Chief Technology Officer

2 weeks ago

Bellville, South Africa Santam Full time

The purpose of the role is to provide strategic and operational direction for the design and implementation of the Santam Group Technology Strategy that meets the business needs, delivers optimal return on investment, and maintains utmost security.

As the Chief Technology Officer, you will lead the end-to-end Technology team in a fast-paced, continuously changing environment and drive operational excellence throughout your team.

You will play a critical role in building and leading a strong technology and digitally skilled team to support the business, shaping a team culture which promotes and celebrates experimentation, agility and collaboration and setting a sustainable pace for your team’s work. You will be responsible for helping your team to flourish through thought-leadership, team mentoring, knowledge sharing, giving frequent feedback and creating opportunities for team members to learn and grow.

The Chief Technology Officer is an Exco level role, with a dual reporting line to the COO and CEO of the Santam Group. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Define and drive the technological vision for the Santam Group together with the CEO and COO
Develop and maintain IT Strategy plan and milestone roadmaps covering Applications portfolio, Infrastructure and Organization and skills with a long-term horizon
Accountable for the entire Applications portfolio
Make architecture decisions to ensure a strong, stable, and scalable product with our current tech stack
Act as a central stakeholder in negotiations with internal and external partners and third parties on platform integrations
Manage and implement integrations with 3rd-party technology platforms
Constantly evaluate technological advancements and innovative solutions to drive continuous product improvement QUALIFICATIONS

University degree and/or qualification in an IT related discipline such as mathematical-scientific field or information technology or other relevant professional experience. KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Proven experience as a CTO or similar leadership role with 10+ years’ experience
Demonstrable knowledge of current and anticipated global trends in corporate IT environments.
Experience working with third-party integrations
Ability to manage internal and external stakeholders through clear and concise written and verbal communication
Management of resources (financial and human)
The ability and know-how of both IT and business to be able to think strategically and visionary about the role and contribution of IT to the business as well as the ability to convert concept and vision into action and implementation
You will need to have a proven track-record of understanding the implications and mechanics of embedding technology and digital change in organizations to deliver new mindsets and ways of working SKILLS

Strong and proven leadership/management skills and competencies in working in a distributed and diverse organization in a challenging and changing environment.
Delivery orientated and target focused with an ability to operate at both strategic and operational level
Excellent top communicator, leader, and motivator of people with strong interpersonal skills.
Ability to ‘think-out-of-the-box’ / lateral thinking with a balance short and long-term thinking
High drive/self-starter/proactive and anticipate requirements
Strong negotiation skills
Ability to inspire and motivate a team
Strong co-ordination, prioritisation, organisational and planning skills
Excellent interpersonal, communication and networking skills across all levels
Professionalism, excellent judgement, use of discretion and problem-solving abilities COMPETENCIES

Collaborates
Customer focus
Drives results
Flexibility and adaptability
Cultivates Innovation
Talent enablement
ABOUT THE COMPANY

Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.

Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

At Santam we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.

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