Our IT client is seeking a Technical Systems Manager that can develop, service, maintain and grow relationships with their retail partners.
This position is based in Cape Town.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accountable for the delivery of value as defined by the Product owner and ensure quality solutions and system stability;
- Define and maintain long term Product Technology Roadmap(s) and align with company technology strategy;
- Provide subject matter expertise on best practices in the product team environment;
- Apply product and organisational knowledge to lead the product team;
- Accountable for overall design;
- Identify and manage technical debt;
- Provide technical mentoring to the team;
- Ensure strong, most appropriate development methods are followed;
- Accountable for team documentation;
- Approve change controls;
- Accountable for team time logging;
- Provide technical status updates (also in cross-team projects);
- Represent scrum team at cross-team meetings;
- Hold team and individuals accountable to their commitments;
- Evaluate performance of team members.
Requirements:
- 10+ years’ experience in an IT management role in a product-focused business
- Financial Services industry experience and knowledge
- Ability to manage budgets and resource requirements effectively
- Good people management skills
- Mentoring employees that report to you
- Delegate, prioritise and manage a diverse workload which spans multiple concurrent products
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to motivate and influence cross-functional teams
- Ability to blend your technical understanding with business experience to drive product outcome
- Tech savvy and passionate about building products
- Experience in an Agile environment
Salary: R900 000 – R1mil p/a
Please take note: if you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Desired Skills:
- Agile
- Systems Management
Desired Work Experience:
- 2 to 5 years Investments, Insurance & Assurance
- More than 10 years Systems / Network Administration
Desired Qualification Level:
- Grade 12 / Matric