Senior Strategy Enablement Manager

Standard Bank of South Africa Limited; Douglas; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Challenging Ideas

Articulating Information

Empowering Individuals

Generating Ideas

Interpreting Data

Encourages Feedback

Job summary

Standard Bank Offshore is seeking a senior leader to drive and scale strategic enablement from offshore centres into Africa, ensuring offshore capabilities align with African commercial client needs.

You will oversee governance, cross‑unit collaboration, and actionable insights to promote sustainable growth while maintaining regulatory compliance across jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• First degree in Business Commerce required.
• First degree in Project Management required.

Responsibilities

• Drive and scale strategic enablement from Offshore centres into Africa.
• Align offshore capabilities with the needs of African commercial clients.
• Promote sustainable growth through collaboration with offshore-based stakeholders.
• Provide strategic advisory to Offshore and African stakeholders on market opportunities and operating models.
• Embed Africa-specific client insights into Offshore propositions to reflect commercial and regulatory dynamics.

Education

First Degree – Business Commerce

First Degree – Project Management

Job description

Business Segment: Business & Commercial Banking

Job Type: Full-time

Compensation: GBP 70,000 - 90,000 - yearly

To drive and scale strategic enablement from Offshore centres into Africa, aligning offshore capabilities with the needs of African commercial clients. This role ensures the seamless integration of the Africa-Offshore value proposition, enabling agile teams, enhancing client experience, and promoting sustainable growth through collaboration with offshore-based stakeholders

Qualifications

Qualifications

• First Degree – Business Commerce
• First Degree – Project Management

Experience Required

• Able to demonstrate experience (8-10 years) managing a broad range of projects to completion to achieve defined business objectives or metrics.
• Significant (8-10 years) experience in influencing stakeholders at different levels across a multiple of disciplines to achieve shared outcomes, specifically within a financial services environment.
• Lead the execution of Africa-focused strategic initiatives from Offshore centres, ensuring offshore capabilities are aligned to the commercial priorities, growth ambitions, and client needs of African markets.
• Develop and champion the Africa-Offshore strategic enablement framework, creating a consistent operating model, governance structure, and communication approach that embeds offshore capabilities across African client value chains.
• Provide strategic advisory to Offshore and African stakeholders on market opportunities, regulatory considerations, and operating models that optimise client outcomes while maintaining compliance across offshore jurisdictions.
• Strengthen collaboration between African and Offshore business units, fostering alignment across Coverage, Product, Operations and Support teams to accelerate execution of strategic initiatives and improve delivery to clients.
• Embed Africa-specific client insights into Offshore propositions, ensuring products, services and engagement models reflect the unique commercial, regulatory and operational dynamics of African markets.
• Drive the integration of Offshore capabilities into African client journeys, identifying opportunities to deepen relationships, unlock cross-border solutions, and increase commercial value for clients operating across jurisdictions.
• Influence strategic investment and prioritisation decisions by evaluating opportunities across African markets and recommending initiatives that maximise client impact, revenue growth and long-term sustainability.
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of Africa-originated offshore business, using data and commercial insights to identify trends, measure strategic outcomes, and recommend continuous improvements to enhance business performance.
• Act as the central strategic liaison between Africa and Offshore centres, ensuring alignment of priorities, effective stakeholder engagement, and successful execution of cross-border initiatives.
• Promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify processes, enhance the client experience, and strengthen Offshore value proposition to African commercial clients.

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Additional Information

Salary range

GBP70,000 - GBP 90,000

• Challenging Ideas
• Articulating Information
• Empowering Individuals
• Generating IdeasInterpreting Data
• Encourages Feedback
• Providing Insights
• Resolving Conflicts
• Deep knowledge of African commercial clients and their offshore needs
• Understands Africa’s economic and regulatory landscape to inform offshore risk and control frameworks Verbal Communication
• Balances risk and opportunity in Africa-Offshore transactions.
• Positions Standard Bank Offshore as a trusted partner for African clients.
• Translates data into actionable insights for Africa-Offshore strategy.

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