Senior Manager: Data Platforms at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To manage and modernise a portfolio of enterprise data platforms across on-premises and cloud environments, including Ab Initio, SAS, Denodo and emerging cloud data platforms such as Databricks and Microsoft Fabric, by leading multiple teams with a medium-term strategic horizon and ensuring secure, resilient, cost-effective and business-aligned platform services.

Job Responsibilities

• Managed Financial and Business Results
• Ensure that all individual and department results are delivered within budget to deadlines
• Ensure budget targets are met by effectively executing and complying to Divisional billing requirements and target
• Ensure that transparent transfer pricing for provision of products and services for the business area are  being followed through
• Activity Justified Transfer Pricing (AJTP) model (aligned to GT service model) by  establishing costs, prices and conditions
• Ensure effective  targeted cost recovery through monitoring and ensuring all times are captured by staff on a weekly basis
• Ensure quality projects / processes / systems delivered on time and are fully aligned to Nedbank's business requirements
• Provide agreed information, resources, professional advice and  strategic contribution to relevant stakeholders on time, in budget, within quality standards
• Ensured that all individual and department results were delivered within budget to deadlines
• Delivered services to client expectations and Nedbank standards
• Quality projects / processes / systems delivered on time and were fully aligned to Nedbank's business requirements
• Provided agreed information, resources, professional advice and strategic contribution (on time, in budget, within quality standard)
• Managed Stakeholder Relationships
• Deliver services on client expectations and Nedbank standards by ensuring the Service Level Agreement, Operational level agreements, contractual agreements and project schedules are met as stipulated
• Advise and consult  to clients by  providing professional solutions that meet the requirements of the clients business needs
• Ensure that professional solutions delivered within agreed parameters and timelines
• Ensure that Professional solutions demonstrate a balance of best of breed and return on investment for the client
• Enable the building of commercially viable relationships with clients by providing quality advice to clients
• Monitor and manage client, service providers/ vendors, partners and  other stakeholder expectations
• Actively engage to establish trust and respect of department members, direct reports, stakeholders & manager/s through active engagement with all parties
• Delivered best practice services to client expectations
• Monitored and managed client, service providers, partners and other stakeholder expectations, built long term relations
• Proactively supported and shared information and knowledge with peers in own and other departments and functionsTrusted and respected by department members, direct reports and manager/sEffective communication and relationship networks upwards, downwards, sideways and outwards  
• Managed Internal ProcessesOperationalise Divisional Strategy by ensuring all supervisors and first line managers understand and prioritise work in alignment to Divisional Strategy
• Empower First line managers and effective performance measures that are empowering and aligned to strategy by clearly defining their roles and responsibilities
• Ensure professional field is leveraged to enable strategy and that proposed solutions related to field are embedded in strategy
• Select appropriate professional frameworks, methods/ supporting technologies in line with Agreed Architecture and expected return on investments
• Manage multiple assets through the development, implementation, review of strategies and planning for area
   

Job Responsibilities Continue

• Provide end-to-end ownership and strategic direction for enterprise data platforms including Ab Initio, SAS, Denodo and cloud-based data platforms.
• Lead the transition and integration of legacy on-premises data platforms with modern cloud platforms, ensuring platform readiness, operational resilience, security compliance and business continuity.
• Oversee cloud platform management practices including capacity planning, performance optimisation, cost management, access control, monitoring, incident management, service availability and vendor engagement.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Tertiary Qualification/ formal accreditation in Professional field
• MMP/SMP / MM  or equivalent
• BSC Computer science
• BComm Information Technology
• Post graduate management qualification
• MBA

Essential Certifications

• ITIL Talent nurturing or equivalent MMP/SMP / MM or equivalent

Minimum Experience Level

• 6 to 8 years line management experience and 10 years IT industry experience, with demonstrated experience managing enterprise data platforms such as Ab Initio, SAS and Denodo, as well as specific cloud platform management experience across modern data platforms including Databricks, Microsoft Fabric or equivalent cloud data services.

Behavioural Competencies

• Building Partnerships
• Facilitating Change
• Inspiring others
• Business Acumen
• Building partnerships
• Driving for Results
• Selecting Talent