Head of Payments & Portfolio Strategy (SA)

Standard Bank Group; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Bank Group is seeking an enterprise leader to drive the South Africa payments franchise, guiding strategy across rails, platforms, and regulatory engagement. You will align investment and execution with business priorities and ensure compliant, scalable payment solutions for customers and partners.

The role requires deep experience in payments, cross-border flows, and regulatory change, capable of orchestrating complex programs across technology, operations, and risk teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of payments products and rails across SA market.
• Experience with regulatory engagement and regulatory change in payments.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise leadership of the SA payments franchise across business units.
• Align investment and execution with commercial priorities and change.
• Represent SBSA payments view at regulatory and industry interactions.

Skills

Expertise development

Strategy development

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Decision making

Insights delivery

Customer understanding

Regulatory knowledge

Knowledge management

Strategic planning

Education

Masters Degree

Post Graduate Degree in Business Commerce

Post Graduate Degree in Finance and Accounting

Job description

Standard Bank Group is seeking an enterprise leader to drive the South Africa payments franchise, guiding strategy across rails, platforms, and regulatory engagement. You will align investment and execution with business priorities and ensure compliant, scalable payment solutions for customers and partners.

The role requires deep experience in payments, cross-border flows, and regulatory change, capable of orchestrating complex programs across technology, operations, and risk teams to deliver