive business models
• Background in customer service analytics, ticket analysis, contact centre performance measurement, or contact reduction initiatives
• Experience working with contact centre operations and understanding customer experience metrics
• Experience in multi-brand or complex organisational environments 
• E-commerce, retail, or digital marketplace customer service environment experience strongly preferred
• Proven track record in budget variance analysis and cost optimisation delivery
• Experience with growth target setting and performance accountability reporting
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally across teams, including customer service, finance, marketing and operations
• Experience leading analytical projects and influencing senior stakeholders
• Change management experience in implementing standardisation across multiple business units

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Required:

Financial & analytical skills:

• Advanced financial modelling and budget planning expertise
• Cost accounting and allocation methodology experience
• Forecasting and predictive modelling capabilities (time series, regression, scenario analysis)
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets with complex financial models and macros
• Advanced statistical forecasting techniques and hypothesis testing

Data & BI skills:

• Advanced SQL and R or Python
• Experience working with Google BigQuery (GBQ) and Looker (or similar platforms)
• Data visualisation and executive dashboard development
• Experience with large datasets and data warehouse environments

Business skills:

• Strategic planning and scenario modelling with long-term business impact assessment
• Cross-brand and multi-business analysis with standardisation and optimisation focus
• Executive presentation and communication skills with senior leadership influence capability
• Process improvement and optimisation methodologies
• Project management and stakeholder coordination across complex organisational structures
• Change management and process standardisation experience in multi-brand environments
• Industry knowledge of e-commerce customer service trends and best practices

Attributes Required:

• Advanced problem-solving abilities with strong diagnostic skills for root-cause analysis and hypothesis-driven investigation
• Deep understanding of contact centre data, business models, and operational metrics
• Strategic thinking capabilities linking analytical insights to business strategy and competitive advantage
• Ability to synthesise complex, multi-source data into actionable business recommendations
• Change management skills for implementing cross-brand standardisation and process improvements
• Understanding of customer journey analytics, omnichannel experience, and e-commerce customer behaviour
• Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive decision-making
• Cross-functional leadership capabilities with strong stakeholder management and consensus-building skills
• Executive presence and ability to communicate complex analytical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Strong documentation mindset with focus on process improvement, automation, and knowledge management
• Self-guided learner with strong prioritisation skills, attention to detail under pressure, and a deadline-driven approach
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining quality and accuracy standards
• Can-do attitude with high energy, bias toward action, and passion for brand excellence and customer satisfaction

The Environment: 

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 
• We are short on ego and high on output. 
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all. 
• We love what we do and what we are creating.
• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us! 

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.

Our Company:

At impact.com we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading SaaS platform for businesses to automate their partnerships and grow their revenue like never before. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture where ambition and curiosity is rewarded. If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, and enjoy working with fun and talented people from all over the world, then this is the place for you!

impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. The company’s powerful, purpose-built platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with the brands and communities that customers trust to make purchases, get information, and entertain themselves at home, at work, or on the go. To learn more about how impact.com’s technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal, Fanatics and Levi’s, visit www.impact.com.

Your Role at impact.com:

Impact's analytics team is looking for a Senior Data Analyst ready to lead strategic analytical initiatives, apply rigorous decision science methods, and influence business decisions at the executive level. As the business grows, we increasingly rely on rigorous analysis, experimentation, and evidence-based recommendations to inform strategic decisions across the organisation.

As a Senior Data Analyst, you'll lead cross-functional analytical initiatives, apply structured analytical approaches to measure business impact, and translate complex findings into compelling executive narratives. You'll partner with stakeholders across product, operations, finance, and marketing to drive strategic decisions with measurable business outcomes. You'll work as part of a collaborative, globally distributed analytics team, partnering closely with Analytics Engineers, Data Platform Engineers, and stakeholders across Product, Operations, Finance, and Marketing. Our ideal candidate combines strong analytical skills with business acumen

What You'll Do:

• Lead cross-functional analytical initiatives spanning multiple business domains, delivering insights that directly influence strategic decisions.
• Conduct analysis of large, complex datasets to identify patterns, trends, correlations, and anomalies that drive business value.
• Design and apply experiments and causal inference methods to measure the impact of business changes rigorously and inform strategic decisions.
• Develop and maintain forecasting models, scenario analyses, and segmentation to support strategic planning and resource allocation.
• Design, develop, and maintain interactive dashboards and automated reports, ensuring they provide clear and actionable insights to stakeholders at all levels.
• Translate complex analytical findings into persuasive executive narratives and evidence-based recommendations with clear next steps and expected impact.
• Establish and enforce analytical standards that improve quality, rigour, and consistency across the analytics team.
• Mentor analysts across levels, building team capability and fostering a culture of analytical excellence.
• Facilitate cross-team consensus on analytical findings and methodology, navigating competing priorities and communicating trade-offs clearly.
• Define analytical requirements and validation criteria for data products; collaborate with analytics engineers to ensure production implementation meets analytical needs.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in data analysis or business intelligence
• Advanced SQL and strong Python or R programming skills
• Strong command of statistical methods including hypothesis testing, power analysis, confidence intervals, regression, and uncertainty quantification
• Experience with experimentation design, A/B testing, and causal inference methods such as difference-in-differences or propensity matching
• Strong data analysis, visualisation, and storytelling skills
• Experience with forecasting, segmentation, and analytical modelling
• Hands-on experience with data visualisation and BI tools such as Looker, Tableau, Power BI, or similar
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, or similar cloud analytics platforms
• Proven track record of influencing strategic decisions through analysis with measurable business outcomes
• Experience leading cross-functional analytical initiatives and managing analytics projects
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present to executive audiences
• Experience mentoring junior and mid-level analysts
• Proficiency with version control (Git) for reproducible, maintainable analytical work
• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field is a plus
• Experience in the digital marketing technology industry is a plus

Benefits:

• Hybrid, Casual work environment
• Responsible PTO policy
• Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both

• Training & Development
• Learning the advanced partnership automation products
• Medical Aid and Provident Fund 
• Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
• Group scheme for provident fund
• Restricted Stock Units
• 3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval
• Internet Allowance
• Fitness club fee reimbursementsTechnology stipend 
• Primary Caregiver Leave
• Mental  Health and Wellness Benefit - Including 12 Therapy/Coaching sessions + Dependent coverage 

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.

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Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Product Manager (On Demand Delivery Execution) to join our team.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Over 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com and 2.7 million on Mr D. Show them what you can do.
• Learn: We work with the best of the best. Work alongside leaders and upskill in record time.
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: Takealot.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here's your chance.

Who’s who in the tech space

The position reports to the Logistics Product Lead.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Define and drive the roadmap for features and services that power the on-demand logistics execution platform, supporting a network of 20,000 last-mile drivers operating in the network. This includes innovating and improving the back-end systems that enable seamless and scalable delivery execution.

