Lead Technology

Time left to apply: End Date: November 12, 2024 (2 days left to apply)

Job Requisition ID: R-15968842

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Integrated Channels, a division within Everyday Banking, is looking for a Lead Technology professional to take on full accountability for technology delivery within the program.

Job Description

1. Manage all interactions between the program team and the broader technology team.
2. Guide proposed business solutions by assessing their feasibility from a technology perspective.
3. Drive the implementation of identified solutions through collaboration with relevant technology teams, aligning with executive oversight.
4. Ensure that discussions on challenges and solutions incorporate a technology perspective, keeping technology considerations at the forefront.
5. Work closely with leadership to manage the financial structure of technology resources allocated to the program.
6. Proactively address and mitigate risks related to the technology skills needed for the program.

Product & Service Direction Setting, Solution Design & Performance Management

1. Work with the CIO & business product owners to define the product & technical strategy (Full Stack – End to End).
2. Act as the single point of partnership & assume responsibility for managing the senior business interface (product owner) relationship.
3. Assume one-stop shop accountability for the delivery of the product & solutions (risk cannot be outsourced to vendors).
4. Apply design thinking practices to deliver architecturally sound technical product & service solutions.
5. Lead & facilitate the design of the product & or service solution blueprints aligned to the organization strategy (Short, Medium & Long Term).
6. Collaborate across the tech value chain (CSO, CTO, etc.) to guide the business on the appropriate technical solution.
7. Lead the detailed scoping, prioritization & integration planning for the design & deployment of products & services with & across multiple stakeholder groups.
8. Contribute & ensure solutions align to the design & direction of the Group Architecture standards.
9. Contribute & ensure solutions align to the design and direction of the Group Infrastructure standards.
10. Strategically & operationally monitor the performance of products and services (all applications).

DevOps

1. Leverage expert level skill & knowledge in architecture & Infrastructure, design and manage all development & development practices & outputs across squads.
2. Ensure the most optimal design & deployment of technical products and services in the organization.
3. Design & Implement Automation Testing, Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery Strategies & frameworks across squads.
4. Ensure solution designs deliver on the key technical principles of: self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience.
5. Guide code development practices and processes through an understanding of complex concepts and developmental practices.
6. Manage the maintenance & optimization of applications, products & services.
7. Coach & Mentor senior developers across squads on the technical competencies.

Delivery Management

1. Resource & manage the appropriate number and nature of squad based teams to execute on both Run & Change elements of delivery.
2. Work in collaboration with transformation & change teams for effective resourcing and delivery management.
3. Ensure agile practices are implemented and sustained for effective delivery to business.
4. Manage product owner relationships including building product owner technical capability.
5. Engage with & partner CTO, CSO, SE, Risk and broader enablement functions.

People

1. Set & Cascade Product & Service direction across squads.
2. Attract, recruit, develop, retain, reward & deploy a diverse resource base.
3. Build a high performance team environment through self-directed teams.
4. Accountable for the right people in the right teams.
5. Leverage coaching techniques in all squad related activity.

Financial & Vendor Management, Risk & Governance

1. Carry the ‘one stop shop’ accountability for all risk associated with technical decision making.
2. Manage & Apply the organization risk & governance frameworks.
3. Ensure decisions on infrastructure & product design are aligned to chapter & guild guidelines.
4. Manage all vendor selection processes & take full accountability for all related commercial impact.
5. Deliver on time & on budget.

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.

About Us

Truly African

We are a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance.

Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41,000 employees.

We own majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We also have offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, a Technology Hub in Prague, and insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.