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$14k – $40k per year (Estimated)
Location
In office (Johannesburg)
Employment
Full-Time
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TymeBank is a South African digital bank launched in 2019 and headquartered in Johannesburg. It built its own cloud banking platform and onboards customers through retail kiosks. The bank has signed up millions of customers.

Job Purpose

We are seeking a seasoned financial services professional with demonstrated experience managing a

consumer lending program. This individual should have a great command of credit strategy

development and lending product economics. Building on that foundation, the Lending Business

Owner will own the full product lifecycle and end-to-end P&L for GoTyme’s next-generation lending

offering-driving sustainable and resilient growth, best-in-class customer experience, and disciplined

risk management.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

  • P&L Ownership: Own the P&L for the lending product; set and deliver volume, revenue,

cost, and loss targets; optimise profitability (risk adjusted returns) through credit risk, pricing,

fee design, and margin management while always keeping the customer top of mind.

  • Credit Risk Management: Own 1st line credit strategies (acquisitions, portfolio management)

that allow us to optimize growth and customer lifetime value while operating

within the bank’s risk appetite

  • Product Strategy and Development: Work with the Product team to craft the go-to market

and multi-year product vision, customer value proposition, and agile roadmap; lead

discovery, prototyping, and iterative releases from concept to scale. Ensure that investments

are aligned to Tyme group’s multi-country vision.

  • Customer Growth & Experience: Drive acquisition, activation, and retention through

data-driven marketing, UX experimentation, and personalized lifecycle journeys to sustain

high NPS.

  • Cross-Functional Leadership & Governance: Align Legal, Compliance, Finance,

Operations, Tech, and Marketing to hit launch and portfolio milestones; present business cases

to ExCo, credit committees, and regulators.

  • Data-Driven Decision Making: Institutionalise OKR dashboards, test-and-learn agendas,

and cohort analytics; socialise insights for rapid course-correction.

  • Team Building & Mentorship: Recruit, coach, and inspire a multidisciplinary squad of

product, credit, marketing, operations teams to support lending initiatives; foster GoTyme’s

culture of “hunger & humility.”

  • Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Scout fintech trends, embedded-lending plays,

and alternative-data partnerships to keep GoTyme at the front of consumer credit innovation.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

  • Portfolio profitability (Risk-adjusted margin, Net interest margin, Net Present Value, Return

on Equity)

  • Growth (Disbursements #/PHP, Outstandings, Penetration)
  • Risk & Capital (Credit losses #/PHP %, Loss Coverage Ratio, Capital Adequacy)
  • Execution (On-time delivery, Flawless execution, Experimentation)

Job Specification

Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree or higher in applied mathematics, finance, statistics,

computer science, physics, data science, engineering or any other

quantitative discipline

  • Master’s degree is preferred

Professional Qualification and/or Regulatory, Licensing requirements (if any)

  • Relevant experience or diplomas, certificates or completed training

courses.

  • CFA, FRM, PMP is a plus.

Relevant Work Experience:

  • 5+ years in the financial services industry at a top-tier bank or fintech

(e.g. Capital One, Nubank, etc.)

  • Proven track record of launching, scaling, and managing credit

products

  • Experience managing lending program P&L and credit risk and

leveraging data and analytics to inform decisions

  • Hands on experience working with, manipulating and analyzing large

datasets using programming languages such as SQL, R, SAS, Python,

etc.

  • Evidence of leadership and managerial skills, with a track record of

building and leading high-performing analyst teams.

  • Interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage,

collaborate, and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Required Competencies and Skills:

Competencies/Skills (Essential to succeed in this job)

  • Analytical & Strategic Thinking: Turns white-space ideas into

quantified opportunities; Adept at financial modelling and scenario

analysis.

  • Domain Expertise: Deep knowledge of local market/consumer

behavior, credit-lifecycle levers (acquisition through collections) and

retail-bank P&L mechanics.

  • Technical & Digital Savvy: Expert in testing platforms, and agile

tooling; fluent in conversations with business, credit, data scientists

and engineers.

  • Communication & Influence: Distills complex trade-offs for

senior execs; drives alignment across risk, tech, and commercial

teams.

  • Adaptability & Innovation: Thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous

settings; constantly hunts for new data sources, partners, and GTM

models.

  • Leadership & Talent Development - Builds high-performing,

purpose-driven teams; embodies GoTyme’s values in everyday

decision-making.

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