• Work closely with engineering, design, operations, and executive teams to enhance driver and logistics systems. Collaborate with drivers and logistics stakeholders to ensure the product meets both operational and customer needs.
• Translate business needs into actionable and measurable projects; partner with business owners to understand their challenges and priorities, to translate these into initiatives that improve the on-demand delivery experience.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by evolving product management practices to suit the fast-paced, dynamic nature of on-demand logistics.
• Define and monitor key metrics (e.g., delivery times, driver utilization, cost per delivery) to inform product decisions. Use data to create compelling business cases for prioritizing initiatives.
• You will analyse and understand project scope and core objectives through requirements workshops with stakeholders to define business requirements
• Conduct workshops with stakeholders to elicit detailed functional requirements. Document these requirements (OKR & BRS) for engineering teams to create technical specifications.
• Collaborate with technical lead and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs.
• Work with technical leads and subject matter experts to align on the technical vision, balancing the operational trade-offs with usability, scalability, and performance.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including engineers, BI analysts, and UI designers, to deliver projects on time and within scope. Track project progress from concept to release, ensuring alignment with business goals.

• Evolve appropriate Product Management practices for a responsive, dynamic environment to foster cost-effective execution to commitments
• Collaborate with QA teams to review test plans and scripts, ensuring comprehensive coverage and high-quality product releases. Perform user acceptance testing to validate functionality.
• Project management by setting timelines, driving project schedules and leading cross-functional development teams from design through to release. This includes monitoring for slippage and/or updating timelines and adjusting for changing scopes of work or considering mitigation options.
• Understand your target “customer” - assess both drivers and end-users to ensure products deliver a seamless, efficient, and transparent experience..
• Performing user acceptance testing.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma (Information Systems/Computer Science/Engineering/Commerce) with at least 4 years of experience in product management, business analysis, or a related role, preferably driving large, company-wide initiatives (through projects or responsibilities)
• Experience in an agile/iterative project management and development environment is beneficial 
• Prior experience in logistics, on-demand delivery platforms, or e-commerce is highly preferred

 The skills we need:

• Execution skills: Demonstrated ability to define and execute a detailed product roadmap, particularly in the on-demand delivery or logistics space.
• On-demand platforms: An understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities in on-demand delivery, including real-time logistics, driver management, and operational efficiency.
• Solution-oriented: Proactive, accountable, and motivated to solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment.
• Data-driven approach: Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to inform decisions and measure success.
• Technical acumen: Familiarity with back-end systems, APIs, and technologies that support logistics execution, such as route optimization algorithms, real-time tracking, and trip allocation logic. Thorough knowledge of prevailing and emerging mobile and e-commerce trends and technologies.
• Stakeholder management: Exceptional organizational and communication skills to balance multiple priorities and align cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional communication skills
• Attention to detail: A meticulous approach to product development and the required documentation to support the successful assessment and execution of a detailed product initiative.
• Customer advocate: A strong focus on improving the experience for both drivers and customers.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab, and make something great.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini-golf, think good times).
• Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech of the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

Like what you see? 

If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.

Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS), a division of Takealot Online (RF) (Pty) Ltd, is looking for a highly talented Senior  Data Analyst to join our team in Cape Town.

Join Our Mission at Takealot Fulfilment Solutions | We Are TFS

Revolutionising e-commerce logistics in South Africa with cutting-edge technology and operational excellence. We deliver 30+ million orders annually, empowering businesses and driving economic growth.

Who We're Looking For:

Innovative, ambitious individuals ready to shape the future of e-commerce logistics. At TFS, "Uniquely You" meets "Powerfully Us", where your individuality strengthens our collective mission.

Why Join TFS:

• Purpose-driven impact: Transform lives through logistics innovation
• Advanced technology: Work with cutting-edge systems in a fast-paced environment
• Career growth: Thrive in an agile space that champions continuous improvement
• Inclusive culture: Your unique perspective drives extraordinary results
• A culture that celebrates individual uniqueness while championing the strength of togetherness. 
• Be part of creating sustainable, scalable solutions that make a difference across South Africa's e-commerce landscape.

At TFS, your growth is our growth. You'll be joining a team powered by Takealot Group's core values. 

This position reports to the Head of TFS Analytics.

Your responsibilities can include:

• Building and optimising models and reports using support tools i.e. Looker, Looker Studio, Dataform, Branch Dashboards, Weekly reports to inform operational decisions and drive improvement.
• Creating reports with focus areas for business improvement.
• Building dashboards to be used by the business for exception management.
• Identifying important variables and focus areas in the business.
• Analysing data to answer strategic and operational questions posed by the business.
• Automating data extraction and report update processes.
• Provide information to various stakeholders.
• Data Validation and integrity testing.
• Data Cleansing and data modelling.
• Provide information to various stakeholders.
• Collaborate with TFS managers and Franchise Managers to establish project plans while accounting for the trade-offs between operational practicality and overall performance.
• Provide significant support to TFS according to weekly goals and targeted metrics.
• Use weekly and monthly targets to manage day-to-day performance and inform operations for best impact.
• Regularly review and analyse key metrics in operations to identify root causes and formulate solutions to improve performance.
• Managing customer, branch, driver, and courier feedback into continuous performance improvement processes.

Technical Skills and Tools:

• Have worked with Automation and ETL software.
• Strong experience in building and optimising SQL scripts.
• Have a strong understanding of BI fundamentals.
• Implement version control using GIT.
• Implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Write technical documentation for APIs and libraries.
• Implement analytics and tracking features in applications.
• Design and implement database schemas.
• Optimize database queries and indexes for performance where needed.
• Implement error handling and logging mechanisms.
• Estimate story points and task durations for sprint planning.
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies.

Attributes required:

• Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions.
• Ability to identify areas of improvement in current processes.
• Ability to use logic and common sense to arrive at conclusions.
• Passion for understanding ambiguous, complex problems and driving high quality, innovative, clean solutions.
• Highly structured thinker with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Must have exceptional communication skills to help deliver insights to diverse stakeholders.
• Detail oriented, outcome and process focused.
• Willingness to learn and personal desire to keep up to date with technology and process.
• Comfortable with change and excellent team player.

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or Advanced Diploma in Engineering, Information Systems, BCom Computer Science or similar degree and 3 years experience in a BI, Data, Engineering role within a fast-paced, product-led, and growth-focused organisation, playing a key role in data gathering, data analysis and helping the team make data based decisions.
• In the event the candidate does not have a Bachelor’s degree or Advanced Diploma in Engineering, Information Systems, BCom Computer Science or similar then a relevant Higher Certificate and 6 years relevant experience in a BI, Data, Engineering role within a fast-paced, product-led, and growth-focused organisation, playing a key role in data gathering, data analysis and helping the team make data based decisions.
• Strong hands-on experience with SQL, ETL pipelines, Google BigQuery, AWS, Looker Studio, and Python.
• Automation - Cron Scheduling (Custom or 3rd party software scheduling).
• High level of proficiency with MS Office packages with proven advanced proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets, Docs & Slides.
• Experience with large datasets and optimisation on digital platforms.
• Retail or e-commerce and Supply Chain industry experience is beneficial.

