Senior Product Manager RFP

Job Requisition and Recruiter Details

Requisition: 145507
Title: Senior Product Manager: Spend and Scheme Management
Division: PPB PDI
Location: Sandton
Closing Date: 15 April 2026
Recruiter: William Mtsweni

Job Family

Career Stream

Leadership Pipeline

Job Purpose

Nedbank card issuing for individual business is looking for a dynamic and creative candidate to manage the spend Centre of Excellence, this role will work through credit, debit across AmEx. This role will be responsible for managing spending and ensure continuous activities for Nedbank

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, BCom IS, Engineering, Digital / Technology / Business Studies
• Postgraduate qualification will be an advantage 

Minimum Experience Level

• 5-10 years of banking experience
• Creating a strategy and plans to drive and increase card spend, between individual credit debit and American Express
• 7–10 years’ experience in Card Product or Spend Management, with a proven ability to create and execute card spend strategies that drive growth across credit, debit, and American Express, including interchange optimisation and spend market share growth.
• Strong experience in Customer Value Management (CVM), using deep transactional and behavioural insights to influence customer behaviour, optimise rewards, identify niche spend trends, and forecast customer spend.
• Demonstrated experience in card scheme management, including working with Mastercard, Visa, and/or American Express, managing commercial agreements, tracking spend targets, reporting interchange performance, and driving global and international spend.
• Proven capability in designing and enhancing end-to-end customer spend journeys, including driving adoption of digital and modern payment methods (virtual cards, digital wallets, bill payments) and executing debit-to-credit spend optimisation strategies.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies