Delivery Manager

1 week ago

Johannesburg, South Africa InspHired Recruitment Full-time R 130,000 Temporary
Our client in the Financial Services and Trading industry is currently looking for a Delivery Manager, in Johannesburg, Gauteng.

Responsibilities:
  • Business and Financial Results Management:
  • Contribute to budget planning and ensure optimal resource allocation for departmental goals.
  • Monitor and manage budgets and procurement through effective reporting.
  • Deliver projects on time and within budget using agile methods and strong IT governance.
  • Provide strategic input to departmental business plans in line with IT and business strategies.
  • Deliver business features as defined by stakeholders and prioritised by the product owner.
  • Design system solutions aligned with business architecture and technology roadmaps.
  • Identify risks impacting delivery, including system, people, process, and financial factors.
  • Estimate effort and timelines for delivery to inform planning and business cases.
  • Ensure solutions are delivered on time, within budget, and meet quality standards.
  • Assist in RFI/RFP processes to select optimal solutions.
  • Manage software licenses to ensure compliance and prevent legal issues.
  • Build trusted relationships with product owners, stakeholders, and executive sponsors.
  • Foster collaboration and respect within teams, embodying business values
  • Ensure clients’ needs are tracked through the development lifecycle, adhering to business standards.
  • Support business and IT alignment, prioritisation, and dependency management.
  • Maintain and present up-to-date roadmaps to align application projects with business strategy.
  • Develop and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers.
  • Stakeholder Relationship Management:
  • Build trusted relationships with product owners, stakeholders, and executive sponsors.
  • Foster collaboration and respect within teams, embodying business values.
  • Ensure client needs are traced through the development lifecycle according to business standards.
  • Support alignment, dependencies, and prioritization across business and IT units.
  • Maintain and present up-to-date roadmaps for application projects aligned with business strategy.
  • Develop and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers.
  • Process Management
  • Advocate for team needs and ensure resources are in place to meet/exceed delivery SLAs.
  • Manage team delivery, identify obstacles, and take corrective action as needed.
  • Coordinate solution design reviews during sprint planning with agile architecture teams.
  • Ensure peer reviews, minimize technical debt, and track in TFS with audit compliance.
  • Align delivery with business architecture roadmaps to uphold vision and strategy.
  • Apply agile architecture practices to speed up delivery and maintain alignment.
  • Oversee planning, delivery, and quality using Agile and DevOps practices across all environments.
  • Contribute to software estimation standards and ensure adherence.
  • Ensure quality via business QA practices, traceability, and reporting.
  • Adhere to methodologies, processes, and documentation standards.
  • Ensure consistent application of business analysis, solution design, development, and testing.
  • Manage staff/resource plans and clear work allocation to achieve business goals.
  • Develop and manage vendor contracts at the SLA level, ensuring performance accountability.
  • Implement tools for optimal 2nd and 3rd line application support and batch operations.
  • Resolve technical issues within SLAs and manage escalations.
  • Participate in root cause analysis and incident management.
  • Plan release trains and production deployments.
  • Maintain System Operations Manuals (SOM) and ensure testing before deployment.
  • Ensure adherence to change and release processes and support business continuity and disaster recovery.
  • Maintain clear communication on workload and resource capacity for better planning and prioritization.
  • Contribute to business cases for key initiatives.
  • Manage technology lifecycle and align with strategic objectives.
  • Facilitate SCRUM rituals and lead agile practices to improve team productivity.
  • Coach teams on agile adoption and collaborate on continuous improvement.
  • Drive automation and AI/ML to optimize operations and reduce risks.
  • Team Management
  • Align team with business vision and divisional strategy.
  • Remove obstacles to team performance and ensure accountability for success.
  • Lead recruitment and onboarding to embed business values and culture.
  • Assess skills and development areas, creating tailored development plans.
  • Set clear job profiles, performance agreements, and measurable goals.
  • Conduct performance reviews to track progress and define action plans.
  • Motivate the team by valuing diversity, fostering respect, and driving performance.
  • Uphold and model business values, holding the team accountable.
  • Build trust through consistency, honesty, and support.
  • Improve team efficiency through cross-training, coaching, and automation.
  • Drive team performance with business performance management and development practices.
  • Support the growth of cross-functional teams and prevent key person risks
  • Transformation and Innovation Management
  • Support business optimization and improvements through team engagement.
  • Foster innovation by listening to team ideas and providing technical expertise.
  • Ensure EE/BEE targets are met through strategic recruitment decisions.
  • Drive the adoption of the business leadership brand.

Requirements:
  • Relevant Degree in Information Technology or Business-related field.
  • Preferred - Certified scrum master/practitioner (CSM/CSP), LEAN Agile, SaFE.
  • Minimum of 3 – 5 years in a senior Technical leadership role with extensive knowledge of managing multi-disciplined skills.
  • Performance Management, career development planning, financial management essential.
  • Vendor management/supplier management experience required.
  • Strategic planning to deliver business-fit solutions at the appropriate level of cost and quality.
  • Experience with working with "C" level executives and senior managers across multiple business lines.
  • Building and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Tracking cost against a budget
  • Networking and building relationships.
  • Modelling and encourage bulsiness culture.
  • Conducting root cause analysis
  • Communicating job requirements and performance standards to others
  • Conducting performance appraisal interviews
  • Conducting performance feedback meetings
  • Coordinating on-the-job training for new hires (e.g., identifying need, scheduling, resource allocation)
  • Selecting and implementing data management, Information governance, data virtualisation and visualisation technologies
  • Strong Cloud platform understanding
  • Full Stack development
  • Knowledge of emerging technologies, such as AI and Machine Learning

Remuneration:
  • Up to R130 000 per month dependant on  qualification and experience.