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Senior Product Manager: Commercial Issuing

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Johannesburg, South AfricaFull-timeSeniorOn-sitePosted 20 Oct 2026

Job Overview

Absa Business Banking is hiring a Senior Product Manager: Commercial Issuing in Johannesburg (requisition R-15992127; full time; posted 19 October 2026, closing 26 October 2026). The role is accountable for the end-to-end strategy, commercial performance and customer value proposition of assigned Commercial Issuing products and payment capabilities, owning or materially influencing the P&L and personally owning product outcomes rather than simply coordinating activities performed by other teams.

The Senior Product Manager translates business and client needs into viable propositions, credible business cases and evidence-based roadmaps, managing product performance, profitability, adoption, risk, compliance, operational readiness and technology dependencies across the full lifecycle, from discovery through launch, optimisation and retirement. The role requires practical knowledge of the commercial card and business-payments ecosystem, including spend control, reconciliation, virtual payments, enriched transaction data and ERP or expense-management integration, and leads delivery through Technology, Operations, Sales, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Fraud and Credit teams that do not report directly to it.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own assigned Commercial Issuing products from opportunity identification through development, launch, growth, optimisation and retirement

  • Define product vision, target market, value proposition and commercial outcomes; secure governance, funding, risk and technology approvals

  • Own or materially influence product P&L: pricing, transaction revenue, margins, operating costs, budgets and forecasts

  • Analyse active cards, activation, spend, transaction yield, retention and cost to serve; drive revenue-growth and cost-optimisation plans

  • Develop business cases quantifying revenue, savings, costs, ROI and payback; track benefits after implementation

  • Design propositions for business clients’ payment, working-capital, control, reporting and reconciliation needs

  • Build evidence-based roadmaps and make defensible prioritisation decisions under capacity and funding constraints

  • Lead cross-functional delivery through Technology, Operations, Sales, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Fraud and Credit

  • Manage go-to-market readiness, product migrations and closures with controlled customer impact

  • Ensure products operate within legal, regulatory, scheme, credit, fraud, conduct and operational-risk requirements

  • Engage bankers, clients, card schemes, processors and technology partners; present to senior governance forums

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or advanced diploma in Business, Commerce or Management Studies (required)

  • Strong product-management discipline across the full product lifecycle

  • Practical knowledge of the commercial card and business-payments ecosystem

  • Demonstrable P&L capability: pricing, transaction revenue, margins, forecasting and benefits realisation

  • Track record of personal accountability for product validation, business cases, approvals, delivery and post-launch measurement

  • Ability to secure outcomes through cross-functional teams with competing priorities, with minimal supervision

  • Understanding of product governance, scheme rules, fraud and conduct risk

Skills & Requirements

Product ManagementCommercial CardsBusiness PaymentsP&L ManagementPricing StrategyBusiness Case DevelopmentProduct RoadmappingGo-to-MarketPortfolio AnalyticsVirtual PaymentsERP IntegrationProduct GovernanceStakeholder ManagementCross-functional Leadership

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