Product Owner: Alternative Payment Methods

Absa Group • johannesburg, gauteng • Posted June 24, 2026

About the Role

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

ABSA Bank is looking for a commercially sharp and technically fluent Alternative Payments Product Owner to lead the end-to-end delivery of PayShap and other digital payment solutions within our Merchant Acquiring division. This is a high-impact, senior individual contributor role sitting at the intersection of payments strategy, technology delivery, and commercial growth.

You will own the product roadmap for real-time payment acceptance — spanning Universal QR code acceptance at physical POS terminals and e‑commerce checkout — and drive PayShap merchant acquiring from business case through to live, s...