Head of Product

Company Description

What started in 2007 with a pizza and a plan has grown into a fast-moving SaaS company empowering manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers to thrive in complex B2B commerce.

Our mission is simple: help businesses build stronger relationships through seamless digital commerce.

At Sana Commerce, you’ll join a team that’s bold, growth-oriented, and customer-obsessed, where every engineer has real ownership and impact.

About The Role

We’re looking for a Head of Product to scale and operationalize Sana’s product function, driving measurable business outcomes with clarity and speed.

In this role, you’ll work hand-in-hand with the CPTO as part of the product leadership trio alongside the VP of Engineering and Head of Research & Design. Together, you’ll shape how we discover, build, and deliver value, ensuring Sana’s product strategy turns into impactful results for customers worldwide.

You’ll be the catalyst for data-driven decision-making, customer-led innovation, and cross-company alignment that empowers our product teams to move fast with purpose.

Job Description

What you’ll do

• Operationalize the product strategy - coach product teams to turn the CPTO’s vision into clear, outcome-driven roadmaps and measurable missions.
• Drive alignment and focus - ensure every team operates within well-defined problem spaces and strategic priorities.
• Champion the product-engineering-design trio model - build collaboration rituals that ensure shared accountability and consistent excellence.
• Scale product operations - evolve planning cadences, discovery processes, and performance rhythms across the product portfolio.
• Foster data fluency - partner with Product Ops and Data teams to ensure decisions are backed by insights, KPIs, and experiment results.
• Promote customer-led decision making - embed customer understanding and experimentation at the heart of every product initiative.
• Engage and align stakeholders - communicate progress, priorities, and trade-offs to GTM and executive teams, keeping everyone informed and confident.
• Develop and mentor talent - coach Senior and Group Product Managers into outcome-driven leaders who elevate the entire organization.
  
  
  

Qualifications

What you’ll bring

• 7+ years of experience in product management or leadership roles within SaaS or digital platforms.
• Proven track record of scaling product organizations and operationalizing strategy across multiple teams.
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills within cross-functional environments (Product, Engineering, Design).
• Data-driven mindset with experience in experimentation, KPI frameworks, and customer insight systems.
• Excellent communication skills - able to align executives, stakeholders, and teams around shared goals.
• Empathy for both customers and teams, with a passion for building a culture of learning, ownership, and impact.
  
  
  

Why you’ll love working here

• Impact from day one – Join a scale-up where your ideas shape how global businesses operate online.
• Continuous learning – Access a structured onboarding rated 9.1/10 by previous hires, mentorship, and feedback culture.
• Hybrid flexibility – Work from our Cape Town office 3 days per week and from home 2 days.
• Career growth – Expand your technical and leadership scope in a company built for long-term success.
  
  
  

Our values

At Sana Commerce, our values drive everything we do:

• Champions of Our League – We deliver lasting success, balancing quick wins and long-term value
• Supercharge Our Customers – We’re revolutionizing B2B commerce together, helping our customers to lead and succeed.
• Determined to Grow – We embrace challenges, growing and raising the bar for ourselves and our industry.
• Bold Together – We dare to be bold because we have each other’s back.
  
  
  

Ready to build reliability that scales?

Apply now and help shape the foundation of our next-generation SaaS platform.