Product Manager Internship
Metasys
Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Metasys is open worldwide, so South Africans can apply. This role is suited for junior-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
Overview: Vision, Strategy, and Execution
The Product Manager owns the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for our integrated supply chain e-commerce platform. You will be the voice of the customer and the market, prioritizing features across the customer-facing storefront, the critical internal SaaS tools (MES, WMS, OMS), and our cutting-edge AI agent capabilities. This role requires strong leadership to coordinate cross-functional teams and drive measurable business results.
Internship Details
Duration: 3 months
Start Date: Immediate
Location: Remote
Stipend: None initially. Based on your first-quarter performance, you may be offered a paid full-time opportunity, or even be absorbed directly by the client as an FTE.
Key Responsibilities & Core Projects
You will be the central hub, definingwhatgets built andwhy, ensuring alignment with the business flow: MES → WMS → OMS → Payments.
* Product Vision & Roadmap: Own, define, and communicate the product vision and strategic roadmap for the entire ecosystem. Prioritize features and initiatives based on customer feedback, market analysis, and defined business metrics (KPIs).
Product Vision & Roadmap: Own, define, and communicate the product vision and strategic roadmap for the entire ecosystem. Prioritize features and initiatives based on customer feedback, market analysis, and defined business metrics (KPIs).
* Stakeholder Coordination: Act as the primary coordinator for cross-functional teams (Engineering, Design, Marketing, Sales, Support), ensuring clear communication, aligned goals, and timely delivery within the Monorepo structure.
Stakeholder Coordination: Act as the primary coordinator for cross-functional teams (Engineering, Design, Marketing, Sales, Support), ensuring clear communication, aligned goals, and timely delivery within the Monorepo structure.
* Requirements & User Research: Conduct in-depth user research, usability studies, and data analysis to deeply understand customer pain points and opportunities. Translate insights into clear, prioritized user stories and product requirements.
Requirements & User Research: Conduct in-depth user research, usability studies, and data analysis to deeply understand customer pain points and opportunities. Translate insights into clear, prioritized user stories and product requirements.
* Data-Driven Iteration: Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the platform. Constantly iterate on the product based on A/B test results, performance data from the Observability stack, and adoption rates.
Data-Driven Iteration: Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the platform. Constantly iterate on the product based on A/B test results, performance data from the Observability stack, and adoption rates.
* Go-to-Market Strategy: Collaborate with marketing and sales to define the go-to-market strategy for new product releases, ensuring successful launch and adoption.
Go-to-Market Strategy: Collaborate with marketing and sales to define the go-to-market strategy for new product releases, ensuring successful launch and adoption.
Product Ecosystem Focus
You will directly impact the direction of these critical systems:
* E-commerce/B2B Portal: Optimizing conversion funnels (Catalog, Cart, Checkout) and developing B2B-specific features (e.g., customized pricing, bulk ordering).
E-commerce/B2B Portal: Optimizing conversion funnels (Catalog, Cart, Checkout) and developing B2B-specific features (e.g., customized pricing, bulk ordering).
* Supply Chain SaaS: Defining feature sets for the core operational modules (WMS, OMS, MES) to improve efficiency and reduce compliance risk (e.g., integrating HS code verification).
Supply Chain SaaS: Defining feature sets for the core operational modules (WMS, OMS, MES) to improve efficiency and reduce compliance risk (e.g., integrating HS code verification).
* Licensing & Tenants: Working with the Solution Architect to define feature packaging, usage metering, and the economic model for the multi-tenant JWT-based licenses.
Licensing & Tenants: Working with the Solution Architect to define feature packaging, usage metering, and the economic model for the multi-tenant JWT-based licenses.
AI Agent Focus
You will be responsible for productizing our AI capabilities, turning technology into measurable business value.
* Agent Feature Definition: Define use cases and success metrics for autonomous AI agents (built with LangChain/AutoGen) in areas like customer support, internal workflow automation, and predictive analytics.
Agent Feature Definition: Define use cases and success metrics for autonomous AI agents (built with LangChain/AutoGen) in areas like customer support, internal workflow automation, and predictive analytics.
* Productizing LLMs: Translate AI model capabilities into usable, scalable features that solve real business problems, managing the user expectations around LLM reliability and context.
Productizing LLMs: Translate AI model capa
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
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About Metasys
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