Delivery Lead: Technology

Recruiter:

wePlace

Job Ref:

JHB000516/AS

Date posted:

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Market

JOB SUMMARY:

One of South Africa's Banking Giants is looking for a Delivery Lead to provide direction to and lead IT teams responsible for the full product lifecycle to ensure successful delivery of all product features, support and maintenance related tasks within the Bank’s Operations.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Purpose Statement:

To provide direction to and lead IT teams responsible for the full product lifecycle to ensure successful delivery of all product features, support and maintenance related tasks within the Bank’s Operations
Oversee the ongoing drive to increase efficiency, optimisation, innovation and people development in these environments.
Delivery Lead Focus areas: Credit, Remote Onboarding, App, Core Banking, Digital Middleware, Cloud Engineering, Test Automation, Integration, CRM, Merchant Loans, ISA, Credit Origination, Risk and Acc Mgmt, Collections Recoveries & Loan Origination System.

Key Tasks and Accountabilities include but is not limited to:
People management

Communicate with and lead the team to understand the product led business model and promote and embed the way of work.
Responsible for the day to day management of team members (work, leave, challenges) and prioritise and delegate tasks to team members to optimise efficiencies
Oversee the team so that internal systems / business analysis / quality standards, approved SDLC, architecture standards and agreed SLAs, operational and IT risk practices, financial and procurement standards, where relevant, are adhered to in the execution of work in the function.

Recruitment:

Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and participate in interviewing and meeting candidates to support the Software Development Manager with recruitment of team members as required

Development:

Build a cohesive team and create an environment in which learning and development are emphasized by;
Coaching and mentoring others.
Effectively delegate authority and responsibility, in line with business objectives, to ensure the empowerment, motivation and effectiveness of team members
Encourage team collaboration and communication via effective frameworks and routines.
Create a culture of collaboration, supportiveness, ownership and accountability
Responsible for on-the-job training and practical skills development of team members
Liaise with Centres of Excellence in respect of functional and technical development for own team members and encourage participation in Communities of Practice
Embed values and culture objectives in the team; create an engaging, enabling and productive work climate aligned to the employee value proposition.
Promote team collaboration and innovation, sharing of knowledge, tools, code and practices
Assist the Software Development Manager with talent review sessions and succession planning to support talent management and ensure a pipeline of ‘ready now’ talent for future opportunities in the team, division and organisation.

Reward & Performance:

Responsible for conducting Goal Plan contracts and performance review discussions with own team members, including regular one-on-one feedback sessions, and mid-year and final performance reviews in conjunction with the Software Development Manager.
Assist the Software Development Manager with calibration to check that fair performance assessments are concluded in line with the values and principles outlined in the performance standards as required.

Stakeholder engagement and relationship management

Build strong relationships with stakeholders and maintain an in-depth understanding of the product, strategic objectives, and business objectives.
Plan and execute actions to improve and enhance stakeholder engagement and education.
Responsible for effectively and efficiently addressing stakeholder queries / questions in respect of software/technology
Create practices to ensure understanding of the core business need driving product requirements
Prepare formal communication / feedback to stakeholders on requests and activities in an understandable format.
Operate as a central point of contact for the team, and ensure clear and concise communications to stakeholders as and when required.

Qualifications:
Minimum:
Grade 12 National Certificate/Vocational providing the experience requirements are met. If not, 3yr tertiary qualification in technology/business (i.e. B.Comm Information Systems)

Ideal
B.Comm Information Systems

Knowledge and Experience:
Minimum:

At least 5 years’ experience in software development management or management of a delivery team including experience in leading a technical team.
Experience in progressive database or software development roles
In an environment which required validating work
Stakeholder relationship engagement and management
Responsibility for delivery in a fast moving environment
General business acumen
The retail credit industry
Banking industry
Budgeting and accounting principles
Business analysis and design
Implementation and maintenance of financial and contact centre systems and procedures
Project Management principles and methodologies
Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Ideal:

Central Collections environment
Agile development principles

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