Head of Digital

A large financial Service Company based in Johannesburg seeks a Head of Digital with:

 Minimum Requirements

  • Matric
  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
  • Education in Marketing, Business Administration, Engineering and/or Information Technology
  • 10 years of business experience
  • 5 years’ experience working in a digital channels leadership role

Role Purpose:

To execute and implement digital strategy throughout the Business through the successful implementation of all digital initiatives.  This will include leading a team of development managers to champion the process of digital transformation across product development and manage the transition to new integration technologies that are being introduced into the Business Unit/ Group

Responsibilities:

  • Works with product and market teams as well as CDO, COO, CIOs, and other C-level executives to deliver on the digital vision for the enterprise, and to identify the opportunities for differentiating digital capabilities and solutions within the Business Unit/Group offering as well as External digital community, External suppliers and service providers
  • Leads the process to identify and evaluate internal digital asset capabilities and strengths.
  •  Assesses external digital opportunities inputs to making the best decisions on business strategy for all digital landscapes
  • Supports the development of the digital business strategy and road map, and ensures its integration with the group strategic planning process, and the resulting business strategy and plans.
  •  Responsible for developing and implementing 2 – 5 year strategy that affects more than one section in the BU
  • Ensures that the Business Unit/Group is developing the digital assets and capabilities that will be needed to thrive in the mid-term and long term
  • Acts as a champion and change agent in leading the changes required to create and sustain the Business Unit/Group digital capabilities
  • Defines and reports on metrics that represent progress against digital goals
  • Presentation of new ideas to BU Exco
  • Solid understanding of product management, ability to understand the wants and needs of the Business Unit / Group’s customers and create digital products to match those needs, and digital disciplines (social media, SEO/SEM, search, mobile, web
  • Manage a diverse set of highly specialized resources across geographies
  • Deep understanding of the evolving digital world on both the demand side (how people/companies are using technology) and the supply side (emerging technologies).
  • Strong business acumen, including domain-specific knowledge of the company and its business units.

 

 

For more information please contact Sinisa 011 234 0388, alternatively email your updated CV to Sinisa@esmartgroup.co.za

If you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application declined.

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