About this role
Industry Payments & Portfolio Head
To provide enterprise leadership of the South Africa payments franchise and industry interaction across business units, setting a progressive, forward-looking country agenda across commercial priorities, customer experience, payment types and rails, platforms, operations and data. Exercise clear country-level mandate to align investment and execution, anticipate market and technology shifts and drive integrated growth outcomes, while enabling effective regulatory advocacy, compliance and change.
Build and represent an SBSA payments view at regulatory and industry interactions.
Job Overview
Company: Standard Bank of South Africa
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Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street
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Business Segment: Personal & Private Banking
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Job Type: Full-time
Compensation: GBP 1,200,000 - yearly
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Job Ref ID: 80457708A-0001
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Date Posted: 11/3/2026
Qualifications
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Type of Qualification: Masters Degree
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Field of Study: Business Commerce
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Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
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Field of Study: Business Commerce
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Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree
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Field of Study: Finance and Accounting
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Experience Required
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Products
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Personal and Private Banking
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5-7 years
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Broad knowledge of foreign exchange and cross-border payments, cards, acquiring, cash, collections, payment rails, payment platforms and payments technology.
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5-7 years
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Essential knowledge and practical experience of payments regulation, regulatory engagement, compliance obligations and regulatory change in the South African payments environment.
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8-10 years
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Proven track record of orchestrating complex execution across multiple business units, payment products, technology, operations, risk and control functions to deliver integrated outcomes.
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More than 10 years
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Significant senior or executive-level experience in payments within a large financial services institution. The incumbent must be an experienced transactional banking or payments professional with substantial leadership exposure across the payments value chain.
Behavioural Competencies:
- Convincing People
- Developing Expertise
- Developing Strategies
- Directing People
- Empowering Individuals
- Establishing Rapport
- Examining Information
- Exploring Possibilities
- Interacting with People
- Making Decisions
- Providing Insights
- Taking Action
Technical Competencies:
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Customer Understanding (Business Banking)
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Customer Understanding ( Consumer Banking)
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Financial Industry Regulatory Framework
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Knowledge Management Systems
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Stakeholder Management
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Strategic Planning and Reporting
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Additional Information
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Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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Standard Bank Group is committed to fair and inclusive employment practices. We aim to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including people with disabilities. We strive to create an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity to contribute and grow.