Head: Business Development (C&B)

1001 Absa Bank; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Bank Limited is seeking a senior professional to develop a functional business development management operating model and framework that aligns with our broad business strategy and enables horizontal adoption across the group.

You will establish and maintain professional relationships with industry leaders, regulators, and partners, champion the delivery of a strategic growth plan, and ensure risk and compliance are integrated into daily operations while mentoring the team.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build and sustain professional relationships with industry leaders, regulators and partners.
• Experience delivering strategic growth plans through market insights and customer needs analysis.
• Strong leadership to coach and develop a team while driving business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain professional relationships with industry leaders, regulators and policy makers.
• Deliver the business bulk acquisition strategic plan aligned with ABSA strategy.
• Collect and analyse market intelligence to stay ahead of market developments.
• Coach, mentor and manage team members toward achieving business objectives.
• Oversee the implementation of risk and compliance requirements within the operating environment.

Skills

Relationship building

Business development

Market intelligence

People management

Risk & compliance oversight

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Commerce/Management

Job description

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time. With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

To develop a functional business development management operating model and framework in a broadly defined business functional strategy; enabling horizontal implementation and adoption. Selecting this role has a compensation & benefit impact in Mozambique. Please contact Reward for details.

Job Description

• Relationship Management: Establish and maintain professional relationships through networking with industry leaders, regulators and policy makers as well as business partners that are key in the development of new ventures
• Delivery Business Development: Champion and manage business bulk acquisition strategic plan in line with Absa Business unit strategy and understand customer needs in order to propose offerings fit for the market by analysing relevant supply/demand industry trends and/patterns
• Market Intelligence: Collect market intelligence through research by reading articles, publications, internet, word of mouth and networking on a daily basis to keep abreast of market developments
• People Management: Coach, mentor and manage team members toward driving business objectives and ensuring colleague development
• Business Risk and Compliance Management: Oversee the implementation of, and conformance to, Group Risk and Compliance requirements within the operating environment, in line with set risk appetite

Education

Bachelors Degree and Professional Qualifications: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank. Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised At Absa, our story is not a single narrative. It’s thousands of individual journeys unfolding across Africa and beyond. From colleagues serving customers in local communities to teams shaping financial solutions across borders, Absa is built on people who bring their lived experiences, ambitions and perspectives into the workplace every day. Whether you’re starting your career, a seasoned leader or somewhere in between, your contribution is seen, valued and connected to something bigger. Our presence across Africa – which spans personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management, and insurance – exists because of the people who show up in their roles with purpose. Across Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, our colleagues are shaping what Absa becomes in each market. Beyond the continent, teams in global offices and a technology hub support and extend the stories that prove that African talent can lead, influence and innovate on the global stage. At Absa, your story matters because progress is driven by human experience, not hierarchy. When people are enabled to bring their whole selves to work, they don’t just build careers. They help shape the future of Africa’s financial services landscape.