TPO - Foundations at Nedbank

Job Purpose
To ensure the alignment of the Customer IT Strategy with their Business Strategy and Nedbank IT Strategy and to manage sustainable business cluster partner relationships whilst ensuring the optimal value is realised from IT projects and service portfolios so as to enable the realisation of the business cluster strategy. To facilitate the determination of the long-term strategic technology needs (Innovation and Support) of the relevant business cluster partner and develop an overall IT implementation plan for these information needs; systems developments and hardware acquisitions and integrations including mainframe; mini; macro and client/server computing applications.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead for the asset, leading the asset POCLAC – accountable for the final decision making on all asset related matters.  This includes agreeing to target state versus transition state (technical debt) decisions aligned to our strategy  
• Develop and introduce a people strategy that will create a culture that drives the Cluster and Nedbank's vision and values.
• Ensure that the leadership agenda has been embraced by the division/function.
• Contribute to team effectiveness by participating in the recruitment and selection of senior staff.
• Ensure decisions are made in the best interest of the bank.
• Ensure alignment to governance and compliance requirements through establishing and managing appropriate risk practices.
• Take responsibility for the management of applications in their portfolio and the Management of the IT value chain.  Maintains and prioritises the consolidated Technical Backlog,  Product Backlog with input from CRM’s Product Owners and Journey POCLACS
• Accountable for the compliance and data integrity of the applicable assets
• Leverage opportunities to create a competitive function and a commercially successful function accountable for the optimising the TCO of the asset.
• Accountable for an enterprise asset strategy and roadmap, creating capabilities proactively for consumption 
• Accountable for the overall health of the asset, which includes: ITSM practices, Automated pipeline; RSS of application landscape; Monitoring; High Availability & DR; Data enabled; Componentised; Cloud enabled; & equipped for all multi-scenario usage
• Responsible for communication with stakeholders and impacted audiences in relation to issues on the asset, or the strategy of the asset
• Manages vendor relationships and service level agreements pertaining to the assets
• Facilitate the adoption of all chapter frameworks and drive the adoption of the skill transformation in collaboration with the relevant chapters
• Ensure economic value is derived from all activities, meeting all jointly agreed chapter budget commitments.
• Defines, maintains and communicates the asset maturation strategy and roadmap in response to journey and business needs

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure a stable environment to the business, Place appropriate emphasis on all matters relating to IT Risk, specifically with respect to the centralisation of IT systems, and confirm adequate control is maintained by each Cluster over decentralised systems.
• Optimise performance and motivation. Empower team to make decisions and recommend tailored solutions to Business Unit specific problems.
• Ensure a stable environment to the business, Place appropriate emphasis on all matters relating to IT Risk, specifically with respect to the centralisation of IT systems, and confirm adequate control is maintained by each Cluster over decentralised systems.
• Plan, execute, monitor and control activities over each Cluster's Disaster Recovery environment.
• Ensure alignment to governance and compliance requirements through establishing and managing appropriate risk practices

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
• Master’s Degree

Essential Certifications

• Formal certification from relevant professional bodies
• SMP or equivalent MBA or equivalent

Type of Exposure

• Achieved Financial and Business Results
• Achieved Management and Process Results
• Achieved transformation and innovation results
• Built and managed stakeholder relationships
• Developed and Implemented Communications Strategy
• Improved Human Resources Business Processes
• Managed Leadership and Learning Results
• Managed Management and Process Results
• Supported Transformation, Change and continued Improvement

Minimum Experience Level

• 12-15 years experience in an IT environment of which at least 3 years in a Senior Management role

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Organisational behaviour theory
• Principles of project management
• Relevant Nedbank product knowledge
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Stakeholder management
• Strategic planning
• Software Development
• IT Change Control policies
• Client Service Management

Behavioural Competencies

• Customer Focus
• Establishing Strategic Direction
• Operational Decision Making
• Business Savvy
• Building Talent
• Cultivating Networks and Partnerships
• Driving Execution