IT Applications Portfolio Manager at Sun International

Job Description

• The IT Applications Portfolio Manager is accountable for the strategic leadership, governance, and operational delivery of Sun International’s application portfolio across Gaming, Hospitality, ERP, and other critical business domains.
• The role translates business strategies into integrated technology solutions, ensuring optimal system performance, regulatory compliance, and continuous value realisation.
• By fostering a high-performance applications team and embedding industry best practices, this role enables sustainable IT operations and supports the organisation’s current and future business objectives. (This role is based in JHB/CPT/DBN)

Key Responsibilities:

Portfolio Strategy & Roadmap:

• Establish and maintain the IT applications technical support strategy and framework for Gaming, Hospitality, ERP, and other business systems
• Develop and execute a 12–24 month applications support roadmap, covering platform, patch, configuration, and capacity management
• Oversee the development, planning, delivery, and modification of solution components across the application portfolio

Governance & Compliance:

• Integrate business continuity and security programmes into application architecture and operations
• Maintain an asset register of application resources and oversee IT audits, access management, and quarterly compliance reviews
• Ensure all practices align with policy, frameworks, and legislative requirements

Delivery & Performance Management

• Facilitate release management processes, including planning, scheduling, and controlling deployments to test and live environments
• Control and validate systems documentation (source code, technical specs, release notes, test cases)
• Develop metric reporting on application performance and control environments

Team & Supplier Management

• Provide inspirational leadership, team management, and change interventions to nurture a performance-driven culture
• Build, negotiate, and manage relationship agreements with key suppliers and business partners
• Shared accountability for portfolio budget and expense management

Architecture & Innovation

• Conduct proactive investigations into technology application requirements and deliver architectures to support current and future business processes
• Manage application software and licences, ensuring configurations follow best practice
• Oversee feasibility research, risk assessments, cost-benefit analyses, and solution design

Job Requirements

• BTech or equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field
• Qualification in Business Administration or Management
• ITIL Foundations Certification (preferred)
• 10+ years in IT operations with demonstrable experience in IT applications management
• 5+ years managing a team of IT professionals
• Working knowledge of Gaming Systems, Hospitality Systems, ERP, and Online Platforms
• Demonstrable understanding of project management principles