Be part of the extraordinary. Be part of TFS. 

Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.

Our Company:

At impact.com we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading SaaS platform for businesses to automate their partnerships and grow their revenue like never before. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture where ambition and curiosity is rewarded. If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, and enjoy working with fun and talented people from all over the world, then this is the place for you!

impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. The company’s powerful, purpose-built platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with the brands and communities that customers trust to make purchases, get information, and entertain themselves at home, at work, or on the go. To learn more about how impact.com’s technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal and Fanatics visit www.impact.com.

Your Role at impact.com:

impact.com powers the partnership economy, helping brands and partners grow revenue through a modern SaaS platform used by thousands of companies globally. We're investing heavily in our data capabilities, and this role sits at the centre of how data powers our operations.We're looking for a Data Analytics Manager to build and scale our centralized analytics function. This is a senior player-coach role: you'll stay hands-on with deep analytical work while leading and developing a high-performing team of analysts. You'll shape the operating model, not just execute someone else's playbook. As Data Analytics Manager, you'll own the quality, consistency, and strategic impact of all analytical work produced by the Data Analyst team. You'll establish value-stream-aligned engagement patterns, drive Looker adoption and self-service maturity, and build analytical excellence through rigorous methodology, experimentation frameworks, and mentorship. You'll work on a modern cloud stack (BigQuery, dbt, Looker) with strong support from Analytics Engineering, who own the data platform and semantic layer. This role reports directly into senior leadership, with real visibility into how your work shapes company strategy. Our ideal candidate has deep analytical expertise, a track record of building teams, and the energy to create structure where little exists. This role is for someone who wants to build an analytics function that drives real business outcomes.

What You'll Do:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of data analysts, establishing clear career pathways, skill development priorities, and performance expectations.
• Establish and drive a value-stream-aligned operating model, ensuring analysts are embedded with business teams and delivering consistent, high-quality insights.
• Own analytical methodology and standards: how analysts approach problems, structure analyses, document work, and communicate insights.
• Drive Looker adoption and self-service analytics across the organisation, including governance frameworks, training cadences, and enablement materials.
• Partner closely with business stakeholders across operations, finance, marketing, product, and customer success to translate strategic questions into data-driven Recommendations.
• Build and maintain analytical frameworks, templates, and repeatable patterns for KPI design, insight narratives, and measurement reporting.
• Define and govern experimentation frameworks, covering A/B testing, causal inference approaches, and impact evaluation.
• Dig into complex, large-scale datasets using SQL, BigQuery, Looker, and Python to surface patterns, trends, and strategic opportunities.
• Collaborate with Analytics Engineering and Data Platform Engineering on semantic layer design, data quality, and pipeline improvements.
• Manage analyst capacity allocation and prioritisation across value streams within agreed engagement frameworks.

What You Have:

• 7+ years of experience in data analysis, business intelligence, or analytics, including 2+ years in a team leadership or management role
• Strong hands-on technical skills in SQL, Python or R, and modern BI tools (Looker, Tableau, or Power BI)
• Proven experience building and scaling analytics teams and establishing analytical methodologies and standards
• Deep understanding of statistical methods, experimentation design, causal inference, and forecasting
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, and cloud-native analytics tools
• Strong track record of partnering with business stakeholders to translate questions into actionable recommendations
• Experience designing and driving self-service analytics and BI adoption initiatives
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex findings for both technical and executive audiences
• Experience with data visualisation best practices and dashboard design
• Strong people management skills: coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career development
• Experience delivering analytical outcomes in a scaling SaaS environment with competing priorities across multiple business functions

Nice to Have:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Experience with product analytics concepts: cohort analysis, retention curves, user segmentation, and feature adoption measurement
• Familiarity with product analytics tooling (Amplitude, Mixpanel, or similar via SQL)
• Experience in the digital marketing technology or partnership/affiliate industry
• Comfort with ambiguity in data definitions and business logic, particularly in build-from-scratch environments
• Exposure to dbt or semantic layer tooling

Benefits:

• Hybrid, Casual work environment
• Responsible PTO policy
• Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both

• Primary caregiver leave
• Training & Development
• Learning the advanced partnership automation products
• Medical Aid and Provident Fund 
• Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
• Group scheme for provident fund
• Restricted Stock Units
• 3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval
• Internet Allowance
• Fitness club fee reimbursementsTechnology stipent
• Mental  Health and Wellness Benefit - Including 12 Therapy/Coaching sessions + Dependent coverage 

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.

Role Overview

Microsoft and InMobi have entered into a strategic partnership. As per this, InMobi Advertising will be the exclusive partner for Microsoft Advertising's search & display inventory. Microsoft Search Advertising empowers the largest advertisers around the world to reach their maximum potential through paid search engine marketing on the Microsoft Bing Ads platform. InMobi will be responsible for complete business management/transaction across Microsoft Advertising. 

As a Sales Manager in South Africa you are expected to drive new client acquisition and grow incremental revenue against a targeted list of high potential agencies and advertisers through continuous engagement. You are expected to continually build and maintain a pipeline of clients and agencies to be onboarded to the Microsoft Advertising platform. Collaborate with internal Account Managers and Strategy teams to develop quality customer plans targeted at revenue growth and customer satisfaction. Cultivating strategic client relationships, revenue generation and delivering customized search solutions will be key to your core function. Your success will be measured by specific key performance indicators focused on driving new customer acquisition, product adoption, emphasizing customer experience and optimizing opportunities.  

What is expected out of you?

In the first quarter:

• Understand the Microsoft Advertising Ecosystem in South Africa and collaborate with internal stakeholders.
• Leverage your current relationships in the advertising ecosystem to drive revenue conversations as well as open up new relationships in the industry
• You will be expected to build a healthy predictable pipeline of clients to initiate and successfully close partnership and onboarding discussions.
• Consistently create high value revenue-generating opportunities that will work towards delivering quota expectations.
• Lead regular, impactful engagements with key clients.
• Coordinate with the required teams to help achieve targets.

Second Quarter Onwards:

• Master and grow the activities initiated in the first quarter
• Grow Bing’s share of wallet by continuing to onboard new clients and agencies
• Strengthen relationships with key client and agency stakeholders like (budget decision makers, media planners and senior leadership)
• Collaborate with internal account managers and client poc's to ensure opportunities are leveraged effectively
• Continually strengthen your Search Industry expertise, take personal accountability for your career and personal development;
• Complete required and recommended trainings and apply what you learn to further your growth in role and career progression

Role requirement & expectation: 

• 8 years of work experience with 3+ years of online media sales/digital advertising experience
• Strong network of clientele in the South African marketplace, specifically Western Cape and an understanding of the key digital players (Brands, agencies etc.)
• Experience and ability to build a client base from scratch.
• Experience in lead generation, networking, and ad-agency relationship management.
• Experienced Digital media solution seller and talented in storytelling and delivering engaging presentations across all levels of leadership
• Ability to handle and manage key/strategic client relationships and revenue
• Ensure a strong metrics focused approach is applied in business planning and execution
• Proven ability to understand customer needs, create and deliver customized, customer-focused pitches and solutions
• Proven track record of exceptional performance, high productivity, communications skills, and meeting deadlines. Demonstrated ability to consistently meet or exceed revenue goals or targets
• Passion for technology as an enabler for company growth
• Effectively navigate through ambiguity and complexities related to client management
• Practice freedom with responsibility, entrepreneurial mindset and thought leadership.
• Possess excellent communication skills providing transparency and enabling information radiators
• Travel to meet and strengthen partnerships with new and existing clients.

