Head Product Manager: VAS

Job Details and Specialist Recruiter

Title: Senior Product Manager: VAS
Requisition: 144039
Closing Date:18 February 2026
Recruiter: William Mtsweni

Job Family

Career Stream

Leadership Pipeline

Job Purpose

To develop products based on business and client needs by doing market research and cost analysis and ensuring implementation of products though project and operational management to achieve Nedbank's deep green aspirations of being a great place to bank.

Job Responsibilities

•    Self and function consistently met all goals and targets
•    Delivered project results to parameters (cost, time, quality)
•    Competitive market and industry knowledge used to beat the competition
•    Advice accepted, implemented and used to beat competition
•    Enhanced the credibility and value-add of the function
•    Reporting timeous, accurate and state-of-the-art.
•    Delivered services to client expectations - client indicators improved year on year for function 2.
•    Monitored and managed key client expectations (internal and external); built long-term relationships
•    Trusted and respected by manager, direct reports, peers and other managers - able to influence above and below
•    Climate of teamwork and cross-organisational cooperation and cross training / up skilling enabled improved results
•    External relationships enabled achievement of functional and business unit objectives.
•    Function delivered promised business and project plan objectives.
•    Short-term results achieved while ensuring long-term growth.
•    Optimised/improved organisation, systems and processes in ways that delivered productivity gains and service excellence.
•    Decisions made in the best interest of the business, not just the function.
•    Problems solved at the lowest possible level 4.
•    Ensured function was governance and regulatory compliant - regular improvements to policies, processes and practices implemented.
•    Minimised risk through the embedding of world class risk practices.
•    Introduced global best practice in support of business goals
•    Developed a function wide differentiated culture - improved year on year
•    Met BEE and Charter targets as related to own function
•    Engaged function in corporate citizen initiatives.
•    Pipeline of breakthrough opportunities in function created
•    Actively built a culture of improvement to ensure optimisation of the function as business demands changed

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

• Business relevant Degree or an MBA

Minimum Experience Level

•    5-10 years at a strategic level of which 3-5 years is at an operational level in a corporate environment
•    Proven track record in managing large scale products 
•    SQL and any BI Related Dashboard skills would be beneficial

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies