Lead, Technology - Equities (Corporate & Investment Banking) at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

• To shape, plan, lead Portfolio delivery providing expert Engineering skill, directing system capabilities, priorities, resources ensuring solutions are developed, maintained to standards, practices. To synthesize, mature Engineering Practices (Software; Quality;  Change & Release; DEVOPS) across Portfolio delivery teams (5-12 teams). Lead, manage resources: software; quality engineers; technical system team (50-80 resources), building capacity, capability, competencies in Engineering team.

Qualifications

• Post Graduate Degree: Information Technology (Min)

Additional Information

Experience Required: Software Engineering

• 8-10 years: Proven ability to work effectively as both a team leader and as a member of a small team of technical staff working in an agile development environment. Track record in capability and competency building and coaching of staff is required. Minimum 3-5 years' experience as a senior manager running a portfolio of 10+ technical experts.
• More than 10 years: Come from a background of full lifecycle design and development covering solution design, application design, development, testing and maintenance, network software, operating systems, multi-tier environments, desktop and workgroup software, middleware, server technology, fault tolerant environments, development tools. Broad experience of application development methodologies, data base methodology, programming languages, data base concepts and IT infrastructure and operations.
• More than 10 years: Proven track record to a broad spectrum of stakeholders including senior executives. Knowledge of Agile and Lean frameworks, methods and practices and experience in being a catalyst for organisational change. Experience working with cross-functional teams fostering collaboration and team work. Exposure to broad business and financial management type experience, specifically within the banking sector. Good understanding of the Standard Bank IT environment