Senior Technical Delivery Lead (Markets Division)

SUMMARY:
Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.
We are looking for a Senior Technical Delivery Lead (Markets Division) to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 12-month contract role.

The Senior Technical Delivery Lead will be responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of IT projects and initiatives within the Markets Division. The role requires strong technical delivery, project governance, stakeholder management, and architectural coordination skills, ensuring that solutions meet business requirements while maintaining the stability and integrity of the IT environment.

POSITION INFO:
What you will be doing: Lead the end-to-end planning, coordination, delivery, and governance of IT projects and initiatives. Drive delivery across multiple technology teams and stakeholders to facilitate decisions and achieve agreed solutions. Coordinate the integration of complex technology components and applications. Identify and drive the closure of architecture gaps and facilitate resolution of outstanding technical matters. Develop supporting position papers and recommendations for complex architectural and technical decisions. Manage innovation initiatives, business-as-usual projects, and work requests within agreed scope, budget, and timelines. Monitor project progress, identify delays and risks, and provide regular delivery updates. Prepare weekly and monthly project reports, dashboards, and management information. Ensure project execution follows established methodologies, governance frameworks, and project disciplines. Manage escalated project issues, delivery conflicts, dependencies, and integration matters. Ensure end-to-end solutions align with enterprise architecture roadmaps and technology strategies. Act as the key liaison between supported applications, technology teams, and internal stakeholders. Manage risks, audit findings, dependencies, and remediation activities. Support application health, stability, maintenance, and operational readiness. Ensure adherence to IT change, release, and implementation governance. Facilitate prioritisation and planning sessions across technical and business teams. Build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders, vendors, and technology partners. Navigate complex stakeholder environments to drive decisions, close outstanding actions, and ensure timely delivery. Provide expert technical and project delivery advice to business and technology stakeholders. What we are looking for: Advanced Diploma, National Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Professional Qualification, or Honours Degree in IT, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline. Matric and a relevant tertiary qualification. 10-15 years' experience in an IT environment across multiple IT disciplines. Proven experience as a Technical Delivery Lead, Technical Project Manager, or in a technical management role. Experience managing complex technology projects and support environments. Strong understanding of technical architecture, APIs, SQL, and banking applications. Experience working across complex integration environments. Strong project management and delivery governance experience. Knowledge of ITIL, SDLC, change management, and IT service management principles. Strong understanding of governance, risk, and controls. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Strong business acumen and understanding of financial services environments. Proven ability to facilitate decisions and drive delivery across multiple teams. Strong planning, prioritisation, reporting, and problem-solving skills. Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver within strict timelines. Advantageous: MMP or equivalent qualification. ITSM \/ ITIL certification. Experience within banking or financial markets. Experience working with complex banking applications and technology integration. Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful. Please note that most of our positions are remote; however, candidates should reside within travelling distance of the client site, as the working arrangements may change depending on business requirements.