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Job Description

• The IT Applications Portfolio Manager is accountable for the strategic leadership, governance, and operational delivery of Sun International’s application portfolio across Gaming, Hospitality, ERP, and other critical business domains.
• The role translates business strategies into integrated technology solutions, ensuring optimal system performance, regulatory compliance, and continuous value realisation.
• By fostering a high-performance applications team and embedding industry best practices, this role enables sustainable IT operations and supports the organisation’s current and future business objectives. (This role is based in JHB/CPT/DBN)

Key Responsibilities:

Portfolio Strategy & Roadmap:

• Establish and maintain the IT applications technical support strategy and framework for Gaming, Hospitality, ERP, and other business systems
• Develop and execute a 12–24 month applications support roadmap, covering platform, patch, configuration, and capacity management
• Oversee the development, planning, delivery, and modification of solution components across the application portfolio

Governance & Compliance:

• Integrate business continuity and security programmes into application architecture and operations
• Maintain an asset register of application resources and oversee IT audits, access management, and quarterly compliance reviews
• Ensure all practices align with policy, frameworks, and legislative requirements

Delivery & Performance Management

• Facilitate release management processes, including planning, scheduling, and controlling deployments to test and live environments
• Control and validate systems documentation (source code, technical specs, release notes, test cases)
• Develop metric reporting on application performance and control environments

Team & Supplier Management

• Provide inspirational leadership, team management, and change interventions to nurture a performance-driven culture
• Build, negotiate, and manage relationship agreements with key suppliers and business partners
• Shared accountability for portfolio budget and expense management

Architecture & Innovation

• Conduct proactive investigations into technology application requirements and deliver architectures to support current and future business processes
• Manage application software and licences, ensuring configurations follow best practice
• Oversee feasibility research, risk assessments, cost-benefit analyses, and solution design

Job Requirements

• BTech or equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field
• Qualification in Business Administration or Management
• ITIL Foundations Certification (preferred)
• 10+ years in IT operations with demonstrable experience in IT applications management
• 5+ years managing a team of IT professionals
• Working knowledge of Gaming Systems, Hospitality Systems, ERP, and Online Platforms
• Demonstrable understanding of project management principles

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Job Description

• The IT Governance & Risk Manager is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and implementing an enterprise-wide IT Governance Framework that embeds regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and business continuity across Sun International.
• The role leads the development and execution of technology risk management, IT Business Continuity Management (BCM), and Disaster Recovery (DR) programmes, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory standards, and industry best practices.
• By fostering a risk-aware culture and enabling proactive resilience, this role safeguards the organisation against disruptions and supports sustained operational integrity. (This role is based in JHB/CPT/DBN)

Governance Framework & Policy Management:

• Establish and embed a documented IT Governance Management Framework aligned with business and IT strategies
• Create and maintain a library of IT policies, standards, and SOPs compliant with gaming regulations and legislative requirements
• Communicate governance activities and decisions to IT and business leadership

Risk Management & Compliance:

• Integrate Group Risk ERM methodologies into the IT operational risk register and implement sufficient control measures
• Facilitate risk workshops to identify, categorise, assess, and rate IT-related risks
• Maintain the risk register and monitor key risk indicators (KRIs) and control effectiveness
• Undertake risk reviews and lead end-to-end remediation planning and monitoring

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

• Develop and execute BCM and DR policies, roadmaps, and strategic priorities
• Facilitate Business Impact Assessments (BIAs) for critical functions and business units
• Coordinate regular DR testing, design annual Group DR exercises, and document lessons learned
• Develop and maintain the crisis management plan and support crisis management teams

Security & Incident Coordination

• Provide technical security expertise and oversee the response to cyber incidents and technology disruptions
• Ensure incident response plans align with ISO standards and best practices
• Track and remediate gaps from DR failover tests for key applications and critical business areas

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Develop dashboards and meaningful metrics to track BCM objectives, emergency capability, and risk exposure
• Perform gap analyses on existing processes and technologies to identify improvement opportunities
• Stay current with incident response, digital forensics, and legal requirements relevant to South Africa

Job Requirements

• Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
• ISO 22301 Lead Implementor Certification
• BCI Certification (Member or Associate of BCI Institute)
• 12+ years in IT governance, risk management, business continuity, or IT audit roles
• Experience in IT architecture and control assessments
• Knowledge of IT governance frameworks (COBIT, COSO, ITIL, King IV) and BCM standards (ISO 22301)
• Understanding of data environments, threat vectors, and mitigating controls