Ready and hungry for a new adventure? You are definitely in the right place! We at Envision Employment Solutions are always on the look for top talents around the globe and matching them with our partners' hiring needs, to help them build and scale! Our partners offer awesome work environment, competitive salaries, full benefits, and many others perks. Our Hiring Process: 1. After filling your online application, our team will review your application and if you are a fit for any of the open positions we have even if it wasn't the one you applied for, our team will reach out to you to schedule an HR Interview. 2. During the call we will go through your resume and discuss the opportunities we have for you in details. We would love to learn a little bit about you, about your work experience and your career's goal. We will also be able to answer any questions you might have. Please feel free to share our career site with any of your colleagues or anyone you know that might be looking for a job: https://jobs.lever.co/envisionemploymentsolutions _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Envision Employment Solutions is currently looking to hire aHead of Business Systems Developmentfor one of our partners, a multinational financial services company. Summary: The Head of Business Systems Development role requires an experienced IT senior management member who is a self-starter, assertive, confident, detail-oriented, innovative and enthusiastic to be part of the company's AFRICA Technology leadership team heading the Business Systems Development with the focus on the delivery operations, improvements, integration, big data analytics and business intelligence, Core & non–core business applications.
Responsibilities:
Ensure adequate alignment with the company's Business demands and priorities.
Ensure timely delivery of business critical applications and/or products in accordance to agreed timelines.
Consult with the company's management and regional business leaders to define systems and/or products roadmaps guided by the Group Technology strategy.
Deliver business solutions in accordance to the strategic roadmap
Lead team responsible for managing and developing business systems with high quality.
Define and manage a robust process for evaluating, developing, and testing the company's systems in scope, including 3rd party software solutions where applicable.
Setting and maintain group technology delivery standards.
Maintaining data standards, including adherence to the Group Data Protection standards
Mentoring and training existing and new regional technology staff including career planning
Management and on time delivery of software projects
Align with the company's group technology standards and architecture to deliver business systems/products.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering or Communication Engineering or equivalent.
Minimum of 15 years’ experience in IT business applications, including 5 in director-level position managing payment, banking and financial sector applications.Solid expertise and knowledge of end-to-end information technology management, operations and domain expertise.
Solid knowledge of the information technology function and operations in provider organizations (preferably banking setting)
Have experience and technical expertise, coupled with an understanding of business and management principles.
Solid experience in software delivery management.
Mastering service oriented process model (Service Strategy, Design, Transition, Operations) and continual service improvement
