Head Digital: Solution Innovation
2 weeks ago
**Job Requisition and Talent Acquisition Specialist Contact**
**REQ**: 137472
**Role**: Head Digital: Solution Innovation
**TA Specialist**:William Mtsweni
**Advert Closing Date**: 10 January 2025
- Job Family
- Project, Process and Product
- Career Stream
- Product
- Leadership Pipeline
- Manage Self: Expert (MSE)
**Job Purpose**
- To execute on the innovation strategy by leading and defining key strategic focus areas to drive scale and growth within the business.
**Responsibilities**:
- Execute on the innovation and transformation strategy that seeks to build relevant new propositions with a digital-first approach, by harnessing the use of various technologies and trends to materially transform client experience.
- Drive innovation through partnerships that expedite time to market and increases revenue trajectory from clients.
- Remain innovative in idea generation, process improvement and creating leading practice tools and templates for Solution Innovation (SI).
- Understand the key trends in the Innovation & Payments industry, direct competitors' products and services into identification of growth opportunity for a focused execution of Solution Innovation (SI) objectives.
- Manage related operational risks in collaboration with Operations and Technology, particularly in the areas of regulatory change and attendant risks, and cyber-risk and the impact of these risks on product design and performance.
- Develop Product Road Map for Solution roll-out.
- Participate in product approval processes of new solutions.
- Ensure all related product programs are duly approved and updated.
- Manage the various embedded risks in the business market risk, operational, liquidity & cost by offering support to the various teams.
- Manage operational capacity and service quality with the respective partners for seamless implementation of new payment products and initiatives.
- Coordinate the solution product commercialization and deal ramp up initiative for solutions & product in the Cluster.
- Coordinate the engagement of Sourcing/Procurement teams in negotiations with and on boarding of outsourced service providers.
- Influence the development of a cadre of skilled Product and payment professionals and relationship partners.
- Work closely with Solution & Innovation Heads in the Cluster to achieve the revenue and other payment product initiatives.
- Manage revenues expenses and net income for all initiatives and projects executed in the innovation workstream.
- Train and update Product Managers and serve as the go-to person for Solution related opportunities.
- Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
- Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
- Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
- Preferred Qualification
- Relevant Business Management Degree, Post graduate qualification advantageous
- Minimum Experience Level
- 3 - 6 years
- Product Management and/or Product Development, Payments and Innovation, New technology developments, Payments Products/Banking Products
- Senior Stakeholder engagement
**Technical / Professional Knowledge**
- Product management
- Information technology
- Digital Culture
- Business Process
- Networking
- Problem solving skills
- Organisational systems
- Agile Concepts
- Financial Acumen
- Behavioural Competencies
- Execution
- Driving Innovation
- Building Customer Relationships
- Hyper-Collaboration
- Influencing
- Creating a Culture of Trust
- **_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566_
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