Product Manager – Payments at Salt South Africa

The role

• You’ll take full ownership of a payment integrations platform – covering APIs, integrations with external partners, and the overall developer experience for merchants.

This is a highly technical product role where you’ll:

• Define how integrations are built, maintained, and scaled
• Work closely with engineering on architecture and system design decisions
• Own the quality, performance, and reliability of the platform
• Translate business needs into detailed technical requirements
• Improve how quickly and easily new clients can integrate
• You won’t be operating at a high level only – this role requires someone comfortable in the detail, working hands-on with APIs, logs, and system behaviour.

What you’ll be doing

• Owning the roadmap and technical direction of the integrations platform
• Defining API standards, versioning, and developer experience
• Analysing system performance, failures, and integration issues
• Driving improvements in uptime, latency, and transaction success rates
• Writing clear technical specs (API contracts, flows, data structures)
• Leading delivery across the full integration lifecycle
• Managing relationships with external payment and technology partners
• Supporting commercial teams with integration feasibility and timelines

What they’re looking for

• Strong experience in technical product management (5+ years)
• Proven background working with APIs and system integrations
• Experience in payments / fintech / transaction-based platforms
• Ability to work closely with engineers on technical design and architecture
• Comfortable writing detailed technical requirements and specifications
• Strong understanding of system reliability, performance, and scalability
• Exposure to developer tools, logs, and data analysis (SQL beneficial)

The type of person who will thrive here

• You enjoy being hands-on and technical, not just coordinating
• You think in systems, not just features
• You care deeply about performance, reliability, and quality
• You can connect technical decisions to real business impact
• You’re comfortable challenging and collaborating with engineering teams
• You take ownership and drive outcomes