Head : Credit Innovation
Salary
Not disclosed
Job Type
full time
Posted
about 12 hours ago
Closing date
20 Jul 2026
Job Description
We are building the next generation of customer-centric, experience-led credit — and are looking for a senior executive to lead this transformation across retail banking.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and optimise end-to-end credit journeys across application, allocation, servicing and maintenance
- Define business rules and decisioning strategies to maximise customer value and profitability
- Translate customer insights and personas into relevant, personalised credit recommendations and offers
- Drive the transition from product-led to customer-led credit strategies
- Own and drive customer experience (CX) outcomes across the credit lifecycle
- Design intuitive, frictionless and digitally-led credit journeys that improve conversion, utilisation and satisfaction
- Identify and eliminate customer pain points and drop-offs across onboarding, decisioning and collections
- Embed UX best practices and human-centred design principles into credit products and processes
- Partner with digital, CX and design teams to ensure consistent, seamless omni-channel experiences
- Incubate and embed advanced credit capabilities (data science, behavioural insights, ECM, rewards)
- Leverage data to optimise engagement, utilisation and collections strategies
- Identify customer-level triggers to drive timely, contextualised credit interventions
- Enhance both customer experience and operational efficiency through smarter decisioning
Requirements
- 8–10 years’ leadership experience within banking, lending or financial services
- Strong background in credit strategy, lending, or portfolio optimisation
- Proven experience driving customer experience (CX) or digital transformation initiatives
- Experience working across risk, product, analytics and customer experience teams
- Deep understanding of credit products, underwriting, and regulatory frameworks
- Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making capability
- Ability to design customer-centric credit journeys and experiences
- Proven ability to translate insights into commercial, scalable solutions
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability across senior teams
- Innovative mindset with a focus on CX, UX and continuous improvement
About the employer
Absa
Absa is a hiring organisation operating in Johannesburg within the banking sector. They are currently recruiting for the Head : Credit Innovation role advertised on this page. Visit the official application link for more about the company, its culture and the team you would be joining.
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