General Manager: IT Infrastructure

5 days ago


Midrand, South Africa Sanlam Full time

**Who are we?**

**What will you do?**
- As the General Manager IT Infrastructure you will oversee IT Infrastructure and Support teams and will be responsible for the strategic and operational planning technical function in an organisation.
- In this role you will direct activities of engineering staff engaged in preparing plans, designs, cost estimates and specifications for experimental, maintenance or modernisation programmes to determine most feasible approach to technical problems and improvements.
- The GM will drive the design and implementation of infrastructure architecture, develop and execute a long-term strategic technology roadmap, and continuously monitor and report on technology performance, security, and vulnerabilities.
- Review of business continuity and disaster recovery plans and the implementation thereof.
- Report on infrastructure and support estate to various committees.
- Direct infrastructure team's project deployment and objectives.
- Attend and report to various IT Security and Steering Committee group meetings.
- Track and report systems downtime and work with the infrastructure teams to find solutions which might cause downtime.
- Maintain high-level knowledge of current and emerging technologies and solutions.

**What will make you successful in this role?**

**Qualification**

**Experience**

**Knowledge and Skills**
- Digital strategic planning and execution
- Track technical updates and compliance monitoring
- Financial advice and support
- Performance Improvement Projects
- Product performance tracking and measurement

**Personal Attributes**
- Organisational savvy - Contributing strategically
- Balances stakeholders - Contributing strategically
- Drives vision and purpose - Contributing strategically
- Manages complexity - Contributing strategically

**Build a successful career with us**
- We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future - your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters - Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office - the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

**Core Competencies**
- Being resilient - Contributing strategically
- Collaborates - Contributing strategically
- Cultivates innovation - Contributing strategically
- Customer focus - Contributing strategically
- Drives results - Contributing strategically

**Turnaround time**

**Our commitment to transformation**

At MiWay we believe in cultivating a positive and dynamic working environment that gives you freedom and opportunity to succeed. MiWay is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This is what drives us to achieve a multicultural workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, reflective of the demographics of our society.


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