Preferred:

• Search Engine Marketing Experience
• Understanding of the Digital Ecosystem
• Ad Sales Experience

Location:

Cape Town

Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group, is looking for a highly talented Senior Insights Manager to join our team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us! 

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do 
• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. 
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: Takealot.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.

Reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer, your responsibilities will include:

Key responsibilities / accountabilities: 

• Customer Insights:

  Develop and execute on  Consumer Insight - drive insights that will assist with various marketing strategies and ensure that they stay aligned with the business’s overall objectives including but not limited to converting new shoppers, increasing shopper engagement, retention, reactivation etc. : 

  • Data analysis and reporting:
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (BI & Analytics, Merchandising, Marketing, Product) to ensure alignment with customer data and insights.
  • Collect and analyze customer data from various sources, including App events, transactional data, customer surveys & reviews.
  • Identify trends and patterns in customer behavior and preferences.
  • Segment the customer base to create targeted marketing campaigns and personalized experiences.
  • Utilize data analytics tools and software (Google Big Query, Looker, Excel, Braze, Firebase) to extract actionable insights.
  • Create and present regular reports (and dashboards) to senior management, highlighting key insights and recommendations.
  • Develop and maintain performance marketing benchmarks to assess the effectiveness of campaigns and strategies.
  • Identify opportunities & strategies focused on: 
  • high-value customer growth & retention
  • Reactivation of dormant customers
  • Activation of unconverted users
  • Market Research:
  • Conduct ad-hoc market research to understand industry trends, competitor activities, and customer preferences
  • Monitor market conditions and provide recommendations for adapting to changes in the competitive landscape.
  • Manage various ongoing brand trackers. 
  • Customer Insights:
  • Utilize customer feedback, surveys, and behavioral data to gain insights into customer needs and preferences.
  • Collaborate with customer support and marketing teams to improve the customer experience.

Qualifications and experience: 

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma and 5+ years technical experience within Marketing.
• 3-4 years of experience in a marketing management position
• 5+ years experience in using BI reporting tools (e.g. Looker, QlikView, Tableau, Microsoft BI, etc.)
• Proven experience in data analysis, preferably with a focus on customers.
• SQL experience will be beneficial.
• Familiarity with performance metrics, KPIs, and digital marketing is advantageous.
• High proficiency in working with large data sets and business models
• Retail or e-commerce industry experience beneficial

Skills and abilities: 

• Experience with Python, R beneficial, but not required
• Strong analytical mindset with a passion for working with data.
• Ability to derive customer need and behaviour from data
• Ability to anticipate, identify, and define problems and seek root causes
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to collaborate with other members of formal and informal groups in the pursuit of common missions, vision, values, and mutual goals.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities

Let’s talk about life @ Mr D

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.
• Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on Prosus Academy and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere. 
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to). 

Like what you see? 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Mr D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented On-Demand Analytics Planner to join our Marketplace team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people to join us.  We offer market-related benefits, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t get bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This role combines inventory planning, data analysis, and process optimisation to support our fast-paced on-demand services operations. The role is responsible for ensuring efficient inventory replenishment across our dark store network, whilst leveraging data analytics to drive informed decision-making and continuous process improvements.

Your responsibilities will include:

Inventory Planning & Management (70%)

Develop, maintain and optimise replenishment limiting and recommendation systems to ensure stock levels don’t exceed capacities, while maximising key line availability across all regional warehouses.

• Monitor inventory levels and manage the replenishment process to maintain continuous product availability.
• Analyse sales data and inventory reports to forecast needs and adjust inventory levels accordingly.
• Accurately forecast stock levels and fulfilment volumes for budget and operational planning purposes.

Maintain replenishment level controls and clearance processes to adhere to stock plans.

• Act as primary point of contact for DC operations, inbound and supply chain.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their reporting and data analysis needs, collaborate with BI and analytics teams to produce and improve reporting and monitoring.

Process Optimisation & Problem-Solving (30%)

• Identify systematic inefficiencies and develop process improvements.
• Develop and implement automated processes whenever possible.
• Participate in cross-functional team meetings to discuss operational issues and develop solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across planning and operational processes.

Attributes:

• Essential: Strong SQL skills for database querying and data manipulation
• Essential: Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite/Google Workspace (particularly Excel/Sheets)
• Familiarity with GBQ (Google BigQuery) preferred

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Engineering, Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• 1-3 years of experience in technical system design, maintenance and implementation.
• Experience working with data analysis tools:   KNIME / alteryx / dataform or other ETL software equivalent.

We seek to Employ an Extraordinary Mind who:

• is respectful but forthright
• is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
• is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
• is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
• is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
• is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
• is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
• is curious and challenge the status quo
• is innovative and enjoys iteration
• is collaborative
• will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com
• thinks like an owner of the business
• is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind, so come and join us!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference

About impact.com

impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products—Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)—unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.

About the Role

We're seeking a Senior Data Scientist specializing in Product Data Quality to join our Cape Town Data Science team. In this role, you'll own the analytical and technical foundation of product data quality across our ecosystem—spanning catalog hygiene, transaction matching, classification modeling, deduplication, and global product identity. You'll work across both the structured catalog universe and the messier, larger-scale sales transaction universe, building models and infrastructure that power search, recommendations, and business intelligence. This is a high-impact role that demands both analytical depth and strong engineering capabilities: you'll take models from research to production, build scalable data pipelines, and create the monitoring infrastructure that makes our product data foundation trustworthy and continuously improving. Your work will directly influence search relevance, recommendation quality, match rates, and reporting accuracy across the business.

Core Responsibilities

Product classification & taxonomy modeling

• Develop, deploy, and maintain ML models for automated product categorization and taxonomy assignment across hierarchical category structures.
• Improve classification accuracy through feature engineering (text, attributes, embeddings), model iteration, and robust evaluation on both catalog and sales transaction data.
• Monitor production model performance; identify and remediate misclassification patterns that impact search, recommendations, and reporting.
• Collaborate with category experts and Product teams to refine taxonomy definitions, handle edge cases, and adapt to new product types.

Catalog & sales universe data quality

• Conduct deep-dive analyses into catalog completeness, consistency, and correctness across retailers, categories, and product attributes.
• Own data quality analytics for the sales transaction universe—a larger, messier dataset than catalog—measuring match rates, diagnosing gaps (unmatched transactions, misattributed products), and identifying systematic failures.
• Define and track catalog and transaction health KPIs (attribute coverage, schema compliance, match rates, GPID coverage, freshness); identify root causes and drive remediation.
• Build monitoring systems and dashboards to track data quality trends across retailers, categories, and time periods.

