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Ogilvy One is the Digital arm of Ogilvy South Africa.

We are focused on creating impactful relationships by design between our clients and their customers. We help companies drive sustainable growth and customer value through an unmatched understanding of brand and human behaviour while harnessing the power of innovation, design, data, and technology.

We are looking for a:

Head of Digital Strategy

As the Head of Digital Strategy at Ogilvy One, you will be instrumental in shaping and leading our digital strategic offerings, driving significant impact for our diverse portfolio of retainer and project clients. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead and innovate within a dynamic and forward-thinking team, redefining how brands connect with their audiences in a one-to-one relationship.

Requirements:

• Proven experience leading digital strategy, with a strong track record of successful campaign and platform development.
• Extensive experience in leading CRM strategy, demonstrating an understanding of customer lifecycle management and loyalty programs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a high-performing strategy team.
• Minimum of 5 years of managerial experience within a digital agency or similar environment.
• Deep understanding of the digital landscape, including emerging technologies, platforms, and consumer behaviours.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and oversee comprehensive digital strategies that align with client business objectives and market trends.
• Lead the development and implementation of CRM strategies, focusing on customer loyalty and engagement across various touchpoints.
• Drive content strategy initiatives, ensuring compelling and effective storytelling across digital platforms.
• Provide strategic leadership and guidance to the strategy team, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Creative, Development, Data, SEO, Design) to ensure integrated and effective client solutions.
• Present strategic recommendations and insights to clients, articulating rationale and business value with clarity and confidence.

Daily Activities:

• You will lead agency/client brainstorms & workshops to determine KPI’s, strategic direction and set ways of working to maintain client relationships
• Drive integration, with weighting on digital platforms
• Scope, plan & manage the strategy process on briefs
• Manage & mentor strategy team members
• Work with other disciplines (Creative, Development, Data, SEO, Design) to ensure cohesive team integration, and alignment with broader business objectives
• Be a champion for innovation on every project you touch
• Play an active role in campaign planning
• Drive real-time optimisation of the digital work in partnership with creative and data
• Participate in pitches for new business
• Define the direction for overall campaigns
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Compile presentations for clients/figure out new ways of selling
• Attend client briefings & presentations
• Demonstrate thought leadership by keeping updated on industry trends

The offer:

• Location in Johannesburg
• 3:2 hybrid working environment
• Local and global client portfolio

Seniority level

• Seniority level Director

Employment type

• Employment type Full-time

Job function

• Job function Strategy/Planning, Advertising, and Analyst
• Industries Marketing Services, Strategic Management Services, and Advertising Services

