Solutions Development Manager at Robert Walters

Purpose:

• Reporting to the General Manager: Information Communications and Technology, the incumbent will be responsible for managing a team of Business and Systems Analysts, Testers, Developers and Architects to ensure the successful implementation of systems that meet the needs of the business.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Management of ICT applications systems development, enhancement, and maintenance.
• Manage the Technical and Solutions architecture.
• Manage projects relating to the improvement of application systems services.
• Prioritise system development, maintenance and enhancements with Business and ICT Developers and perform application systems testing.
• Plan, allocate, organize, and control ICT application systems tasks and projects.
• Ensure that quality and satisfaction levels with ICT application systems remains high.
• Manage systems recovery for business continuity.
• Ensure that application development framework, coding standards, development methodologies, procedures and documentation are always adhered to.
• Develop and implement application system development policy, including business analysis and testing policies and procedures.
• Define, set-up and manage SLA's.
• Provide ongoing feedback and guidance to business on system and data compliance against FSC standards and COID Act.
• Represent ICT by actively participating in various forums (Opsco, Pricing committee, IT SteerCo, Exco Prioritisation Committee, Architect Committee, Workplace Forum, Manco.

Qualifications and Experience required:

• Must have a NQF Level 7: Bachelor's Degree in IT or related field.
• 7 years experience of which 5 must be in managerial position.
• Understanding of business analysis methodologies; System analysis methodologies; and application systems development methodologies.
• Understanding of Testing methodologies and processes (auto/regression, manual).
• Thorough understanding of systems requirements gathering, analysis, development and testing technologies and processes.
• Understanding of the insurance environment, COIDA, Agile/PM methodologies.
• Program and Project Management