# Application Product Owner | Development Lead (EdTech)

Reference: JHB006511-MM1-1 **Please Note: This position is based in Western Cape (Stellenbosch | Cape Town). This is a hybrid position with regular time on the school campuses. This is a permanent role. Our client, a South African organisation operating within the education and training sector, committed to empowering individuals through quality education, skills development and innovative learning solutions, is urgently seeking an experienced Application Product Owner | Development Lead to join their team. The organisation has a strong product vision, supported by a Business Systems Analyst with extensive edtech expertise and a well-defined product specification. The next critical step is transforming this vision into fully functional, scalable software solutions that deliver measurable value. Duties & Responsibilities In order to be considered the following is required: Around 7 years in software development, with at least 2 to 3 years leading delivery as a tech lead, development lead or similar. Ideally, have owned product decisions Product sense: you can own a roadmap, write clear acceptance criteria, prioritise on value and work patiently with non-technical users Experie

- **Id**: 3654326
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/be-different-recruitment-application-product-owner-development-lead-edtech>
- **Role**: Product
- **Role family**: Product
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Stellenbosch, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-30T07:05:50Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-30T07:05:50Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 13
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5268
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Education

## Company

- **Id**: 4497741
- **Name**: Be Different Recruitment
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/be-different-recruitment>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Claude Code** — Optional: no
- **Copilot** — Optional: no
- **Cursor** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **PHP** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 13

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T00:58:31Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 37
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.5
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 13
- **Expected fill days**: 14
- **Reasons**: seen:13, agency, velocity, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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