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.

Join a team shaping seamless experiences across banking journeys and digital platforms.

We are hiring for 2 different senior roles:

• Transactional products
• Digital engagement and entrenchment

We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer who can lead design execution within product squads, translating customer insight, data, and business strategy into scalable, high-impact digital experiences.

If you’re passionate about influencing product direction, mentoring others, and delivering design excellence at scale, we’d love to meet you.

What you’ll do

You’ll play a critical role in shaping product experiences end-to-end, owning design execution while influencing strategy and driving quality across squads.

• Own and drive design delivery across one or more product squads
• Translate business goals and product vision into clear design priorities and solutions
• Shape and influence product roadmaps through customer insight, data, and design thinking
• Lead the creation of end-to-end journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI
• Ensure solutions are scalable, reusable, and aligned to design systems and platform standards
• Facilitate workshops and ideation sessions to define future-state experiences and priorities
• Collaborate closely with researchers, product managers, engineers, and data teams to validate and refine solutions
• Drive usability testing and continuous discovery to improve customer outcomes
• Identify and resolve design fragmentation across journeys and squads
• Contribute to the evolution of design systems, patterns, and best practices

What we’re looking for

• 5–7 years’ experience in UX/UI or product design
• A strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design ownership and impact
• Proven ability to operate within product squads and influence cross-functional teams
• Strong systems thinking with a focus on scalability and consistency
• Experience applying and evolving design systems
• Ability to use data and research to inform and validate design decisions
• Confidence facilitating workshops and engaging stakeholders
• Experience mentoring or supporting the growth of other designers

Why this role matters

This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution, ensuring that design is not only delivered, but delivers impact.

You’ll be accountable for the usability and quality of solutions within your squads, helping to create experiences that are intuitive, scalable, and aligned to both customer needs and business outcomes.

Why join us

You’ll be part of a team redefining financial services through design, where you’ll have the opportunity to influence product direction, elevate design quality, and grow the next generation of designers.

Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Information Studies

Experience Required
Experience & Software Design
Technology
5-7 years
Demonstrated workplace experience within the area of specialisation with evidence of contribution to the experience design practice.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Convincing People
• Developing Expertise
• Establishing Rapport
• Generating Ideas
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Inviting Feedback
• Making Decisions
• Providing Insights
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Client Journeys and Personas
• Data Analysis
• Effective Design
• Product and Services Knowledge
• Requirements Gathering and Management
• Research & Information Gathering
• Service Management Processes