Chris Kitshoff

Experience

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  Ooba

  Jan 2008 - Apr 2010

  Senior Business Analyst

  Company Profile:Propertygenie.co.za is a real estate classifieds portal owned by mortgage origination company ooba.co.za. (Propertygenie ceased trading in 2014.)Responsibilities:* Competitor gap analysis.* Product research.* Facilitation of workshops with stakeholders.* Drafting of business requirements / user stories (SCRUM).* Wireframing.Key Achievements:* Successfully completed re-design of website in parallel with re-branding of MortgageSA to ooba.co.za.* Other projects included billing integration, automated valuations. Show less

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  Property24

  May 2010 - Aug 2013

  Senior Business Analyst

  Company Profile:Property24.com is the largest real estate classifieds portal in South Africa. Property24.com is part of the OLX Group.Responsibilities:Joined a new team tasked to re-launch Property24.com after a corporate buyout. * Competitor gap analysis.* Product research* Facilitation of workshops* Drafting of functional requirements / user stories (SCRUM).Key Achievements:* The team successfully tripled market share within 3 years to become the largest real estate vertical in South Africa. Show less

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  Avito

  Sept 2013 - Feb 2018

  Product Owner

  Company Profile:Domofond.ru is one of the top real estate classifieds portals in Russia. Domofond.ru is owned by Avito.Responsibilities:Appointed as Product Owner to launch real estate vertical, Domofond.ru, in Russia in partnership with Avito.ru. * Collaborate with business stakeholders to conceive desktop and mobile product roadmap.* Manage product life cycle using Agile principles (SCRUM).* Coordinate product development and delivery across multiple departments.* Track and analyze data from experimentation to drive innovation and maximize commercial impact.* C-level exposure.Key Achievements:* My team and I grew Domofond.ru to be the second largest real estate vertical in Russia. * Successfully launched premium listings to move to monetization phase of business life cycle.* Introduction of quality score search result ranking. Show less

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  AutoTraderSA

  Mar 2018 - Feb 2021

  Product Owner

  Company Profile:Autotrader.co.za is the largest automotive classifieds portal in South Africa. AutoTrader is part of the OLX Group.Responsibilities:Appointed as product owner in respect of platform rewrite.* Collaborate with business stakeholders to conceive desktop and mobile rewrite roadmap.* Manage product life cycle using Agile principles. (SCRUM)* Coordinate development and delivery across multiple departments. * Track and analyze data from experimentation to drive innovation and maximize commercial impact.* C-level exposure.Key Achievements:* Launched new platform within 1 year target.* Improved UX substantially particularly in respect of search by introducing make, model, variant autocomplete complimented by faceted search. Show less

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  OLX Group

  Mar 2021 - now

  Data Protection Manager

  Company Profile:Property24.com and AutoTrader.co.za form part of the OLX Group. Both companies are the largest classifieds platforms in their respective industries in South Africa.Key Achievements:* Successfully implemented privacy program to ensure compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).* Certified Information Privacy Professional - Europe (CIPP/E) (GDPR) accreditation through International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Show less