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Global Digital Strategy Manager
Port Elizabeth, Sidwell, ZA, 6200
Leveraging its deep expertise as the global leader in catalysis and precious metals, BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) serves customers in many industries including automotive, aerospace, indoor air quality, semiconductors and hydrogen economy, and provides full loop services with its precious metals trading and recycling offering. With a focus on circular solutions and sustainability, ECMS is committed to helping our customers create a cleaner, more sustainable world. Protecting our elements of life is our purpose and this inspires us to ever-new solutions.
ECMS operates globally in 15 countries with approximately 20 production sites and over 4,000 employees.
**As a Global Digital Strategy Manager, you will LEAD by.**
The Global Digital Strategy Manager is responsible for maintaining and guiding our digital strategy for the global Mobile Emission Catalysts (CC-EE) business within ECMS. In this position, you will lead both short and long-term strategic business planning for digital applications; and develop integrated processes that help support business requirements across the organization. We will focus on low-cost high-ROI initiatives that streamline operations, reduce cost, drive AI adoption where it counts, and accelerate decision -making. This individual will be responsible for developing and delivering end-to-end value creation measures to improve CC-EE's cost basis and profitability
Strong cross-functional leadership and effective navigation of global stakeholders, including business unit leaders and central IT are critical as you will manage complex issues within the entire end to end product innovation to final customer delivery processes. Key influencing and change management skills are important to help an organization adapt to future digital standards. Today, this role has direct leadership accountability for one permanent employee and several contract roles. It also chairs a global digital acceleration team with approximately 25 participants from across the globe.
You will play a key role in the identification, planning, financial modeling, roll-out and optimization of the developed Digital Innovation portfolio across the entire global business unit. This requires strong project management skills and influencing ability across functions, geographies, and hierarchies. This role will also focus on optimizing emerging IT capabilities and automating processes by designing solutions that will improve overall business effectiveness and efficiencies, as well as the customer and employee experiences; thus, differentiating our competitive position in the global market. Simplicity, speed, and impact are key drivers for success in this role.
+ Drive alignment and enrollment across key stakeholders and support CC-EE's business with the appropriate digitalization program designs that deliver successful implementation of profitable, effective, and customer-oriented solutions based on business requirements.
+ Shape and operationalize the digital roadmap aligned with business goals and financial priorities.
+ Collaborate closely with the central Information Technology (IT) team to ensure ECMS group strategy, spend approval, and long-term support models. You will be the key approver and "voice of the business" into the centralized IT team.
+ Partner with the central IT team, to research and present the latest digital trends that yield competitive advantages with recommendations on how to incorporate them as sustainable manufacturing solutions for heightened operational performance, enhanced customer experience and optimal business growth.
+ Identify opportunities for the CC-EE operations & business community to leverage digital solutions.
+ Develop and recommend global digital strategy which aligns with CC-EE business.
+ Leverage the Global CCE Digital Acceleration Team network to launch and grow CC-EE's best practice sharing, harmonization & simplification, and global connected strategy.
+ Lead data standardization globally across all sites.
+ Build and maintain relationships and networks with internal clients and resources within BASF. Work collaboratively with global partners on regional execution - share best practices, understand localization needs and provide support for both pre and post roll-out initiatives.
+ From a Digital Innovation perspective - provide architecture and technology oversight/guidance; while partnering with platform service functions and other business units to create differentiated value propositions by leveraging the complete portfolio of BASF ECMS IT tools, solutions, and services.
+ Take immediate action to eliminate significant risks and propose actions to eradicate non-conformances or deviations.
+ Oversee end-to-end execution of digital initiatives, including select program and project management responsibilities.
+ Define key metrics, and outcomes for digitalization programs that align with business goals. Manage and mitigate technology-related issues. Monitor and improve execution.
+ Lead project teams successfully. Ensure individual responsibilities of team members are clearly documented and communicated. Ensure employees are appropriately qualified with sufficient resources and skills to fulfill their responsibilities.
+ Operate in accordance and awareness of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) policies and applicable regulations where manufacturing processes across the global platform are concerned.
+ Ensure compliance with all Quality-related programs as well as associated regulations and procedures.
+ Lead governance processes to evaluate, prioritize, and decide which digital requests to fund or reject-based on clear ROI, payback, and impact criteria.
+ Rebuild the credibility and strategic relevance of the Digital Function through transparency, consistency, and results.
_Your elements for success._
+ Bachelor's degree is required; advanced degree with a Business or Project Management focus, or equivalent professional experience, is preferred. Experience within innovation or start-up space is a plus.
+ Minimum 10 years of experience in digital transformation, business process optimization, or IT-business interfacing roles.
+ Proven track record of delivering measurable business outcomes through digital projects (cost savings, productivity, margin protection, etc.).
+ Strong understanding of modern digital tools and platforms, including AI, automation, low-code/no-code, analytics
+ Extremely competent in managing multiple projects simultaneously, highly organized and detail oriented.
+ A strategic thinker, an advocate and thought leader for innovation with excellent business judgment. Ability to translate operational needs into digital solutions by working effectively with internal/external customers.
+ Commendable problem-solving capabilities.
+ A charismatic leader, capable of building strong team relationships.
+ Sound knowledge of technological trends to build strategic, digitalized solutions across a global platform.
+ Proven analytical skills with an impressive track record of creating financial models, sensitivity models and multi-variable forecasts. Exceptional ability to collect and interpret qualitative and quantitative data.
+ Demonstrated proficiency in leading continuous process improvements.
+ Strong communication skills (written and oral), presentation, and team facilitation skills.
+ Highly proficient with key Microsoft Office applications.
+ Willingness to travel 20% of the time.
_You @ BASF ECMS_
At BASF you get more than just compensation, Medical & Dental. Our total offer includes a wide range of elements you need to be your best in every stage of your life. That's what we call Our Periodic Table of Benefits includes some additional perks below for starters.
+ Flexible Work Arrangements whenever possible
+ Retirement Benefits with company contributions
+ Competitive Medical and Dental Plan Options
+ Disability and Life Insurance Programs
+ Wellness Programs
+ Maternity/Paternity Leave, Infertility & Adoption reimbursement
+ Mentoring & Development Programs
+ Employee Discounts
+ Pet insurance
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HEAD OF DIGITAL ADVERTISING STRATEGY