Global Product ID (GPID) coverage & matching

• Assess GPID (GTIN/UPC/EAN) coverage and accuracy across both catalog and sales transaction data; identify gaps by category, retailer, and brand.
• Build and improve matching algorithms to link sales transactions to catalog products, handling missing GPIDs, naming inconsistencies, and category misclassification.
• Quantify the impact of GPID enrichment and matching improvements on search, deduplication, and reporting accuracy.
• Partner with external data providers and brands to improve GPID coverage and resolve identifier conflicts.

Deduplication & entity resolution

• Identify product variants (size, color, packaging) and duplicates within and across retailer catalogs using clustering, entity resolution, embeddings, and similarity-based techniques.
• Build scalable deduplication pipelines that handle catalog and transaction data at scale; define patterns, heuristics, and ML-based approaches for variant grouping.
• Measure the impact of deduplication on search quality, recommendation accuracy, and reporting; iterate on models to reduce false positives and improve precision.
• Support Data Engineering and Platform teams in productionizing deduplication and entity linking infrastructure.

Manufacturer data quality & brand engagement

• Evaluate the consistency and accuracy of manufacturer-level attributes (brand name, MPN, manufacturer identifiers) across catalogs and transactions.
• Detect systemic issues at the brand and retailer level; build scorecards and engage brands (via the Tiger Team) to drive data quality improvements.
• Create feedback loops to measure manufacturer data quality and track progress on remediation initiatives.

Product search & retrieval infrastructure

• Research and prototype improvements to product search and retrieval pipelines, including vector search, semantic similarity, and embedding-based matching.
• Explore and implement vector database infrastructure (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate) to support fast, scalable product retrieval and similarity search.
• Contribute to the design and optimization of retrieval pipelines that combine text, attributes, and embeddings for search and recommendations.
• Evaluate search relevance and ranking quality; iterate on indexing strategies, query preprocessing, and re-ranking models.

Product graph & relational modeling

• Build and maintain product graph infrastructure that captures relationships between products, variants, brands, categories, retailers, and transactions.
• Use graph-based techniques (community detection, link analysis, centrality) to identify product families, detect duplicates, and surface insights on product hierarchies.
• Partner with Data Platform teams to design scalable graph storage and query patterns (e.g., Neo4j, graph extensions in BigQuery).

Insights, monitoring & reporting

• Systematically identify, classify, and prioritize product data quality issues; create clear summaries, visualizations, and actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
• Build and maintain dashboards and recurring reports for key product data KPIs (match rates, GPID coverage, duplicate rates, classification accuracy, attribute completeness).
• Establish alerting and anomaly detection systems to proactively surface data quality degradation and model performance issues.

Engineering & production deployment

• Take models and analytics prototypes from POC to production, with or without engineering partnership—owning deployment, testing, monitoring, and iteration.
• Build robust, scalable data pipelines and ML workflows using production-grade tools and best practices (versioning, CI/CD, testing, observability).
• Collaborate with MLOps and Data Engineering teams to ensure production readiness: reliability, latency, drift monitoring, and SLOs.

Qualifications

Required

• Experience: 5+ years in data science, ML engineering, or analytics engineering, with at least 2+ years focused on product data, catalog quality, entity resolution, search/retrieval, or e-commerce/marketplace analytics.
• Engineering strength: Proven ability to build production-grade data pipelines and deploy ML models independently; strong software engineering fundamentals (code quality, testing, version control, CI/CD).
• Data quality expertise: Demonstrated experience analyzing and improving large-scale structured data quality (completeness, consistency, accuracy, deduplication, entity resolution).
• ML & classification experience: Track record building and deploying classification models, ranking systems, or search/retrieval pipelines in production.
• Technical skills:
• Strong Python and SQL; proficiency with ML libraries (scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, PyTorch/TensorFlow) and data manipulation tools (pandas, PySpark).
• Experience with entity resolution, fuzzy matching, clustering, embeddings, and similarity-based techniques (Levenshtein distance, cosine similarity, nearest-neighbor search).
• Familiarity with production ML workflows (model versioning, monitoring, evaluation, retraining, A/B testing).
• Experience with data profiling, anomaly detection, and exploratory analysis at scale.
• Analytical rigor: Strong foundation in statistics and ML; ability to design experiments, validate models, interpret results, and communicate insights with business context.
• Stakeholder collaboration: Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and business teams; ability to translate technical work into actionable recommendations.
• Education: Bachelor's in a quantitative field (CS, Statistics, Math, Engineering, or similar); Master's/PhD preferred.

Preferred / Nice to have

• Experience with vector search and embeddings (sentence transformers, OpenAI embeddings, BERT-based models) and vector databases (FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, pgvector).
• Familiarity with search and retrieval systems (Elasticsearch, Solr, semantic search, BM25, hybrid ranking) and understanding how data quality impacts relevance.
• Experience with graph databases and graph analytics (Neo4j, NetworkX, graph algorithms for clustering and link prediction).
• Knowledge of NLP techniques for product data (text classification, named entity recognition, attribute extraction, title/description parsing, semantic similarity).
• Experience with multimodal modeling (combining text, images, and structured attributes for classification or retrieval).
• Familiarity with global product identifiers (GTIN/UPC/EAN, MPN, SKU hierarchies) and standards organizations (GS1, GDSN).
• Experience with deduplication and record linkage at scale (blocking strategies, probabilistic matching, hierarchical clustering).
• Familiarity with GCP tools (BigQuery, Vertex AI, Dataflow, Cloud Run, Looker) and/or Databricks/Spark for large-scale processing and deployment.
• Exposure to master data management (MDM) or data governance practices in product or catalog contexts.
• Experience with recommendation systems or understanding how product data quality impacts personalization and ranking.

What sets you apart

• Product data obsession: You care deeply about data quality and understand how poor catalog hygiene cascades into user experience, business reporting, and operational inefficiencies.
• Engineering mindset: You don't just build prototypes—you ship them. You write clean, tested, production-ready code and can own the full lifecycle from research to deployment.
• Detective instincts: You love digging into messy data, finding patterns, and uncovering root causes—whether it's a systematic retailer issue, a subtle duplicate cluster, or a classification edge case.
• Pragmatic prioritization: You balance comprehensiveness with impact, focusing on the 20% of issues that drive 80% of quality problems and business value.
• Search & retrieval intuition: You understand how product data powers search and recommendations, and you know how to build infrastructure (embeddings, vector DBs, graphs) that makes these systems work at scale.
• Stakeholder fluency: You translate messy data findings into clear, actionable recommendations and build trust with brands, retailers, Product, and Engineering teams.
• Comfort with ambiguity: You thrive in evolving data ecosystems, defining your own quality metrics and technical roadmaps when the problem space is still being shaped.

