Head of Engineering – Investment Banking – Hybrid – R2m PA

International Investment banking environment with a presence in 20 countries are South Africa’s largest banking

You will be responsible for providing strategic vision, operational leadership as Service owner of technical, digital, data platforms as well as to develop and execute the platform management strategy, accountable for delivery, cost of contracted services, across service value chain and internal and external partners

Experience Required

• 16 Plus years’ experience in IT, consistently keeping up to date with advancements in the IT field.
• Exposure to delivery in the African continent. Proven track record to a broad spectrum of stakeholders including senior executives.
• Knowledge of Agile and Lean frameworks, methods and practices and experience in being a catalyst for organisational change.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams fostering collaboration and teamwork.
• The candidate will have come from a background of full lifecycle design and development covering solution design, application design, development, testing and maintenance, network software, operating systems, multi-tier environments, desktop and workgroup software, middleware, server technology, fault tolerant environments and development tools.

Additional Information

• Work on the Business Online Platform.
• You will also work with Investor services, Trade finance and Global Markets
• They really need people who will push their thinking and propose “Out of the box” solutions.
• Experience in integrating with legacy systems, but also focus on the future and shaping the business
• You would therefore need to be technologically savvy - with an understanding of technology strategy, architecture and yes, even the deep techie background.
• Leadership should be part of your experience.
• Should have experience in managing and directing a large portfolio of programmes in technology.
• Have an appreciation for how to leverage Data and the possibilities of data.
• Cloud experience

Reference Number for this position is GZ55304 which is a permanent position based in Rosebank and home offering a cost to company of R2 mil PA negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on -merge.co.za or call him on to discuss this and other opportunities.

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