Marketing Campaign Manager

M3 Human Capital Management (Pty) Ltd; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading South African Payment Service Provider is seeking a Marketing Campaign Manager in Stellenbosch. This strategic role involves designing and executing co-branded marketing campaigns to enhance payment usage. The ideal candidate will have 4–6 years of marketing management experience, preferably within fintech or banking. Strong digital marketing skills and excellent stakeholder engagement are essential. This position offers an exciting opportunity to drive measurable growth in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Creative and execution-focused marketing professional.
• 4–6 years of experience in Marketing Management.
• Experience in fintech or banking preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage joint marketing campaigns.
• Identify usage and awareness initiatives.
• Act as primary liaison between partners.
• Govern management of brand assets.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Digital marketing knowledge

Campaign management

Analytical skills

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Job description

Please note that M3 is hiring on behalf of another company.

Pay@, a leading South African Payment Service Provider (PSP), is seeking a high-energy and commercially driven Marketing Campaign Manager to join their dynamic team based in Stellenbosch. This role requires a strategic yet hands-on marketing professional with strong stakeholder management capability, digital fluency, and a proven ability to drive measurable transaction growth.

The ideal candidate is creative, execution-focused, operationally resilient, and comfortable navigating complex partner ecosystems within the fintech and banking landscape.

The purpose of this role is to design, facilitate, and execute high-impact, co-branded marketing campaigns that drive payment usage and transaction volumes across Pay@’s extensive network of banks, retailers, mobile network operators, and 500+ biller partners.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing and managing the end-to-end execution of joint marketing campaigns between payment networks and billers.
• Identifying and activating usage and awareness initiatives to increase collection performance.
• Acting as the primary marketing liaison between corporate network partners and biller marketing teams.
• Governing the sourcing, management and distribution of brand assets and campaign collateral.
• Overseeing production logistics including print, POS materials, trade stock and branded items.
• Leveraging digital channels such as in-app messaging, email and platform integrations to maximise campaign reach.
• Ensuring all creative output aligns with brand and market positioning.
• Tracking and analysing campaign performance to optimise ROI.
• Ensuring all marketing activity complies with South African fintech regulatory and financial advertising standards.
• Relevant tertiary qualification.
• 4–6 years’ experience in Marketing Management.
• Experience within fintech, banking, or fast-paced retail environments will be highly preferable.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing ecosystems including in-app, social and email channels.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills across corporate and independent partners.
• Solid understanding of the South African financial services regulatory environment.

Please apply online at www.m3online.co.za before 09:00 on 4 March 2026.

For general enquiries, contact our team at M3 Human Capital Management on 021 863 1444.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates are contacted. If you don’t hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was unsuccessful.