Our Mission is to be able to say - "Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price"

We're looking for a results-driven and experienced Head of Digital Advertising Strategy to join our team.

The Head of Digital Advertising Strategy position at Common Thread Collective (CTC) plays a key role in scaling our clients' success. It centers on creating accurate forecasts to drive our clients toward their goals, followed by meticulously executing strategies to materialize these goals daily.

Your actions and decisions embody CTC's Global core values, serving as a guiding force for these principles. At CTC, your trained expertise is invaluable, covering the entire spectrum of CTC's Strategic Forecasting methods and the foundational principles of media acquisition.

Your role goes beyond delivering tangible business results; it involves a proactive engagement with our clients, ensuring transparent communication regarding the actions undertaken and the performance relative to the forecasts. This ongoing dialogue not only fosters trust but also cements the partnership between CTC and its clients, guiding them through the complexities of media acquisition and strategic planning.

You stand as a representative and zealous advocate for CTC's distinctive approach to media acquisition and its accompanying tools.

As a Head of Digital Advertising Strategy, you lead by example and set a high standard.

You view challenges as opportunities to excel and take great pride in your ability to drive results with precision and impact. At CTC, we embrace the mantra, "Everyday in Everyplay, Count on Me," meaning we take ownership, deliver excellence, and see things through to the end.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn't for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions—from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money—in the direction of three committed values.

We recognize these values aren't for everyone.

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.
  
  

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.
  
  

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.
  
  

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

TRAINING PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the training.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.
  
  

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Google strategist, Creative Strategist, and Email Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophet system for your clients
• Building a Growth Forecast for your clients
• Building a Growth map using the Prophet System
• Data Analysis required for the Map
• Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Daily Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
• You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each day to adjust them to meet KPIs
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it's time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you've found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC's Meta best practices
• Build campaigns using our structure and best practices
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and adjusting budgets and strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Daily Projected Targets
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.
  

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring you are within a 5% Delta to the Forecast
• Ensuring daily alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophet system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.
  
  

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on the Growth Map goals and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every day of the week.
• Providing weekly updates on the Weekly Strategy Call.
  
  

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.
  
  

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.
  
  

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.
  
  

Past Experience

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, business operations, retail, finance, media buying, etc
  
  

Critical Thinking

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.
  
  

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.
  
  

Results

You will merge the Finance and Marketing sides of a business to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophet system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance within a 5% delta across the Prophet system's Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in media buying to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning daily on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, media buying decisions, and system execution.
• Meet all deadlines and budget requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.
  
  

DOMAIN

MANAGEMENT

• Your supervisor would be Joy Sharma, The Director of the CTC Accelerator Program.
• As an Accelerator Strategist, you'll report directly to Joy Sharma—a leader known for his relentless pursuit of excellence and an unmatched passion for growth strategy. Joy is a rare mentor, often described as the closest you'll come to learning directly from Taylor Holiday himself. With a career built on his own rigorous, self-driven learning, Joy has transformed numerous team members into top-tier strategists, instilling in them the values of dedication, precision, and continuous improvement.
  

