Pan Africa Product Manager - Working Capital Product

Absa Group; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading African banking institution in Sandton is seeking an experienced professional to manage their Working Capital Product portfolio. The role involves overseeing product life cycles, conducting market analyses, and fostering relationships with stakeholders. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree and over 7 years in product management or banking. This is an excellent opportunity to shape the future of banking solutions across Pan Africa.

Qualifications

• Over 7 years of experience in Working Capital product management or Corporate and Investment banking knowledge.
• Ability to manage end-to-end product life cycles.
• Experience in conducting commercial reviews and preparing business cases.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end product life cycle from design to implementation.
• Own the P&L for all allocated products and sub-products.
• Conduct market analyses to identify product opportunities.

Skills

Product strategy

Market analysis

Stakeholder management

Profit and loss management

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Commerce, or Management Studies

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

Are you passionate about product strategy and innovation? We’re seeking an experienced professional to manage and build out our Working Capital Product portfolio across Pan Africa. This pivotal role will oversee all allocated products, including sub-products and country-specific propositions while driving both tactical enhancements and long-term strategic product life cycles.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing the end-to-end product life cycle, from design to implementation and ongoing enhancements.

• Owning the P&L for all allocated products and sub-products, conducting commercial reviews throughout their life span.

• Conducting market analyses to identify product opportunities, gaps, and trends to strengthen our product offering.

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders across Pan Africa business units, fostering mutual understanding and shared commitment to our values.

• Preparing and presenting business cases to support strategic investment initiatives for product capability development.

• Managing, monitoring, and driving product profitability and cost efficiency.

• Building a product improvement & innovation roadmap for prioritisation and an initial view of the underlying commercial value and potential.

• Ensuring that all members of the product value chain understand processes, control requirements and risk management frameworks that have been designed for the area.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and are ready to make an impact on we’d like to hear from you! Join our innovative team and shape the future of working capital solutions across the continent.

Send in your application if you have the above experience and also meet the below criteria;

• A B Degree

• Over 7 years Working Capital product experience/ and or Corporate and Investment banking knowledge

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: 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