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Head Product Manager: OD, Student Loans and Term agreements
Job summary
A leading financial institution in Johannesburg seeks a Head Product Manager to manage its product portfolio, specializing in overdrafts, student loans, and term agreements. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of product management experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership capacity. Responsibilities include defining product strategy, driving innovation, and ensuring financial performance. Strong knowledge of credit risk and regulatory frameworks, alongside leadership skills are essential for succeeding in this role.
Qualifications
- 6+ years experience in product management within financial services.
- Strong understanding of Credit Risk and Regulatory Frameworks.
- Experience in Profit and Loss management.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the product vision and strategy.
- Drive product innovation leveraging data analytics.
- Manage P&L for the product portfolio.
- Champion customer-centric design and digital-first experiences.
Skills
Education
Title: Head Product Manager: Overdraft, Student Loans and Term agreement
Requisition: 143461
Closing date: 16 January 2025
Specialist Recruiter: William Mtsweni
Job Family Project, Process and Product Career Stream Product Leadership Pipeline Manage Managers
To be accountable for managing a product or portfolio of products so that the bank achieves its strategic objectives.
- Define and execute the product vision and strategy for overdraft, student loans, and term agreements.
- Develop a multi-year roadmap aligned with business objectives, customer needs, and market trends.
- Identifying, executing and tracking key initiatives to achieve strategic outcomes
- Drive product innovation leveraging data analytics, customer insights, and emerging technologies.
- Collaborate with design, engineering, and digital teams to deliver best-in-class solutions.
- Own P&L for the product portfolio; including pricing strategies, monitor margins, and optimize profitability.
- Forecast and manage product performance metrics including growth, retention, and risk.
- Strong business acumen and modelling skills to support the building of business cases, evaluation of new opportunities and the identification of initiatives for growth
- Drive profitable client acquisition and retention
- Partner with legal and compliance teams to mitigate operational and reputational risks.
- Champion customer‑centric design and digital‑first experiences across all channels.
- Ensure competitiveness by monitoring market trends and activities and providing strategic inputs for solutions to meet client expectations.
- Work closely with executive leadership, marketing, operations, and technology teams.
- Represent the product portfolio in strategic forums and industry engagements.
- Build and lead a high‑performing product team; foster a culture of innovation and accountability.
- Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
- Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- 6+ years experience in product management within financial services, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- Strong understanding of Credit Risk, Regulatory Frameworks, and Digital Banking trends.
- Experience in Profit and Loss management and strategic planning.
- Change management
- Client service management
- Communication Strategies
- Diversity management
- Employee training/development
- Financial Accounting Principles
- Organisational behaviour theory
- Principles of project management
- Strategic planning
- Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
- Building Partnerships
- Communication
- Customer Focus
- Decision Making
- Continuous Improvement
- Guiding Sales Opportunities
Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.