Working under Joy's guidance will push you to your limits in the best possible way. He models the value of hard work, and learning from him feels like "drinking from a firehose"—you'll absorb knowledge quickly and consistently, experiencing tremendous growth. Joy is committed to personally ensuring you reach your full potential as a Head of Digital Advertising Strategy, supporting your journey every step of the way.

ORIENTATION

• This role will be client-facing.
  
  

WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First month: $,000
• Second month: 4,000
• Third month (on average): 7,000 a month
• 1st Year Annual Range: 64,000- 76,000
• 2nd Year Annual Range: 100,000- 120,000
  
  

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
• Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
• Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
• With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress.
• My Commitment to You:
• You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and "make more than you ever have." You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression.
• We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.
  

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you're consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

Seniority level

• Seniority level Director

Employment type

• Employment type Full-time

Job function

• Job function Marketing and Sales
• Industries Advertising Services

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Our Mission is to be able to say - “Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price”

We’re looking for a results-driven and experienced Head of Digital Advertising Strategy to join our team.

The Head of Digital Advertising Strategy position at Common Thread Collective (CTC) plays a key role in scaling our clients’ success. It centers on creating accurate forecasts to drive our clients toward their goals, followed by meticulously executing strategies to materialize these goals daily.

Your actions and decisions embody CTC’s Global core values, serving as a guiding force for these principles. At CTC, your trained expertise is invaluable, covering the entire spectrum of CTC’s Strategic Forecasting methods and the foundational principles of media acquisition.

Your role goes beyond delivering tangible business results; it involves a proactive engagement with our clients, ensuring transparent communication regarding the actions undertaken and the performance relative to the forecasts. This ongoing dialogue not only fosters trust but also cements the partnership between CTC and its clients, guiding them through the complexities of media acquisition and strategic planning.

You stand as a representative and zealous advocate for CTC's distinctive approach to media acquisition and its accompanying tools.

As a Head of Digital Advertising Strategy, you lead by example and set a high standard.

You view challenges as opportunities to excel and take great pride in your ability to drive results with precision and impact. At CTC, we embrace the mantra, “Everyday in Everyplay, Count on Me,” meaning we take ownership, deliver excellence, and see things through to the end.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions—from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money—in the direction of three committed values.

We recognize these values aren't for everyone.

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

What Success Looks Like NECESSARY SKILLS

TRAINING PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the training.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Google strategist, Creative Strategist, and Email Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophet system for your clients
• Building a Growth Forecast for your clients
  • Building a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required for the Map
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Daily Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each day to adjust them to meet KPIs
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it’s time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you’ve found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC’s Meta best practices
• Build campaigns using our structure and best practices
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and adjusting budgets and strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Daily Projected Targets
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring you are within a 5% Delta to the Forecast
• Ensuring daily alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring following the Prophet system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on the Growth Map goals and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every day of the week.
• Providing weekly updates on the Weekly Strategy Call.

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.
• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, business operations, retail, finance, media buying, etc

Critical Thinking

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results

You will merge the Finance and Marketing sides of a business to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophet system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance within a 5% delta across the Prophet system’s Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in media buying to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning daily on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, media buying decisions, and system execution.
• Meet all deadlines and budget requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

DOMAIN

MANAGEMENT

• Your supervisor would be Joy Sharma, The Director of the CTC Accelerator Program.
• As an Accelerator Strategist, you’ll report directly to Joy Sharma —a leader known for his relentless pursuit of excellence and an unmatched passion for growth strategy. Joy is a rare mentor, often described as the closest you’ll come to learning directly from Taylor Holiday himself. With a career built on his own rigorous, self-driven learning, Joy has transformed numerous team members into top-tier strategists, instilling in them the values of dedication, precision, and continuous improvement.

