API Delivery Lead — Orchestration & Enablement, Cape Town

Datonomy Solutions (Pty) Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Datonomy Solutions (Pty) Ltd in Cape Town seeks an experienced delivery leader to orchestrate an API enablement programme within a large retail organisation. The role is contract-based and onsite four days a week, reporting to CIO and engaging with C-suite sponsors.

You will lead end-to-end planning, coordinate API enablement and orchestration, align with architecture, development, security, and business units, and manage cross‑vendor dependencies while ensuring governance and delivery

Qualifications

• At least seven years of relevant project, programme or technology delivery experience.
• Strong technical understanding of APIs, enterprise integration, system dependencies and integration orchestration.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple workstreams and manage cross-functional delivery.
• Proven experience delivering for a CIO or other C-suite executive sponsor.
• Confidence engaging senior executives, challenging assumptions and holding teams accountable.
• Strong planning, governance, risk management and stakeholder communication skills.
• Willingness to work onsite four days per week and accommodate executive schedules.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end programme planning and delivery, defining scope, outcomes, milestones, resources and dependencies.
• Coordinate the teams delivering API enablement, integration capabilities and the orchestration layer.
• Work with architecture, development, infrastructure, security and business teams to align delivery with enterprise requirements.
• Manage dependencies across systems, workstreams, vendors and related projects.
• Establish programme governance, maintain delivery visibility and escalte?【*edit: correct spelling below*】

Skills

API delivery

Enterprise integration

Executive engagement

Stakeholder management

Governance

Risk management

Cross‑functional coordination

Job description

Datonomy Solutions (Pty) Ltd in Cape Town seeks an experienced delivery leader to orchestrate an API enablement programme within a large retail organisation. The role is contract-based and onsite four days a week, reporting to CIO and engaging with C-suite sponsors.

You will lead end-to-end planning, coordinate API enablement and orchestration, align with architecture, development, security, and business units, and manage cross‑vendor dependencies while ensuring governance and delivery