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Head of Product; Digital/Super-App
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Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa
Listed on 2026-02-14
Listing for:
Leru Partners
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-14
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
FinTech, Product Designer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Head of Product (Digital Payments / Super-App)
We are partnering with a fast-growing digital payments and fintech platform to appoint a Head of Product to lead the next phase of scale across its wallet and super-app ecosystem.
This is a senior leadership role responsible for defining and executing product strategy across payments, financial services, and embedded digital experiences.
The RoleYou will:
- Own and drive the end-to-end product strategy across digital payments and super-app verticals
- Lead and scale a high-performing team of product managers, designers, and analysts
- Define the product roadmap aligned to commercial and regulatory priorities
- Work closely with engineering, data, compliance, risk, and commercial teams
- Launch and optimise features across wallet, P2P, merchant payments, lending, BNPL, and value-added services
- Drive user growth, engagement, and monetisation
- Establish product governance, KPIs, experimentation frameworks, and delivery discipline
- 10+ years in product management, with significant exposure to digital payments, wallets, fintech, or super-app ecosystems
- Proven experience launching and scaling payment products at scale
- Strong understanding of payments infrastructure (cards, wallets, QR, acquiring, APIs, settlement flows, etc.)
- Experience operating in regulated environments
- Commercially sharp — able to translate strategy into measurable revenue impact
- Comfortable working in high-growth, fast-paced environments
- Strong stakeholder management at executive level
- Opportunity to shape a flagship digital payments platform
- Significant ownership and visibility at leadership level
- Real scale, not theory, not Power Point
If you are currently leading product in fintech or digital payments and open to a confidential discussion, feel free to reach out directly.
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