Working under Joy's guidance will push you to your limits in the best possible way. He models the value of hard work, and learning from him feels like “drinking from a firehose”—you’ll absorb knowledge quickly and consistently, experiencing tremendous growth. Joy is committed to personally ensuring you reach your full potential as a Head of Digital Advertising Strategy, supporting your journey every step of the way.

ORIENTATION

• This role will be client-facing.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First month: $,000
• Second month: 4,000
• Third month (on average): 7,000 a month
• 1st Year Annual Range: 64,000- 76,000
• 2nd Year Annual Range: 100,000- 120,000

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
• Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
• Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
• With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress.
• My Commitment to You:
• You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and “make more than you ever have.” You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression.
• We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.
• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you’re consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

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Digital Product Strategy & Delivery Lead

Job Overview

Business Segment: Insurance & Asset Management

Location: ZA, GP, Roodepoort, 4 Ellis Street

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Digital Product Strategy & Delivery Lead to drive the successful design, development, and deployment of high-impact digital platforms that solve real customer problems and deliver tangible business value. You will bridge the gap between strategy and execution—translating business goals into implementable plans, aligning multidisciplinary teams, and managing key stakeholders to ensure shared vision and outcomes.

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Business Commerce
Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology

Experience Required
6+ years in product leadership, digital strategy, or platform delivery roles.
Proven experience leading end-to-end development of digital platforms, preferably in emerging or underserved markets.
Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to turn complex objectives into actionable roadmaps.
Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
Deep understanding of Agile, Lean Startup, and customer-centric product development approaches.
Experience with community-driven platforms or financial inclusion tools is a strong advantage.

Additional Information

• Challenging Ideas
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Empowering Individuals
• Exploring Possibilities
• Making Decisions
• Providing Insights
• Resolving Conflict
• Taking Action
• Agile Concepts
• Conducting Research
• IT Systems
• Knowledge of Banking & Financial Service

Please note: All our recruitment processes comply with the applicable local laws and regulations. We will never ask for money or any from of payment as part of our recruitment process. If you experience this, please contact our Fraud line on +27 800222050 or

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Digital Product Strategy & Delivery Lead

Job Overview

Business Segment: Insurance & Asset Management

Location: ZA, GP, Roodepoort, 4 Ellis Street

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Digital Product Strategy & Delivery Lead to drive the successful design, development, and deployment of high-impact digital platforms that solve real customer problems and deliver tangible business value. You will bridge the gap between strategy and execution—translating business goals into implementable plans, aligning multidisciplinary teams, and managing key stakeholders to ensure shared vision and outcomes.

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Business Commerce
Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology Experience Required
6+ years in product leadership, digital strategy, or platform delivery roles.
Proven experience leading end-to-end development of digital platforms, preferably in emerging or underserved markets.
Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to turn complex objectives into actionable roadmaps.
Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
Deep understanding of Agile, Lean Startup, and customer-centric product development approaches.
Experience with community-driven platforms or financial inclusion tools is a strong advantage.

Additional Information

• Challenging Ideas
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Empowering Individuals
• Exploring Possibilities
• Making Decisions
• Providing Insights
• Resolving Conflict
• Taking Action
• Agile Concepts
• Conducting Research
• IT Systems
• Knowledge of Banking & Financial Service

Please note: All our recruitment processes comply with the applicable local laws and regulations. We will never ask for money or any from of payment as part of our recruitment process. If you experience this, please contact our Fraud line on +27 800222050 or

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Our Mission is to be able to say - “Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price”

We’re looking for a results-driven and experienced Head of Digital Advertising Strategy to join our team.

The Head of Digital Advertising Strategy position at Common Thread Collective (CTC) plays a key role in scaling our clients’ success. It centers on creating accurate forecasts to drive our clients toward their goals, followed by meticulously executing strategies to materialize these goals daily.

Your actions and decisions embody CTC’s Global core values, serving as a guiding force for these principles. At CTC, your trained expertise is invaluable, covering the entire spectrum of CTC’s Strategic Forecasting methods and the foundational principles of media acquisition.

