One of our clients in the banking industry is looking for an Application Development Manager to join their team in Sandton.
Job Purpose
To manage the deliverables and development of software and/or maintenance; taking end-to-end enterprise ownership to address client requirements in line with company Business and Information Technology strategy
Responsibilities
• A hands-on manager who will be will be leading a team of 25 people.
• Ensure operational cost are within budget by actively monitor team budgets and operational spend
• Deliver service to client expectations by managing the achievement of quality and turnaround standards for processes, products, systems or services reducing deviation
• Ensure the delivery of quality project/ systems by actively monitoring project progress against schedules and budget and raising any deviation
• Ensure self and team improve on productivity and efficiency month on month
• Improve client services, processes, products through the application of professional knowledge and skills
• Realise commercial value add in client businesses through the application of professional knowledge and skill
• Ensure client / business needs are met by providing advice and consulting on professional solutions
• Ensure professional solutions that demonstrate a balance of best of breed and return on investment for the client are delivered to client within agreed parameters and timelines
• Build commercially viable relationships with clients though advise provided
• Enable collaborative delivery by establishing as productive working relationships with staff, managers, peers and client
• Maintain effective and productive relationships maintained with vendors
• Maximise return on investment by ensuring that correct are Vendors selected and managed
• Communicate solution build progress by working with key Group Technology or business stakeholders
• Ensure skill development and performance improvement of staff by agreeing staff and resource plans with management and operationalised
• Ensure team work though the review of team work tasks and corrective action implemented when required
• Ensure team processes, systems, protocols, methods, technologies, standards implemented, audited and corrective actions taken when required
• Meet all agreed risk and compliance requirements and mitigate noncompliance to standards, policies and regulatory requirements
• Ensure the implementation of strategy by translating activities across business unit
• Ensure delivery on projects though monitoring and providing progress reports on projects
• Enabled and monitor compliance by presenting deviations at relevant forums though project governance
• Ensure delivery of team projects meet customer expectations by managing deviations timeously
• Translate business requirements accurately into project schedules and ensure alignment to requirements
• Ensure satisfactory post implementation review
• Mitigate Project risks by identifying possible risks and raising it at the appropriate forums
• Ensure work delivery by effective planning of a programme of projects and related activities
• Actively institutionalises the organisation’s systems development standards, methods and procedures
• Participates in monitoring and reporting on the progress of systems development.
• Takes action to deal with exceptions, problems and unforeseen events in a timely manner
• Ensure that new systems developments are executed in alignment with system design through the monitoring of procedures
• Ensure that systems development projects are carried out in accordance with the agreed standards, methods and procedures by monitoring s quality assurance systems, processes and measures
• Ensures that adequate capacity is available to support the agreed programme of systems development and that they are optimally utilised and accounted for
Type of Exposure
• Achieved Client and Relationship Results
• Achieved Management and Process Results
• Built a high-performance culture
• Designed Workforce Planning Solutions
• Developed and Implemented Communications Strategy
• Improved processes and culture
Qualifications and Experience
• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Post-Matric degree in Information Technology or Business Management
• Certificate: Management Development, Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
• 3 to 4 years in managing teams with experience across functional teams 7 -10 years Information Technology-related experience
• 8-12 years Banking & IT combined experience as well as Lending systems experience
• IBM Environment – Mainframe with COBOL, DB2, SAO, JCL, CICS
Technical / Professional Knowledge
• Budgeting
• Business administration and management
• Change management
• Client service management
• Diversity management
• Employee training/development
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Operations planning
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Service level agreements
• Staff resource planning
• Strategic planning
• Business writing skills
• Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
• System Development Life cycle (SDLC)
• ITIL
• IT Architecture
• General Communication Skills
• Joint application development
• Organisational structure
• IT Assets management processes
Behavioural Competencies
• Aligning Performance for Success
• Earning Trust
• Customer Focus
• Guiding Team Success
• Building Talent
• Driving for Results
• Planning and Organizing

For more information, please contact Pheliswa 011 234 0404, alternatively email your updated CV to Pheliswa@esmartgroup.co.za