Group Head: Technology Development and Implementation

1 week ago

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Aspen Pharma Group Full time
Job title : Group Head: Technology Development and Implementation (Durban)Job Location : KwaZulu-Natal, DurbanDeadline : March 18, 2025Quick Recommended Links
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OBJECTIVE:

  • Strategic role in the Digital Technology organisation and is accountable for the planning, estimating, and execution of programmes of systems development work to time, budget, and quality targets. The identification of the resources needed for systems development and how this will be met with an effective supply capacity. The alignment of systems development activity and deliverables with agreed architectures and standards. The development of roadmaps to communicate future systems development plans. The adoption and adaptation of service/systems development lifecycle models based on the context of the work and selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches. The role is further accountable for the solution architecture and design, standards, and governance of the One Digital Platform and owns strategic relationships with the relevant partners. Accountable for ensuring all COBIT management capabilities in the build, acquire, and implement using Aspen's adapted governance model are delivering according to and beyond agreed key performance indicators. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Leads the development of architectures for complex solutions, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external and internal customers.
  • Takes full accountability for the balance between functional, service quality, and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organisation.
  • Establishes policy and strategy for the selection of solution architecture components and coordinates design activities, promoting the discipline to ensure consistency. Ensures that appropriate standards (corporate, industry, national and international) are adhered to.
  • Within a business change programme, manages the target design, policies and standards, working proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency of design across projects within the programme.
  • Leads the definition, implementation, and review of the organisation's systems development management framework. Authorises the structure of systems development functions and platforms and is responsible for alignment with business strategy & objectives and with emerging IT and digital opportunities.
  • Sets strategy for resource management within systems development, authorises the allocation of resources for systems development programmes, and maintains an overview of the contribution of such programmes to organisational success.
  • Manages the quality and appropriateness of the work performed and delivers measurable business benefits. 
  • Develop organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for systems integration and build.
  • Leads the development of organisational capabilities for systems integration and build, including automation and continuous integration.
  • Provides resources to ensure systems integration and build can operate effectively and ensure adoption and adherence to policies and standards.

Requirements
Qualifications

  • Matric / Grade 12 
  • B.Com / BSc Computer Science degree or equivalent work experience 
  • Current industry certification in architecture (i.e., TOGAF) 
  • Business Process Management Methodology (i.e., BPM, SDLC, ITIL, DevOps, Agile) 

Experience

  • 15+ years' experience of managing relationships with internal business customers 
  • Experience and sound knowledge of service development and operations management and improvement practices 
  • 15+ years' experience managing customer relationships in operational and global services and automation in a large complex/matrix global organisation.
  • 15+ years' experience leading and influencing customers and matching needs to solutions 
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