Your role goes beyond delivering tangible business results; it involves a proactive engagement with our clients, ensuring transparent communication regarding the actions undertaken and the performance relative to the forecasts. This ongoing dialogue not only fosters trust but also cements the partnership between CTC and its clients, guiding them through the complexities of media acquisition and strategic planning.

You stand as a representative and zealous advocate for CTC's distinctive approach to media acquisition and its accompanying tools.

As a Head of Digital Advertising Strategy, you lead by example and set a high standard.

You view challenges as opportunities to excel and take great pride in your ability to drive results with precision and impact. At CTC, we embrace the mantra, “Everyday in Everyplay, Count on Me,” meaning we take ownership, deliver excellence, and see things through to the end.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions—from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money—in the direction of three committed values.

We recognize these values aren't for everyone.

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

What Success Looks Like NECESSARY SKILLS

TRAINING PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the training.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Google strategist, Creative Strategist, and Email Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophet system for your clients
• Building a Growth Forecast for your clients
  • Building a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required for the Map
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Daily Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each day to adjust them to meet KPIs
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it’s time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you’ve found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC’s Meta best practices
• Build campaigns using our structure and best practices
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and adjusting budgets and strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Daily Projected Targets
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring you are within a 5% Delta to the Forecast
• Ensuring daily alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring following the Prophet system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on the Growth Map goals and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every day of the week.
• Providing weekly updates on the Weekly Strategy Call.

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.
• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, business operations, retail, finance, media buying, etc

Critical Thinking

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results

You will merge the Finance and Marketing sides of a business to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophet system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance within a 5% delta across the Prophet system’s Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in media buying to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning daily on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, media buying decisions, and system execution.
• Meet all deadlines and budget requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

DOMAIN

MANAGEMENT

• Your supervisor would be Joy Sharma, The Director of the CTC Accelerator Program.
• As an Accelerator Strategist, you’ll report directly to Joy Sharma —a leader known for his relentless pursuit of excellence and an unmatched passion for growth strategy. Joy is a rare mentor, often described as the closest you’ll come to learning directly from Taylor Holiday himself. With a career built on his own rigorous, self-driven learning, Joy has transformed numerous team members into top-tier strategists, instilling in them the values of dedication, precision, and continuous improvement.

Working under Joy's guidance will push you to your limits in the best possible way. He models the value of hard work, and learning from him feels like “drinking from a firehose”—you’ll absorb knowledge quickly and consistently, experiencing tremendous growth. Joy is committed to personally ensuring you reach your full potential as a Head of Digital Advertising Strategy, supporting your journey every step of the way.

ORIENTATION

• This role will be client-facing.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First month: $,000
• Second month: 4,000
• Third month (on average): 7,000 a month
• 1st Year Annual Range: 64,000- 76,000
• 2nd Year Annual Range: 100,000- 120,000

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
• Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
• Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
• With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress.
• My Commitment to You:
• You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and “make more than you ever have.” You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression.
• We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.
• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you’re consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

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How many years of Experience you have in Meta Media Buying (If any) *

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Give an example of:1) Something that you have done recently that is impressiveOR2) Something you have built before that is really cool *

What books and media you have consumed In the last 60 days? *

What does your typical day & week look like? *

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GIA Exec :Head Digital, Data and Strategy Transformation

Details

Location:

Johannesburg, ZA

Date: 4 Jul 2025

Reference: 139186

REQ: 139186

Closing Date: 26 May 2025

Job Family

Risk, Audit and Compliance

Auditing

Manage Others

Job Purpose

The GIA Executive: Strategic Execution, Technology and Data Risks is responsible for leading and overseeing the audit portfolio that provides independent assurance on strategic execution, technology and data risks across the Nedbank Group. This role requires a seasoned audit or consulting professional with deep expertise in technology platforms (hardware and software), cyber, digital innovation, data management, and strategic transformation, with a primary focus on technology/data-driven strategic programmes managed by the Group Technology cluster and Chief Data and Analytics office.