Benefits and Perks: 

At impact.com, we believe that when you’re happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That’s why we’ve built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

• Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
• Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
• A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
• Investing in Your Growth: We’re committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
• Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
• Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.

About us: 

Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.

Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards.

Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.

About the team: 

The Data community at Luno, comprising Data Engineers, Scientists and Analysts, uncovers valuable insights from the vast amounts of data we gather from our customers and platform. These insights are crucial for guiding our product development and business strategy.

As a Product Data Scientist joining Luno, you would be part of the Product Analytics team providing high quality insights into our product through experimentation and advanced analytics.

Our current technology stack includes Databricks, Thoughtspot, Amplitude and Segment.

The role in a nutshell:

As we accelerate on our mission to put crypto in everyone’s hands, your role is to use data and insights to drive better product decisions and influence the Luno product strategy. This will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams to find, size, prioritise, evaluate and iterate on problems and opportunities to enhance our product. 

This is a hands-on product analytics role focused on experimentation, customer behaviour and data-informed decision-making. While there may be opportunities to apply modelling or machine learning techniques for specific use cases, this is not a production ML-focused role.

Your mission will be:

• Partner with cross-functional product teams including Product Managers, Designers and Engineers to provide product analytics for data-informed decisions.
• Partner with product and marketing teams to evaluate and optimise growth initiatives across acquisition, activation, retention and re-engagement.
• Empower teams with the data, tools and skills required to prioritise initiatives and shape the product roadmap.
• Design and implement event tracking data to unlock actionable insights.
• Define, understand, and test opportunities and levers to improve the product through insights and recommendations.
• Partner with product and marketing teams to design high-quality experiments, interpret results and ensure learnings translate into action.
• Apply analytical techniques such as segmentation, funnel and cohort analysis to deeply understand customer behaviours and journeys.
• Use data and analytics to inform, influence and support execution of the product strategy.

A little about you:

• You enjoy using data to understand complex customer behaviour and turn ambiguity into clear, actionable insights.
• You approach problems in a structured way, forming hypotheses, testing assumptions and iterating based on evidence.
• You’re comfortable influencing product and growth decisions without direct ownership, using data, clear reasoning and storytelling.
• You can balance speed and analytical rigour, knowing when fast, directional insight is more valuable than perfectly polished analysis.
• You communicate confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, adapting your message to your audience.
• You enjoy collaborating with cross-functional partners and value collective outcomes over individual credit.
• You’re curious by nature and motivated to keep learning as tools, techniques and the data landscape evolve.

The ideal Lunaut will have:

• Typically 3+ years of experience in a data, analytics or product analytics role.
• A strong foundation in quantitative disciplines such as Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or Economics (degree or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience partnering with cross-functional product teams to influence product direction, prioritisation and decision-making using data.
• Demonstrable experience designing, analysing and interpreting experiments (e.g. A/B tests) in a product environment.
• Hands-on experience working with event-level product data to understand customer behaviour and journeys.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases.
• Experience using data visualisation and BI tools (e.g. Thoughtspot or similar) to communicate insights.
• Working proficiency in Python (or similar) for analysis and statistical work.
• The ability to translate ambiguous business problems into clear analytical questions and actionable insights.
• Confidence communicating data-driven insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfort operating in fast-moving, evolving environments and adapting your approach as context changes.
• An interest in crypto and financial products, and curiosity to learn more about the space.

Life at Luno:

• Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
• Plus the option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
• Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance
• Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development
• 6 months primary care-giver leave
• Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
• Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave which increases based on your length of service! 
• A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events and virtual cooking, dancing, drawing and house planting classes hosted by our Lunauts
• 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start.*

*Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

#LI-DNI

RETENTION STRATEGIST

Our Mission is to be able to say - "Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price"

We are seeking a Driven and Results-Oriented Retention Strategist to join our team.

The Retention Strategist at Common Thread Collective (CTC) plays a critical leadership role in guiding our clients toward sustainable and scalable growth. This position is all about owning ensuring revenue is delivered predictably for the business through retention marketing efforts —using data-backed insights to build forecasts, shape strategic direction, and ensure consistent performance delivery. At CTC, your expertise is invaluable, covering the elements of CTC's strategic forecasting methods and the foundational principles of retention marketing.

Your role isn't limited to email strategy—you're a key partner to our clients on Customer Retention. You proactively communicate the rationale behind our approach and connect the dots between forecasts and the emails/sms/direct mail etc that are sent out. That level of clarity builds confidence and deepens trust, ensuring our clients feel supported and understood every step of the way.

You stand as a zealous advocate and representative of CTC's unique approach to retention and its accompanying tools.

 As a Retention Strategist, you lead with precision and vision, ensuring that every initiative meets the highest standards of execution and effectiveness.

You thrive on challenges, take ownership of outcomes, and are committed to building, optimizing, and scaling high-performance marketing strategies. We embrace the mantra, "Everyday in Everyplay, Count on Me," meaning we take full responsibility, drive excellence, and always deliver results.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values.

We recognize these values aren't for everyone.

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

Minimum Experience Requirement  

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in email and SMS marketing, with proven execution across campaigns, automations, segmentation, and optimization.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in retention marketing, owning initiatives that drive predictable revenue, customer lifetime value, and ongoing lifecycle improvements

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Growth strategist, Meta/Google/Channel Media Buyer and Creative Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas and other tracking tools.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophit system for your clients
• Building an Email Forecast for your clients
  • Utilizing a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required during analysis of past campaigns and flows etc
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Monthly Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each month, and determine additional resources required to meet KPIs.
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it's time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you've found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC's Email and SMS best practices
• Leverage tools like memberships, subscriptions, loyalty programs, popups, quizzes, cart drawers, post-purchase upsell tools, direct mail and more, to impact retention metrics.
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and deploying additional resources, or updating strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Projected Targets.
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring deliverables are on-brand 100% of the time, in collaboration with designers and copywriters.
• Ensuring that automations, campaigns and any other retention tool has the correct technical setups and work in tandem to achieve desired business outcomes
• Ensuring alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophit system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on Retention goals aligned with revenue goals on the Growth Map and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every week of the month.
• Providing weekly updates via Slack.
• Report where required, collaborating with Growth Strategists and Media Buyers.
  
  

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement.
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams.
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, copywriting, email/sms marketing etc.

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Retention, Growth and elements of finance to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophit system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance of retention, far beyond the email/sms platform, referring to the Prophit system's Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in email and sms marketing to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, email production and execution.
• Meet all deadlines and retention requirements requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

DOMAIN

MANAGEMENT

• Your supervisor would be Josh Tay, The Director of Retention. 
• As a Retention Strategist, you'll report directly to Josh — a leader known for challenging the norms of retention marketing and alignment with real business growth. Josh is known by his team, and all he’s worked with before, as someone who will make you level up in your thinking. Every team member has walked away being a better retention strategist after working with Josh, that’s his promise to you, no matter if you’ve worked with him for 1 month, 1 year or 5 years

Working under Josh’s guidance will push you to your limits in the best possible way. He models the value of “do whatever it takes to be the absolute best”, and learning from him means you’ll level up in knowledge, perspective and precision. Josh is committed to personally ensuring you reach your full potential as a Retention Strategist, supporting your journey every step of the way.

