Payment Platform Product Owner

Cape Town, WC, ZA, South Africa

Job Description

Job description



Join our team and start a new adventure in an international and dynamic environment, where you will be able to fulfil your career expectations in a fast-growing organization. As Payment Platform Product Owner, you will lead an agile squad and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize our enterprise payment platform and deliver value to customers and merchants.



Your missions



Define, prioritize, and manage the platform roadmap with accountability for delivery

Translate business strategy and regulatory requirements into platform vision, goals, and backlog

Balance short-term delivery with long-term scalability, innovation, and compliance

Manage platform components such as merchant portal, onboarding, dashboards, payment pages, gateway, switch, and integrations

Act as Product Owner for an agile squad, ensuring high-quality delivery of platform features

Align squad priorities with business, compliance, operations, and technical needs

Participate in agile ceremonies, backlog management, and delivery planning

Use collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence) for workflow management

Partner with compliance and risk teams to ensure regulatory standards (PCI DSS, AML, PSD2, POPIA)

Champion platform reliability, scalability, and performance improvements

Support business deliverables including new payment methods and merchant features



Your profile



Experience in product management or product ownership within software development (5-8 years)

Agile certification (CSPO, SAFe PO/PM or equivalent)

Experience in B2B and B2C contexts

Knowledge of payment platforms, compliance frameworks, and regulatory standards

Proven success in owning a roadmap and delivering outcomes through agile squads

Technical knowledge to engage with engineering on APIs, integrations, and system design

Academic background:

Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Fluent English

Experience with collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence)

You have strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills

You have a customer-centric, data-driven mindset and problem-solving ability



What we offer



An international community bringing together 110+ different nationalities

An environment where trust has a central place:

70% of our key leaders started their careers at the first level of responsibilities

A robust training system with our internal Academy and 250+ available modules

A vibrant workplace that frequently gathers for internal events (afterworks, team buildings, etc.)

Strong commitments to CSR, notably through participation in our WeCare Together program



Diversity and Inclusion

Amaris Consulting is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to promoting diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. For this purpose, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age, marital status, disability, or other characteristics.



Who are we?

Amaris Consulting is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade - this is made possible by an international team of 7,600 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines: Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering. We're focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential. Amaris is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.



At Amaris, we strive to provide our candidates with the best possible recruitment experience. We like to get to know our candidates, challenge them, and be able to give them proper feedback as quickly as possible. Here's what our recruitment process looks like:



Brief Call:

Our process typically begins with a brief virtual/phone conversation to get to know you! The objective? Learn about you, understand your motivations, and make sure we have the right job for you!



Interviews (the average number of interviews is 3 - the number may vary depending on the level of seniority required for the position). During the interviews, you will meet people from our team: your line manager of course, but also other people related to your future role. We will talk in depth about you, your experience, and skills, but also about the position and what will be expected of you. Of course, you will also get to know Amaris: our culture, our roots, our teams, and your career opportunities!



Case study:

Depending on the position, we may ask you to take a test. This could be a role play, a technical assessment, a problem-solving scenario, etc.



As you know, every person is different and so is every role in a company. That is why we have to adapt accordingly, and the process may differ slightly at times. However, please know that we always put ourselves in the candidate's shoes to ensure they have the best possible experience.

We look forward to meeting you!

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1620093
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Cape Town, WC, ZA, South Africa
  • Education
    Not mentioned