Product Manager at Absa South Africa

Job Summary

• Are you passionate about trade, working capital, and building innovative financial products? Join our dynamic team as a Pan Africa Trade and Working Capital Product Manager – Distribution, Syndication and Insurance!
• This exciting role offers the opportunity to manage and build out key Trade and Working Capital products for the Pan African Trade and Working Capital business within our product portfolio. You will be accountable for all existing allocated products, including sub-products and country-specific domestic product propositions, while designing and implementing both tactical and long-term strategic end-to-end product life cycle roadmaps.

Job Description

• Join us in shaping the future of Pan African trade and working capital solutions!

Some of your Key Responsibilities will include the following.

• Product Management: Oversee the management of the P&L for all allocated products and sub-products within the portfolio, conducting commercial reviews during their life span.
• Strategy and Planning: Conduct market analyses to identify product and market share opportunities and niches for the Bank. Define the service model for the product set across various service providers, including but not limited to Channels, Operations, IT, Sales, and Client onboarding.
• Business Change: Plan and manage ongoing product investment and activity in line with the required portfolio balance. This includes capacity and capability planning and development.
• Stakeholder Management: Identify key stakeholders for each product. Ensure clear understanding of their expectations and appropriately manage these together with the agreed objectives.
• Product Performance: Monitor and measure product performance, implementing improvements as needed to ensure continued success and alignment with business goals.

Qualifications and Skills required;

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field. MBA or relevant certification is a plus.
• 5 to 8 years proven experience in product management, preferably within the trade and working capital domain.
• 5 plus years Technical/Managerial experience in credit risk insurance/risk sharing partnerships
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to undertake comprehensive market analyses.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strategic thinker with a track record of designing and implementing product roadmaps.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)