Our client is on the hunt for an accomplished Development Manager to manage and prioritise IT Systems Development tasks through the effective deployment of resources and efficient workload allocation. Lead a team of system developers to drive innovation and ensure that Business IT Systems requirements are sufficiently developed and adhered to.
Responsibilities:
- Application Software Roadmap: Define and maintain a roadmap to facilitate application software development and ensure the development work is prioritised in line with business requirements.
- Solutions Analysis: Develop innovative solutions by integrating and analysing complex and diverse information sources.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build and effectively maintain relationships with relevant business and IT representatives on an ongoing basis. Identify and manage stakeholders up to management level, finding out their needs/issues/concerns and reacting to these by leading and coordinating the development of stakeholder engagement plans to support the communication of business information and decisions.
- Leadership and Direction: Communicate the actions needed to implement the function’s strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organisation’s mission, vision and values; motivate people to commit to these and to doing extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
- Strategy Formation and Implementation: Develop tactical plans for optimising resources and assets being managed within a significant area or department.
- Performance Management: Manage and report on the performance of a substantial, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold them accountable for achieving these; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.
- Data Collection and Analysis: Conduct research using primary data sources and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
- Insights and Reporting: Contribute to the design and creation of reporting strategies and templates. Lead execution of complex reports, identifying and interpreting complex patterns and trends, and translating those insights into actionable recommendations.
- Organisational Capability Building: Evaluate the capabilities of staff within the department to identify gaps and prioritise development activities. Implement the organisation’s formal development frameworks within the area of responsibility. Coach and mentor others to support the development of the organisation’s talent pool.
- Portfolio Management: Plan and manage the delivery of projects within an area of professional expertise, using an appropriate project management methodology to give assurance that intended outcomes are achieved.
- Application Software Development: Develop existing applications and contribute to the development of new applications by analysing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new routine applications to meet customer requirements.
- Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
- Operational Compliance: Monitor and review performance and behaviours within the area of responsibility to identify and resolve non-compliance with the organisation’s policies and relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct.
- Information Security: Implement and provide input on the design of required security measures such as firewalls or message encryption, monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems.
Behavioral Competencies:
- Tech Savvy: Anticipates and adopts innovations in business-building digital and technology applications.
- Action Oriented: Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
- Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
- Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Decision Quality: Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organisation moving forward.
- Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
- Directs Work: Provides direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done.
- Being Resilient: Rebounds from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations.
- Plans and Aligns: Plans and prioritises work to meet commitments aligned with organisational goals.
Skills:
- Assessment: Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on analysing data from multiple sources.
- Action Planning: Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on developing appropriate plans.
- Planning and Organising: Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on planning, organising, prioritising and overseeing activities.
- Data Collection and Analysis: Works independently and provides guidance and training to others on analysing data trends for use in reports.
- Application Development: Provide technical guidance when required to develop software using relevant programming languages.
- Verbal and Written Communication: Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision.
- Costing and Budgeting: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on costing, budgeting and finance tasks.
- Computer Skills: Supports business processes without supervision by understanding and effectively using standard office equipment and software.
- Presentation skills: Communicates with other people without requiring supervision.
- Presentation Creation: Works with full competence to use presentation software to create digital presentations.
- IT Data Management: Provide technical guidance when required to manage information throughout its lifecycle.
- Policy and procedures: Provide technical guidance when required to monitor, interpret and understand policies and procedures.
- Project Management: Works without supervision while providing technical guidance when required on managing projects.
- IT Testing: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on ensuring that IT applications meet required specifications.
Education:
- Grade 12 / SAQA Accredited (Essential).
- Recognised IT degree / diploma (Advantageous).
Experience:
- 6 or more years adequate System Development experience using the relevant programming language or technologies (Essential).
- Previous experience in Financial Insurance industry (Advantageous).
- 3 – 6 years experience of planning and managing resources to deliver predetermined objectives as specified by more senior managers (Essential).
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