Current Openings at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

• Understand, analyse and optimize sales and distribution strategies across Discovery Health and Vitality using industry knowledge, analytical expertise and strategic insights.

The candidate will be required to:

• Develop new business strategy and analysis to lead distribution strategies,
• Storyboard and communicate complex information in a coherent, succinct manner; and
• Transform unstructured data into strategic insights to inform key business decisions.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Sales and distribution leadership:
• Responsible for strategic insights, ideas, and solutions to address sales and distribution priorities within Discovery Health and Vitality
• Responsible for the successful product positioning and roll-out of Discovery Health and Vitality’s annual enhancements and product launches
• Contribute to research and development through a deep understanding of the competitor space and market dynamics.
• Produce white papers and thought leadership to elevate the Discovery Health and Vitality brands.
• Broker Leadership:
• Engage with distribution channels and brokers as a key decision maker to complex problems faced by Discovery Health and Vitality.
• Position newly launched Health and Vitality products via nationwide webinars and roadshows to brokers
• Develop strong relationships with brokers as the key voice on distribution sentiment and product delivery.
• Market expertise:
• Detailed analysis, technical modelling and desktop research covering company performance, product utilisation, sales trends and competitor landscape to guide the business on future growth opportunities.

Competencies

• Self-starter with a strong drive for excellence
• Management and leadership skills
• Strategic thinker
• Exceptional analytical skills
• Strong communication skills, with competencies of storyboarding, presentation preparation and data visualisation

Qualifications / Experience

• Qualified actuary, with a minimum of three years’ work experience.
• Or 1 -2 exams away from qualifying with more than 3 years' work experience
• Management consulting experience is advantageous.
   

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Key Purpose

• Work closely with a passionate development team to design, develop and maintain Java based solutions for a dynamic, multi-national company that sets the benchmark in its industry.
• Must be a team player and have the ability to work with both vertical and horizontal colleagues both in a formal and informal setting. 

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Develop, test, and maintain high quality application software.
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues. 
• Assist with the production of technical specifications and designs.
• Promote new technologies and share knowledge within the team.  
• Recommend improvements to development processes, contribute to implementation plans, and assist in rollout.
• Adhere to coding standards and know best practices
• Perform code reviews.

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Passionate about technology and development
• Results oriented with the ability to work under pressure and cope with multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to deal with complexity and migrate between detailed and high level requirements
• Self-starter who takes ownership and accountability, and is able to work with minimal supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education and Experience

Education:  

• Matric/Grade 12 and formal Java qualifications
• IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar).

Experience:

• 5 years Java systems development experience.
• Experience in Presentation layer development (HTML5, CSS, JSP, TypeScript / JavaScript, Spring MVC, Angular 1 & 2)
• Solid understanding of Java 1.6 and later
• SDLC
• Experience in application frameworks (Spring Framework)
• Unit testing and mocking frameworks.
• Integration experience
• Spring Framework 3.0 or later, Angular2
• Weblogic 10 & 12
• Maven
• Hibernate/JPA experience
• JMS, Tibco EMS experience.
• Oracle and PL/SQL knowledge.

Optional:

• ElasticSearch or SOLR experience
• Experience with Business Rules Management Frameworks.
• Experience using formal modelling languages (UML, ArchiMate etc) and modelling tools (Enterprise   Architect, Visual Paradigm etc.)
• Exposure to Agile principles and methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development