📌 OPPORTUNITY OVERVIEWLesaka Technologies is actively recruiting for a Product Manager: Platform & Transactions position in Western Cape. This is an excellent opportunity for professionals in the Data / Business / Analysis / Ai sector looking to advance their careers.
🎯 IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILEWe are seeking talented individuals with the following profile• Experience Level: 3 years • Educational Background: Others or equivalent • Industry Focus: Data / Business / Analysis / Ai • Location Preference: in Western Cape
💼 WHY THIS ROLE MATTERSThe Product Manager: Platform & Transactions position is an important role within the Data / Business / Analysis / Ai sector, offering meaningful career development and professional growth opportunities.
📈 CAREER DEVELOPMENT INSIGHTSThis role in Data / Business / Analysis / Ai offers valuable career progression opportunities aligned with your experience level and professional aspirations.
📋 APPLICATION GUIDANCEWhen applying for this Product Manager: Platform & Transactions position, ensure your CV highlights: • Relevant experience matching the 3 years requirement • Educational qualifications in line with Others • Specific achievements in the Data / Business / Analysis / Ai field • Any certifications or specialized training
🌍 SOUTH AFRICA JOB MARKET CONTEXTThe Data / Business / Analysis / Ai sector in South Africa continues to show strong demand for skilled professionals. This position represents a valuable opportunity in the current job market.
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The role
This role owns the engine every product rides on. A voucher purchase, an electricity token and a bill payment are all, underneath, a transaction that must authorise, reconcile and settle reliably. You own that shared capability across all verticals- reliability, integrations, scale and cost-to-serve, so the products don’t each solve the same plumbing problem three different ways.
What you’ll own
Drive transaction success rates, latency and uptime across every product vertical. Own the integration roadmap, new payment methods, aggregators and partner APIs with reusable patterns that cut onboarding time. Define the non-functional requirements (throughput, latency, failover) that engineering builds against. Benchmark our rails against the market- settlement speed, failure rates, payment-method coverage and close the gaps that matter. Drive cost-to-serve down through smarter routing and retry/recovery frameworks. Filter genuine systemic reliability problems from one-off incidents, and prioritise accordingly.
What you bring
3+ years in product management on platform, payments, transactional or infrastructure products. Strong grasp of transaction flows, integrations and non-functional requirements. Ability to read transaction and failure data and turn it into a prioritised roadmap. Confidence partnering closely with engineering on architecture trade-offs without owning the sprint. A reliability and cost mindset you treat uptime and unit economics as product features.
Nice to have
Experience with payment switches, aggregators or token vending. Exposure to high-volume, low-latency transaction environments.
Closing Date 10 October 2026
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