Company Description
Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.
Job Description
The role entails partnering with Market Risk, Collateral business stakeholders, and a wide array of other business and technology areas, providing strategic input and assuring operational delivery, for the realization of Global Markets strategic goals and greater CIB and Technology strategy. In addition to strategic and senior operational leadership, as well as working in compliance with the Bank's policies, procedures, and governance guidelines, the role also requires fulfilling the following:
• Championing and coaching personal and professional development of team members and line management oversight and administration.
• Ensuring a well-designed, performant, and fit-for-purpose Murex Risk platform and capability suite.
• Accountability and delivery ownership for end-to-end delivery of the team and service assurance, which may require a changing spectrum of focus from planning, coordination, and oversight of work to hands-on technical delivery based on a dynamic environment and emerging business needs and opportunities.
• Working within and in support of the Bank's, CIB's and GM's stipulated value and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) framework.
• Form part of the Murex Manco and other leadership bodies, with key emphasis on driving strategic direction for both the team and partner business areas.
Qualifications
- Post Graduate Degree: Information Technology (Min)
Additional Information
Experience Required: Software Engineering
8-10 years: Proven ability to work effectively as both a team leader and as a member of a small team of technical staff working in an agile development environment. Track record in capability and competency building and coaching of staff is required. Minimum 3-5 years' experience as a senior manager running a portfolio of 10+ technical experts.
More than 10 years: Come from a background of full lifecycle design and development covering solution design, application design, development, testing and maintenance, network software, operating systems, multi-tier environments, desktop and workgroup software, middleware, server technology, fault tolerant environments, development tools. Broad experience of application development methodologies, data base methodology, programming languages, data base concepts and IT infrastructure and operations.
More than 10 years: Proven track record to a broad spectrum of stakeholders including senior executives. Knowledge of Agile and Lean frameworks, methods and practices and experience in being a catalyst for organisational change. Experience working with cross-functional teams fostering collaboration and team work. Exposure to broad business and financial management type experience, specifically within the banking sector. Good understanding of the Standard Bank IT environment
Behavioural Competencies:
- Articulating Information
- Challenging Ideas
- Developing Expertise
- Developing Strategies
- Embracing Change
Technical Competencies:
- Agile Engineering
- API Engineering
- Automation
- Cloud Computing
- Continuous Delivery (CD)
