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Head of Growth
Job Location:
Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
26 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
23 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
A rare opportunity to shape the commercial direction of a well-established digital platform at a pivotal stage of growth. Reporting directly to executive leadership youll take ownership of growth retention and revenue performance across the business operating at the intersection of strategy sales partnerships customer success and execution. With the backing of an experienced leadership team and the autonomy to influence direction youll play a key role in driving sustainable growth across both existing and emerging markets.
This role will suit someone who combines strategic thinking with a strong bias for action. Youll be comfortable operating at both executive and operational levels moving between commercial planning stakeholder engagement team leadership and hands-on execution as required.
Key areas of focus include:
Key Requirement:
Key areas of focus include:
- Owning commercial revenue performance across products customer segments and channels
- Setting and driving growth and retention targets in partnership with executive leadership
- Identifying opportunities for commercial improvement market expansion and revenue optimisation
- Leading coaching and developing a multidisciplinary commercial team across sales account management marketing CRM and customer growth functions
- Creating a high-performance culture built around accountability execution and customer value
- Maintaining strong CRM discipline pipeline visibility and data integrity
- Using commercial and operational data to drive decision-making and performance improvements
- Providing regular reporting and insight into pipeline health customer activity retention trends and growth opportunities
- Building and strengthening relationships with enterprise customers strategic partners and senior stakeholders
- Supporting complex commercial discussions and partnership opportunities alongside the broader leadership team
Key Requirement:
- A relevant degree postgraduate qualification MBA or equivalent commercial experience
- At least 8 years of commercial sales growth or business development experience
- A minimum of 3 years in a senior leadership or executive-level role
- Proven success leading B2B commercial growth within financial services fintech SaaS technology or related sectors
- Experience working within both structured corporate environments and high-growth technology businesses
- Strong understanding of the South African SME merchant retail or business customer landscape
- Hands-on experience with CRM platforms such as HubSpot Salesforce or similar systems
- Strong commercial acumen combined with analytical and data-driven decision-making capability
- The ability to influence senior stakeholders and build trusted long-term relationships
- Experience building scaling or transforming commercial teams would be highly advantageous
- Exposure to digital payments transaction-based businesses retail technology customer acquisition platforms or partnership-led growth models would be beneficial
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
WHO WE ARE EQPlus Technologies (Pty) Ltd was founded in 1999 by an exceptionally talented team of professionals and entrepreneurs. Today EQPlus is an industry-recognised Information Communications Service Provider that reflects South Africa’s unique diversity and is proud to announce ... View more
