Senior Manager: Experimentation Execution (SSO)

Absa Group; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks a senior role responsible for driving digital partnerships within the company. The ideal candidate will manage project execution, relationship development with corporate partners, and ensure alignment across internal teams. A strong background in technology and extensive experience in financial services is essential, coupled with excellent leadership and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience, mostly in financial services and project management.
• Experience in programme/portfolio management and knowledge of programme/project principles.

Responsibilities

• Manage corporate and fintech partnerships, ensuring project delivery.
• Prepare monthly and ad-hoc reports on progress for executive stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management skills

Reporting and presentation skills

Digital transformation experience

Education

B-degree in Technology/ Finance/ Mathematics/ Economics/ Statistics

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

Exercise overall responsibility for the successful delivery of programmes/projects to plan, budget and agreed quality and governance.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities:

Portfolio Management of Digital Partnership Execution

• Manage the portfolio of effort required to drive execution and progress on corporate and fintech partnerships
• Assist in coordinating with business sponsors across the group to obtain buy-in for opportunities including but not limited to proof of concepts (POC’s), pilot programmes, design and proposition sprints
• Ensure they are adequately managed as a project of work with clear delivery schedules and milestone
• Ensure appropriate tooling for visibility of work and outputs into the business
• Manage successful integration of opportunities / joint ventures into core business, including assigning required resources, proactively liaising with internal stakeholders to streamline requirements and build buy-in, and unblocking issues
• Coordination with legal, compliance, sourcing, technical and business teams to ensure streamlined process for opportunities and contracting, managing any related risk resulting from the execution on partnerships.

Corporate Partner Development

• Manage relationships with activated corporate strategic partnerships e.g. MNOs, retailers, Big Tech
• Facilitate internal coordination of partnership management and alignment of efforts relating to Digital.

Executive Reporting

• Prepare monthly and adhoc reports on progress on the Digital Portfolio for Digital Forum, Digitals Solutions Innovation Technology (DIT) Exco
• Deliver on the Digital Partnership metrics and provide transparency into the delivery of value through execution.

Education and Skills Required:

• B-degree in Technology/ Finance/Mathematics/Economics/Statistics
• 8+ years experience, majority FS, project management
• Experience in programme/ portfolio management
• Knowledge of Programme and Project Principles and approaches
• Digital transformation experience
• Experience in Fintechs/Big Technology Corporates
• Leadership skills
• Analytical skills
• Stakeholder management skills
• Reporting and presentation skills
• Continuous learning and keeping up to date with research and trends

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (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