Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

The Product Owner is responsible for driving the entire lifecycle of MF and lifestyle features, ensuring steady asset listing and inventory availability, optimizing digital subscriptions, redemptions, automated recurring plans (SIPs/auto-invest), fund switching, dividend distributions, daily NAV transparency, accelerating user acquisition and AUM growth, maintaining strict SEC regulatory compliance, and delivering an exceptional, frictionless customer experience. To take end-to-end ownership, strategic leadership, and operational management of Mutual Funds and Lifestyle products including goal-based investments (Target Savings, Education Savings, Travel/Vacation Pools), gamified wealth features, partner embedded offerings, and lifestyle-driven digital wealth tools on BluNest, SIAML’s self-service personal investment platform.

Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration Economics, Engineering, Statistics or related discipline

• 3-4 years experience in Fintech environments across various roles spanning Digital Asset Management, Wealth Management and Product Management.
• Experience and knowledge of databases, SQL programming and understand the technicalities related to these systems. Good understanding of FTP and behaviour tenor of products.
• Experience in conducting market research, competitive analysis, and user research to identify customer investment pain points, micro-investing opportunities, and auto-invest/SIP growth levers.
• Experience in Portfolio Management
• Certification in Agile Product Management (PSPO, CSPO), Project Management (PMP), or Financial Analysis (CFA/FMVA) is added advantage

Behavioural Competencies:

• Challenging Ideas
• Developing Expertise
• Embracing Change
• Examining Information
• Exploring Possibilities
• Generating Ideas
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Team Working
• Thinking Positively

Technical Competencies:

• Analysing and Interpreting Information
• Banking Process & Procedures
• Data Analysis
• Product and Services Knowledge
• Product Knowledge (Consumer Banking)
• Product Related Systems (Consumer Banking)
• Risk Identification