Lead a team of engineers to drive digital transformation and innovation in the financial services industry.
Company Group Technology is responsible for providing digitally enabled technology services as a group COE, driving business and transformation, and providing group-wide digital and data architecture.
As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for empowering and accelerating autonomous value creation through insights and machine learning across the company.
Key responsibilities include building a configurable data ingestion platform, leading a high-performing engineering team, defining and measuring team success, and ensuring the team has everything they need to be successful.
Qualifications include a matric or national diploma in an information technology-related discipline, a bachelor's degree in computer science or a quantitative field, and 7+ years of experience in leading engineering teams with at least 2 in a modern context with cloud technologies.
Key skills and thinking preferences include being high agency and high ownership, having a strong conviction in innovation and financial services, and being able to turn obstacles into opportunities.
Personal attributes include managing complexity, planning and aligning, optimizing work processes, and having a strategic mindset.
Key Responsibilities:
Build a configurable data ingestion platform to collect and protect data from any on-prem or cloud-based source within two weeks or less.
Lead a high-performing engineering team with clear missions and success metrics.
Define and measure team success through metrics such as adoption, satisfaction, cost, and reliability.
Ensure the team has everything they need to be successful, including the right skills and capacity.
Cultivate and maintain a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
Qualifications:
Matric or national diploma in an information technology-related discipline.
Bachelor's degree in computer science or a quantitative field.
7+ years of experience in leading engineering teams with at least 2 in a modern context with cloud technologies.
Key Skills and Thinking Preferences:
High agency and high ownership.
Strong conviction in innovation and financial services.
Able to turn obstacles into opportunities.
Strategic mindset.
Personal Attributes:
Manages complexity.
Plans and aligns.
Optimizes work processes.
Tech savvy.
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