JOB SCOPE

• Oversee the profitable growth of retention channels, including but not limited to email, sms, direct mail, popups and push notifications. Where required, you may work within subscription, membership, loyalty programs and more.
• Write briefs and ensure the rest of the team is able to execute on it
• Complete reports with a high degree of accuracy, checking against multiple data points
• Analyse metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of retention efforts, providing insights and recommendations for improvements, with Statlas and the Growth Map as your guide.
• Collaborate with design, content and any other relevant teams to create compelling and engaging email content, ensuring brand consistency and messaging alignment.
• Ensure the timely delivery of relevant deliverables (emails, sms etc), which includes effective internal project management and management of clients and their teams.
• Stay updated with industry trends, new features, and best practices in retention marketing to continuously optimize performance.
• This is a client-facing role. So you must be able to consult clients and solve business problems, far beyond the email platform.
• Prioritize the development of relational equity with your team and clients to foster lasting relationships for the continued growth of CTC and our client businesses.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First 30 days – $1.5K (Part-time transition phase)

  • Give notice at your current job (if applicable)

  • Participate in daily training for the first 15 days

  • Shadow and support ongoing accounts during the next 15 days while preparing to take on your own clients

  Days 31–60 – $3K (Full-time start)

  • Transition to full-time

  • Begin managing your first 3 client accounts independently

  Days 61–90 – $4–5K + performance bonuses

  • Continue growing your portfolio

  • Earn bonuses based on hitting revenue targets

  •  Negotiate your term contract annually

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
  • Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
  • Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
  • With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress
• My Commitment to You:
  • You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and get recognized by the world for your expertise. You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression.
  • We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you're consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

LIFECYCLE MARKETING STRATEGIST

Our Mission is to be able to say - "Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price"

We are looking for a highly motivated and results-focused Lifecycle Marketing Strategist to join our team.

In this role at Common Thread Collective (CTC), you will serve as a key strategic leader, helping guide our clients toward long-term, scalable growth. Your mission is to ensure predictable and consistent revenue through lifecycle marketing initiatives—leveraging data-driven insights to create forecasts, shape strategic plans, and maintain reliable performance.  At CTC, your expertise is invaluable, covering the elements of CTC's strategic forecasting methods and the foundational principles of retention marketing.

Your responsibilities extend far beyond email execution—you act as a trusted partner to our clients in all areas of customer lifecycle strategy. You clearly articulate the reasoning behind our recommendations, bridging the gap between forecasts and the email, SMS, direct mail, and other lifecycle touchpoints we deploy. Your ability to explain the “why” strengthens client confidence and builds a deeper sense of partnership

You also serve as a dedicated champion of CTC’s distinctive lifecycle approach and the tools that power it.

As a Lifecycle Marketing Strategist, you lead with clarity and intention, ensuring that every initiative is executed with excellence and aligned with client goals

You are energized by complex challenges, take full ownership of outcomes, and commit to designing, refining, and scaling high-impact lifecycle marketing strategies. We operate with the mindset: “Everyday in Every Play, Count on Me”—meaning we uphold accountability, pursue mastery, and consistently deliver meaningful results.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values.

We recognize these values aren't for everyone.

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

Minimum Experience Requirement  

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in email and SMS marketing, with proven execution across campaigns, automations, segmentation, and optimization.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in retention marketing, owning initiatives that drive predictable revenue, customer lifetime value, and ongoing lifecycle improvements

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Growth strategist, Meta/Google/Channel Media Buyer and Creative Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas and other tracking tools.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophit system for your clients
• Building an Email Forecast for your clients
  • Utilizing a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required during analysis of past campaigns and flows etc
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Monthly Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each month, and determine additional resources required to meet KPIs.
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it's time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you've found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC's Email and SMS best practices
• Leverage tools like memberships, subscriptions, loyalty programs, popups, quizzes, cart drawers, post-purchase upsell tools, direct mail and more, to impact retention metrics.
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and deploying additional resources, or updating strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Projected Targets.
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring deliverables are on-brand 100% of the time, in collaboration with designers and copywriters.
• Ensuring that automations, campaigns and any other retention tool has the correct technical setups and work in tandem to achieve desired business outcomes
• Ensuring alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophit system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on Retention goals aligned with revenue goals on the Growth Map and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every week of the month.
• Providing weekly updates via Slack.
• Report where required, collaborating with Growth Strategists and Media Buyers.
  
  

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement.
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams.
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, copywriting, email/sms marketing etc.

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Retention, Growth and elements of finance to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophit system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance of retention, far beyond the email/sms platform, referring to the Prophit system's Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in email and sms marketing to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, email production and execution.
• Meet all deadlines and retention requirements requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

DOMAIN

MANAGEMENT

• Your supervisor would be Josh Tay, The Director of Retention. 
• As a Lifecycle Marketing Strategist, you'll report directly to Josh — a leader known for challenging the norms of retention marketing and alignment with real business growth. Josh is known by his team, and all he’s worked with before, as someone who will make you level up in your thinking. Every team member has walked away being a better Lifecycle Marketing Strategist after working with Josh, that’s his promise to you, no matter if you’ve worked with him for 1 month, 1 year or 5 years

Working under Josh’s guidance will push you to your limits in the best possible way. He models the value of “do whatever it takes to be the absolute best”, and learning from him means you’ll level up in knowledge, perspective and precision. Josh is committed to personally ensuring you reach your full potential as a Lifecycle Marketing Strategist, supporting your journey every step of the way.

JOB SCOPE

• Oversee the profitable growth of retention channels, including but not limited to email, sms, direct mail, popups and push notifications. Where required, you may work within subscription, membership, loyalty programs and more.
• Write briefs and ensure the rest of the team is able to execute on it
• Complete reports with a high degree of accuracy, checking against multiple data points
• Analyse metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of retention efforts, providing insights and recommendations for improvements, with Statlas and the Growth Map as your guide.
• Collaborate with design, content and any other relevant teams to create compelling and engaging email content, ensuring brand consistency and messaging alignment.
• Ensure the timely delivery of relevant deliverables (emails, sms etc), which includes effective internal project management and management of clients and their teams.
• Stay updated with industry trends, new features, and best practices in retention marketing to continuously optimize performance.
• This is a client-facing role. So you must be able to consult clients and solve business problems, far beyond the email platform.
• Prioritize the development of relational equity with your team and clients to foster lasting relationships for the continued growth of CTC and our client businesses.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First 30 days – $1.5K (Part-time transition phase)

  • Give notice at your current job (if applicable)

  • Participate in daily training for the first 15 days

  • Shadow and support ongoing accounts during the next 15 days while preparing to take on your own clients

  Days 31–60 – $3K (Full-time start)

  • Transition to full-time

  • Begin managing your first 3 client accounts independently

  Days 61–90 – $4–5K + performance bonuses

  • Continue growing your portfolio

  • Earn bonuses based on hitting revenue targets

  •  Negotiate your term contract annually

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
  • Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
  • Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
  • With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress
• My Commitment to You:
  • You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and get recognized by the world for your expertise. You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression.
  • We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you're consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

SENIOR MEDIA BUYER

Our Mission is to be able to say - “Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price”

We’re looking for a results-driven and experienced Senior Media Buyer to join our team.

