Senior Specialist: Engineering - Innovation x4 (Fixed Term Contracts) at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Job Purpose

• To facilitate the adoption of new leading edge ‘Game Changer’ concepts in support of the SARS enterprise strategy. This is achieved through research and benchmarking, participating in open collaboration networks, identifying and conceptualising innovation solution designs, the incubation of concepts (e.g., prototyping, piloting, etc.) and implementation of solution designs.
• The outcomes are utilised to define product features, develop their implementation roadmaps in the SARS business architecture and business solutions landscape, and ensure that the designs support the achievement of sustainable business results, including the provision of design and implementation support and conducting stakeholder engagement

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Honours / Postgraduate Diploma (NQF 8) in Industrial Engineering; Computer Science and Min. 10-12 years' experience in an innovation, design, and technology environment, of which 3-4 years at a specialist level.

Alternative#

• Relevant bachelor’s degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Industrial Engineering or Computer Science and 15 years’ experience in an innovation, design, and technology environment, of which 3-4 years at a specialist level.

Job Outputs:

Process

• Innovation
• Collaborate with local and international owners, partners and stakeholders
• Conduct local and international research and benchmarking
• Develop, socialise and publish fore-sighting reports
• Draft idea elevator pitches
• Understand business problem using data driven approach
• Design Innovation Solutions
• Draft Innovation Business Cases
• Build, test and demonstrate prototypes
• Manage prototype governance
• Track solution benefits
• Solutioning
• Build relationships with Business, Product and Segment Owners
• Build stakeholder and partner networks
• Assess the strategic landscape
• Draft or facilitate the drafting of modernisation and solution strategies (5-10-year horizon)
• Socialise modernisation and solution strategies
• Analyse and understand problems
• Collaborate on the detailed designs
• Draft Business Cases
• Participate in the development and testing cycle
• Track solution benefits

Advert Closing Date:   15 March 2026