Digital Platforms Head

Johannesburg, GP, ZA, South Africa

Job Description

Job Overview

Business Segment:

Personal & Private Banking

Location:

ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street

Job Type:

Full-time

Job Ref ID:

80304146A-0001

Date Posted:

10/29/2025







To implement, enable, maintain, scale, secure, entrench, engage and commercialise the digital platforms and functionality for Consumer and High Net Worth (CHNW) Clients in country in alignment with platform enablers; Innovation, overall segment value proposition and life journeys. To the vision and implementation of interventions to ensure that digital platforms are always on, always secure and consistently deliver an exceptional client experience.



Essential Functions:



Accountable for addressing and closing out audit findings within agreed timelines

Accountable for implementing measures (leading and lagging) and measuring platform performance on an ongoing basis

Accountable for the effective delivery of changes to digital platforms within agreed timelines

Accountable to define, build and scale capabilities required to ensure that digital platforms are always on, always secure, scalable and consistently offer an excellent client experience.

Capabilities, and engineering practices, that optimize platform resilience and stability

Analyses and interprets feedback received from customer and staff regarding enhancements to digital platforms and ensures necessary actions are taken to address issues (e.g., ensuring requirements are built to address these issues in the next iteration).

Collaborate with security engineering and IT Security and fraud risk management of reduce bank and client losses by designing, building and optimising security and fraud capabilities for digital platforms, including foundational APIs

Continually modernises platforms in line with what matters to customers

Creates quarterly leave plans to ensure adequate coverage. Approves leave requests and leave sell requests

Creates workforce plans for the area to ensure that current and future business requirements can be met. Such plans should be revisited at least twice a year.

Defines the Digital Platform vision, outcomes and communicates such to all relevant stakeholders.

Demonstrates the impact of delivering enhancements to digital platforms; on cost; revenue and client experience.

Determines development needs of the team, ensuring they are future-ready. Ensures that development opportunities (training, rotation, on-the-job learning) are budgeted for and executed.

Qualifications



Type of Qualification:

First Degree

Field of Study:

Business Commerce

Type of Qualification:

First Degree

Field of Study:

Information Technology



Experience Required

Digital & eCommerce, CHNW

Personal and Private Banking

8-10 years

Experience and understanding of digital platforms enabling other value streams teams to deliver with substantial autonomy (platforms as a product).



More than 10 years

Experience in understanding integration of digital and eCommerce sales growth around products, solutions and go-to market plans. Experience in the development, design and enablement of Digital and eCommerce value propositions that work for Consumer & HNW clients. Strong understanding of digital, open banking and platform integration into a segment. Experience in leading, integrating and delivering client solutions through multi-disciplinary teams.



Additional Information



Behavioural Competencies:



Challenging Ideas

Developing Expertise

Developing Strategies

Directing People

Embracing Change

Empowering Individuals

Establishing Rapport

Exploring Possibilities

Making Decisions

Providing Insights

Resolving Conflict

Taking Action



Technical Competencies:



Agile Concepts

Conducting Research

Financial Acumen

IT Systems

Knowledge of Banking & Financial Service

Vendor Evaluation and Management



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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1575366
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Johannesburg, GP, ZA, South Africa
  • Education
    Not mentioned