As a Senior Media Buyer at Common Thread Collective (CTC), you will be instrumental in driving client success through strategic media buying, precision optimization, and data-driven forecasting. You will lead the development of accurate, insight-driven forecasts, ensuring that every strategy is executed seamlessly to transform projections into tangible, scalable growth for our clients. Your actions and decisions consistently resonate with the core values of CTC Global, serving as a beacon for these principles. At CTC, your trained expertise is invaluable, covering the entire spectrum of CTC’s Strategic Forecasting methods and the foundational principles of media acquisition.

Your role goes beyond delivering measurable business outcomes—you will be a proactive partner in client success, maintaining clear and transparent communication about performance, strategy adjustments, and key optimizations. This ongoing engagement builds trust, strengthens client relationships, and positions CTC as a strategic leader in performance marketing.

You stand as a representative and zealous advocate for CTC's unique approach to media acquisition and its accompanying tools.
As a Senior Media Buyer, you set a high standard, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and a results-focused approach.

You thrive in fast-paced environments, take ownership of performance outcomes, and are committed to continuous learning and innovation. We embrace the mantra, “Everyday in Everyplay, Count on Me,” meaning we take responsibility, execute with excellence, and see strategies through to success.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business. 

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values. 

We recognize these values aren't for everyone. 

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Google strategist, Creative Strategist, and Email Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophet system for your clients
• Building a Growth Forecast for your clients
  • Building a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required for the Map
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Daily Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each day to adjust them to meet KPIs
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it’s time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you’ve found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC’s Meta best practices
• Build campaigns using our structure and best practices
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and adjusting budgets and strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Daily Projected Targets
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring you are within a 5% Delta to the Forecast
• Ensuring daily alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophet system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on the Growth Map goals and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every day of the week.
• Providing weekly updates on the Weekly Strategy Call.

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, business operations, retail, finance, media buying, etc

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Finance and Marketing sides of a business to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of the kick off, enabling precise execution of the Prophet system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance within a 5% delta across the Prophet system’s Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in media buying to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning daily on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, media buying decisions, and system execution.
• Meet all deadlines and budget requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

DOMAIN

MANAGEMENT

• Your supervisor would be Joy Sharma, The Director of the CTC Accelerator Program. 
• You’ll report directly to Joy Sharma—a leader known for his relentless pursuit of excellence and an unmatched passion for growth strategy. Joy is a rare mentor, often described as the closest you’ll come to learning directly from Taylor Holiday himself. With a career built on his own rigorous, self-driven learning, Joy has transformed numerous team members into top-tier strategists, instilling in them the values of dedication, precision, and continuous improvement.

Working under Joy's guidance will push you to your limits in the best possible way. He models the value of hard work, and learning from him feels like “drinking from a firehose”—you’ll absorb knowledge quickly and consistently, experiencing tremendous growth. Joy is committed to personally ensuring you reach your full potential as a Senior Media Buyer, supporting your journey every step of the way.

ORIENTATION

• This role will be client-facing.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First month: $2,000 
• Second month: $4,000
• Third month (on average): $7,000 a month
• 1st Year Annual Range: $64,000-$76,000
• 2nd Year Annual Range: $100,000-$120,000

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
• Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
• Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
• With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress.
• My Commitment to You:
• You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and “make more than you ever have.” You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression. 
• We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you’re consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

HEAD OF GROWTH MARKETING

Our Mission is to be able to say - “Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price”

We’re looking for a Highly Motivated & Hard-Working Head of Growth Marketing to join the team.

As a Head of Growth Marketing, you will be at the heart of crafting data-driven forecasts and executing strategies that push our clients toward their goals. Your actions and initiatives consistently resonate with the core values of CTC Global, serving as a beacon for these principles. At CTC, your trained expertise is invaluable, covering the entire spectrum of CTC’s Strategic Forecasting methods and the foundational principles of media acquisition. 

Your role extends past strategy alone, it’s also about fostering strong client relationships by clearly communicating the steps taken and how results compare to projections. This ongoing transparency builds trust and strengthens the connection between CTC and its clients, helping them navigate the nuances of media buying and long-term growth planning.

You stand as a representative and dedicated advocate for CTC's distinctive approach to media acquisition and its accompanying tools. As a Head of Growth Marketing, you are held to a high standard. People know that if you are involved, things will get accomplished.

You thrive on challenges, are committed to delivering measurable results, and take great pride in giving it your all. We embrace the mantra, 'Everyday in Everyplay, Count on Me,' meaning that you can see things through to the end!

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business. 

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values. 

We recognize these values aren't for everyone. 

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Google strategist, Creative Strategist, and Email Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophet system for your clients
• Building a Growth Forecast for your clients
  • Building a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required for the Map
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Daily Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each day to adjust them to meet KPIs
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it’s time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you’ve found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC’s Meta best practices
• Build campaigns using our structure and best practices
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and adjusting budgets and strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Daily Projected Targets
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring you are within a 5% Delta to the Forecast
• Ensuring daily alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophet system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on the Growth Map goals and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every day of the week.
• Providing weekly updates on the Weekly Strategy Call.

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, business operations, retail, finance, media buying, etc

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Finance and Marketing sides of a business to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of the kick off, enabling precise execution of the Prophet system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance within a 5% delta across the Prophet system’s Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in media buying to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning daily on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, media buying decisions, and system execution.
• Meet all deadlines and budget requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

DOMAIN

MANAGEMENT

• Your supervisor would be Joy Sharma, The Director of the CTC Accelerator Program. 
• You’ll report directly to Joy Sharma—a leader known for his relentless pursuit of excellence and an unmatched passion for growth strategy. Joy is a rare mentor, often described as the closest you’ll come to learning directly from Taylor Holiday himself. With a career built on his own rigorous, self-driven learning, Joy has transformed numerous team members into top-tier strategists, instilling in them the values of dedication, precision, and continuous improvement.

Working under Joy's guidance will push you to your limits in the best possible way. He models the value of hard work, and learning from him feels like “drinking from a firehose”—you’ll absorb knowledge quickly and consistently, experiencing tremendous growth. Joy is committed to personally ensuring you reach your full potential as a Head of Growth Marketing, supporting your journey every step of the way.

ORIENTATION

• This role will be client-facing.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First month: $2,000 
• Second month: $4,000
• Third month (on average): $7,000 a month
• 1st Year Annual Range: $64,000-$76,000
• 2nd Year Annual Range: $100,000-$120,000

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
• Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
• Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
• With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress.
• My Commitment to You:
• You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and “make more than you ever have.” You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression. 
• We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you’re consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.