Digital Insights Lead, Business Transformation (Corporate & Investment Banking)

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.

To scope, plan, design and deliver complex end to end solutions against required standards and timelines. To direct, guide and oversee technical solutions delivery, interpreting business requirements, defining technical tasks, engineer quality software, end to end testing and troubleshooting technical questions, software and database issues. To lead, manage and mentor Software-; Quality Engineers across identified delivery teams to build and improve Engineering capability.

Responsibilities

Advise on (adopt and adapt) and implement appropriate software development methods, tools and techniques, contributing to and shaping the development of Group Engineering standards and toolboxes.; Assess appropriateness of coverage of functional and non-functional testing plans to verify correct operation of completed systems. Recommend alternative approaches and tools to manage delivery risk and quality of service.; Direct teams in problem identification, root cause analysis, and decision-making by guiding the planning, and contributing to various workshops and system demonstrations during iterations of delivery by being in the work and leading and participating in labs, reviews and showcases; Direct the adoption, and adherence to, suitable and agreed development methodologies and principles through work outputs and behaviours that enables continuous delivery and development across the production environment as well as ensuring effective collaboration with all colleagues and stakeholders to meet required targets and therefore deliver value to the customer.; Direct the development of functional and non-functional test cases and technical support documentation within agreed standards. Ensure all work done is documented and executed as per standards, methods and tools used in the broader Portfolio.

Requirements

Post Graduate Degree : Information Technology