(851) Program Director - Prudential Authority - BSTD at South African Reserve Bank

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Develop, update, maintain and oversee the strategic business case for the transformation programme.
• Design and implement the programme’s structure and delivery capability.
• Deliver a new organisation with enhanced capabilities to use the new solutions.
• Design, implement and lead the programme governance structure, ensuring appropriate executive-level reporting.
• Lead the selection of the fit-for-purpose IT platforms and oversee their procurement and implementation. 
• Define and implement resource and structural requirements to operate and maintain the new solution, including workforce transition planning for business and IT.
• Draft, negotiate and agree on the statements of work, duration and financial arrangements with all strategic development partners.
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with technology partners and take accountability for delivering commercially contracted outcomes.
• Direct the establishment of stakeholder and change management strategies and plans, both internal and external, and oversee their implementation.
• Take accountability for identifying, mitigating and managing all risks related to the delivery of the business outcomes.
• Direct and lead the team in adhering to all programme, project, technical and process methodologies as defined by the SARB and recommend new technical standards for adoption.
• Advise executives on strategies to future-proof the organisation from information, process, people and technology perspectives.
• Manage interdependencies with other transformational programmes across the SARB and recommend resolutions for conflicts.

Qualifications

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• an Honours degree in Business Management, IT or an equivalent qualification; 
• a minimum of 10 to 12 years’ experience in managing programmes and business change within an organisation, of which 3 to 5 years were in complex business transformational change; and
• at least 5 years’ experience in managing teams.

The following would be an added advantage:

• a Masters degree in Business Management, IT or an equivalent qualification; and
• knowledge of Prudential Authority Regulation and Supervision – legislation, information, reporting, processes, systems and solutions.