Lead Card Modernization & Growth

Role Overview

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.

What You Will Do

Drive large-scale card, payments, banking and fintech transformation. Lead business and technology change programmes, including enterprise platform implementation, digital capability build-out and platform modernisation within a highly regulated financial services environment.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of card and digital banking through strategic transformation, technology-led innovation and measurable customer and commercial outcomes.

Requirements

• Proven delivery of complex business and technology modernisation initiatives, including multi-million rand strategic programmes.
• Strong background in card issuing, acquiring, payments and/or digital banking.
• Experience leading programmes with multiple internal and external stakeholders across business, technology, risk, governance and vendor teams.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk, regulatory and control requirements within financial services.
• Knowledge of SAFe Agile methodology, agile delivery practices and product-led operating models.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience leading large-scale banking, card, payments or fintech transformation programmes.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant qualification.
• Experience in digital bank start-ups, fintech partnerships, core banking transformation, enterprise technology platforms or platform modernisation programmes.
• Experience operating in high-growth or scaling environments, including transitioning solutions from proof of value to enterprise-scale deployment.
• Scheme experience with Visa and/or Mastercard.