Job Responsibilities

Audit Leadership:
⦁ Develop and execute a comprehensive audit portfolio strategy for strategic execution, technology, cyber and data risks aligned with GIA’s and the bank's strategy and regulatory requirements.
⦁ Lead the planning, execution, and reporting on audits related to strategic execution, technology, cyber and data risks (refer to points 2-4 below for more detail).
⦁ Report on the key outcomes from the audit activities to the relevant management and board committees.
⦁ Ensure audit activities are conducted in accordance with professional standards and regulatory requirements.
⦁ Ensure that the correct resources are allocated to audit activities, including appropriate use of smart sourcing.
⦁ Lead the execution of the allocated GIA strategic priorities and support the execution of the overall GIA purpose, vision and strategic priorities.
⦁ Actively drive and support the culture of ‘One GIA Playing to Win’.
Data risks:
⦁ Develop an agile audit plan that provide assurance on data governance frameworks, policies and data platforms to ensure robust data management, data integrity, security, and compliance with relevant banking regulations.
⦁ Oversee the execution of the audits that evaluates the effectiveness of data governance, data management practices, including data quality, data privacy, and data lifecycle management across the Group.
⦁ Provide insights and recommendations to enhance data-driven decision-making and risk management as part of audits, or separately.
⦁ Keep abreast of latest trends, risks and opportunities impacting the data world in financial services/banks.
Technology and cyber risks:
⦁ Develop an agile audit plan that provides assurance on key technology and cyber risks
⦁ Oversee the execution of the audit plan that evaluates the adequacy and effectiveness of control environment for technology and cyber risks across the Group.
⦁ Identify and evaluate emerging technology and cyber risks and provide recommendations to mitigate them as part of audits, or separately.
⦁ Keep abreast of technology and cyber trends, risks and opportunities in financial services/banking.
Strategic Execution Risk:
⦁ Develop an agile audit plan to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of governance, risk management and delivery of technology and data-driven strategic programmes.
⦁ Provides insights and recommendations for better execution of strategic programmes, as part of the audit, or separately.
⦁ Keep abreast of competitor activities, trends, risks and opportunities that are technology and data-driven in financial services/banking.
Stakeholder Engagement:
⦁ Identify and share strategic insights and opportunities to catalyst change when engaging with key stakeholders, in support of GIA evolving to a ‘strategist/catalyst’ role.
⦁ Keep key stakeholders appraised on audit activities and outcomes and seek relevant input to ensure alignment and support for audit activities that impact strategic execution, technology, cyber and data risks.
⦁ Seek regular feedback on the audit portfolio performance and leadership impact/influence.

• Diploma /post-graduate degree or MBA – strategy, technology and data as the core subjects

Minimum Experience Level

⦁ 15+ years of experience in consulting, audit, digital innovation, data management, and strategic transformation roles within the financial services sector.
⦁ Proven history of leading or providing risk management and/or audit assurance on strategic programmes, technology and data environments in global financial institutions.
⦁ +-10 years' experience in senior leadership roles in audit, risk management or consulting for large financial services organizations

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Principles of project management
• Regulatory, Legal and Economics Principles
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Risk management process and frameworks
• Training effectiveness principles
• Institute of Internal Auditors standards
• Internal audit policies and procedures
• Knowledge of relevant Legislation e.g. Banks Act, King III, Companies Act, BASEL - advanced
• Building Partnerships
• Coaching
• Communication
• Driving for Results

Disclaimer

Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566

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Join us as a DFS senior associate and make a difference in creating a real-time economy in Africa.  This leadership role offers the opportunity to collaborate with central banks, payment switch operators, banks, card schemes, and donors to enhance the delivery of payments and digital financial services. If you're a proactive leader with strong problem-solving skills, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact. 

