Development Manager -Insure systems at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

Act as techincal owner of a set of aplications. Manage relationships with Business Product owners and ensure that business objectives are reflected in the techincal processes which they manage. Manage a team of IT specialists, specifically resourcing and scheduling in the SDLC Processes. Manage a set of projects (potentially across teams). Ensure that the applications remain adaptive to emerging client needs in their lifetime.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Delivery and Support of Specific Applications

• Client Relationship Management & Networking

  • Ensuring alignment to business requirements

  • Building trust with clients by displaying managerial competence

  • Understanding business requirements, business strategy and direction, risks and impact

  • Participating in client forums (MANCO, planning/strategy sessions, reporting)

  • Acting as consultant to internal and external clients

  • Interfacing to other teams where required

• Project/Delivery Management

  • Management of activities within the SDLC (Acting as process owner)

  • Participating and enabling the business prioritisation process

  • Scheduling and prioritising tasks and resources

  • Capacity management

  • Project budget tracking and management

  • Taking ownership of production issues and driving to resolution

  • Adherence to Quality, Standards, SLA’s and SDLC standards

• Human Capital Management

  • Team management

  • Capacity planning

  • Driving skills development

  • Mentoring/Coaching of team members

  • Recruitment, conflict management, creating a welcoming environment

  • Performance management

• Contribute to Insure Systems Strategy

  • Contribution to Insure Systems Strategy

  • Technical Direction

  • Participating in MANCO, planning/strategy sessions, reporting

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Values Driven

• Optimistic

• Learns on the Fly

• Resilient

• Instils Trust

• People Savvy

• Drives Results

• Problem Solver

• Lives the values and believes in the core purpose

• Treats others with care, dignity and respect

• Ensure that the business case prevails

• Understand that people are Discovery's greatest asset

• Builds an environment for optimal performance

• Sets ambitious goals and implement the highest standards

Education and Experience

• Matric (Grade 12)

• Tertiary degree (B. Engineer, B.Com, BSC)

• Managing Through Systems, Courage, Change Readiness

• Strategic Orientation, Communication (written, verbal and listening)

• Conflict Management, Negotiation

• Creativeness, Innovation

• Financial industry experience

• 5-8 years’ experience in software development for large commercial entities or has demonstrated leadership capabilities

• Must have managed a software development team

• Project Management experience

• Solution Architecture

• Software Development and Testing

• SDLC (Agile experience would be advantageous), ITIL (Incident, change, Release, Problem Management)

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.