Time left to apply: End Date: November 22, 2024 (5 days left to apply)
Job requisition ID: R-15969377
Empowering Africa's tomorrow, together…one story at a time.
With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
Lead the agile solution design, deployment & ongoing optimization & evolution of enterprise wide technology products and services (full stack engineering & ownership/control) in low complexity environments.
Job Description
Product & Service Direction Setting, Solution Design & Performance Management:
Work with the CIO & business product owners to define the product & technical strategy (Full Stack – End to End).
Act as the single point of partnership & assume responsibility for managing the senior business interface (product owner) relationship.
Assume one stop shop accountability for the delivery of the product & solutions (risk cannot be outsourced to vendors).
Apply design thinking practices to deliver architecturally sound technical product & service solutions.
Lead & facilitate the design of the product & or service solution blueprints aligned to the organization strategy.
Collaborate across the tech value chain to guide the business on the appropriate technical solution.
Lead the detailed scoping, prioritization & integration planning for the design & deployment of products & services.
Ensure solutions align to the design & direction of the Group Architecture standards.
Strategically & operationally monitor the performance of products and services.
DevOps:
Leverage expert level skill & knowledge in architecture & infrastructure.
Ensure optimal design & deployment of technical products and services in the organization.
Design & Implement Automation Testing, Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery Strategies.
Guide code development practices and processes.
Manage the maintenance & optimization of applications, products & services.
Coach & Mentor senior developers across squads.
Delivery Management:
Resource & manage squad based teams to execute on both Run & Change elements of delivery.
Work in collaboration with transformation & change teams for effective resourcing and delivery management.
Ensure agile practices are implemented and sustained for effective delivery to business.
Manage product owner relationships.
Engage with & partner CTO, CSO, SE, Risk and broader enablement functions.
People:
Set & Cascade Product & Service direction across squads.
Proactively attract, recruit, develop, retain, reward & deploy a diverse resource base.
Build a high performance team environment.
Accountable for the right people in the right teams.
Leverage coaching techniques in all squad related activity.
Financial & Vendor Management, Risk & Governance:
Carry the 'one stop shop' accountability for all risk associated with technical decision making.
Manage & Apply the organization risk & governance frameworks.
Ensure decisions on infrastructure & product design are aligned to guidelines.
Manage all vendor selection processes.
Deliver on time & on budget.
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.
About Us
We are a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance.
Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa's largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41,000 employees.
We own majority stakes in banks in multiple African countries and have offices globally.
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