THE PAYMENT & DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES (DFS) SERVICE LIN E

Genesis Analytics’ Payment & Digital Financial Services (DFS) Service Line exists to accelerate inclusive, secure, and efficient digital economies across Africa and other emerging markets. We pair Genesis’ mission of social change with deep payments expertise—helping governments, development partners, banks, and fintechs unlock the power of modern payment infrastructure for consumers, businesses, and the wider economy.

O r team works across four mutually-reinforcing pillars:

• Payment Strategy & Research – We craft evidence-based roadmaps that align clients’ payment and DFS ambitions with market opportunities, future-proofing their competitiveness.
Policy & Regulation – We advise central banks and regulators on national-level strategies for fintech, payment systems and open-banking frameworks—most recently leading Ethiopia’s National Payment Strategy—while guiding private-sector actors through complex regulatory environments.


• – From design to optimisation, we manage multi-year implementations of national and cross-border payment rails, providing hands-on project-management support to central banks and national switches.
  
  
li>Impact Assessment – We quantify the impact of DFS initiatives on improving livelihoods, combining rigorous evaluation methods with powerful analytics. For example, we are currently the impact measurement partner for the African Development Bank’s digital financial inclusion facility.

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Joining the service line means collaborating with colleagues in Financial Services, Digital Economy development, climate, and beyond. No two assignments look alike: one week you may be modelling the economics of an instant-payments scheme; the next, translating complex regulatory reforms into compelling stories for investors, policymakers and the public. Whatever the challenge, you will be at the forefront of finding innovative, measurable solutions that move societies toward inclusive digital finance.




The Payments and DFS Senior Associate is responsible for leading a team of consultants in providing strategic advice to banks, payment service providers, regulators and fintechs on matters involving payments. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the payments industry, as well as experience in consulting and business development.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of consultants in providing strategic advice to clients on issues involving payments - from market insights to internal design and value proposition
• Develop and execute proposals for new client engagements
• Conduct market research and analysis to identify trends and opportunities in the payments industry
• Stay up-to-date on the latest developments in payments technology and grow personal and firm profile through blogs and public reports
• Build and maintain relationships with key clients and prospects. Clients are expected to include:
  • National switches
  • Regulators
  • Development partners in the payment space
  • Banks (payment divisions - issuing, acquiring, across all payment streams)
  • Payment Service Providers
  • Fintechs
  • Card Associations
• Develop and manage strategic partnerships
• Develop and train more junior members of the team
• Develop new products and services that can be sold to clients in the field of payments and digital financial services 

Genesis consultants carry a balanced combination of powerful intellect, strong technical skills, and a consulting character to match.

Successful candidates for roles at Genesis:

• Are passionate, self-motivated and energetic  problem-solvers
• Value integrity and exhibit ethical behaviour
• Are analytical thinkers and fast learners with an excellent academic record

The successful candidates will thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy the flexible nature of the job, and like to hit the ground running. You are pro-active and hands-on, with the ability to not only work effectively as part of a team, but also to motivate the team and ensure they can excel.

You are likely to have:

• Master's degree in business administration (MBA) or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in consulting or payments or DFS strategy
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Commitment to excellence and client service

How to Apply:

• Please follow the online application process on the career portal of the Genesis website, we are unable to accept any e-mailed CVs or applications.
• Your application will primarily be considered for this role. If that are multiple roles that you are interested in, please submit your application to each position.  
li>Once you have applied via our career portal, you will receive a system-generated confirmation e-mail that your application was received.
• NOTE: Please be advised that uploaded documents/attachments cannot be bigger than 4MB in total, as the system will not accept your application if the uploaded documents exceed 4MB.
• Communication will be with short-listed candidates only - if you do not receive any feedback on your application within 3 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.
• Genesis Analytics reserves the right not to proceed with an appointment of any advertised role.
• All appointments will be made in line with Genesis Analytics’ Employment Equity Plan and Transformation Policies.
li>At Genesis, we prioritise your privacy by collecting essential personal information for job applications, which is reviewed confidentially by authorised hiring personnel to assess your suitability and communicate with you about your application status.