Development Manager

Discovery Limited; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Discovery Limited invites applications for a Development Manager role within Vitality RSA Systems in Sandton. You will act as technical owner, manage IT projects, and lead a team of IT professionals to deliver value-driven software solutions.

The ideal candidate holds a BSc in IT, 8–10 years of systems development experience, and 3–5 years in leading a software team. The role emphasizes capacity planning, delivery governance, and stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• Matric and BSc in IT or equivalent tertiary qualification.
• 8–10 years of systems development experience.
• 3–5 years of experience leading a software development team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage software development teams across multiple projects.
• Coordinate SDLC activities and ensure timely delivery.
• Engage with Business Product Owners to align objectives with technical plans.
• Manage capacity, resources and project prioritisation.
• Uphold quality, standards, and IT governance processes (ITIL/PMO).

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Agility

People Savvy

Drives Results

Problem Solver

Education

BSc in Computer Sciences/ Information Systems

Tools

ITIL

SDLC

Agile Methodology

Job description

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

Discovery – Vitality RSA Systems

Development Manager

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About Vitality RSA Systems

Discovery Vitality RSA Systems is a dynamic and energetic environment which encourages an ownership attitude. The environment provides innovative systems development, architecture, support and infrastructure to our internal clients. This environment thrives on customer engagement and customer experience as well as mutually beneficial relationships with our business units and other key stakeholders. It is important for our employees to provide a world class service to our internal and external clients, thereby ensuring long and sustainable relationships.

Key Purpose

Acts a technical owner of a set of applications. Managing relationships with Business Product owners and ensures that business objectives are reflected in the technical processes which they manage. Managing at team of IT specialists, specifically resourcing and scheduling in the DSLC Processes. Managing a set of projects (potentially across teams). Ensuring that the applications remain adaptive to emerging client needs in its lifetime.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Ensuring alignment to business requirements, and building trust with clients by displaying managerial competence
• Understanding business requirements, business systems and process context, impact and risks
• Participating in client forums, MANCO, EXCO, planning/strategy sessions, reporting
• Acting as Consultant to the internal client
• Interfacing to other teams where required
• Interfacing to external clients, vendors where required

Delivery and Support of Specific Applications

• Management of activities within the SDLC (process owner)
• Participating and enabling the business Prioritisation process
• Scheduling and prioritisation of tasks and resources
• Coordinate: Build, Test, Deliver, Fix, Change Requests
• Capacity management: delegation of tasks, review of execution, and providing feedback to team members
• Resolution and prevention of issues

Technical capacity, quality and standards

• Ensures that the Technical Application capacity exists for a particular set of systems
• Understanding business' future requirements
• Preventing technical issues from arising by proactive management
• Produce and enable a Capacity Plan for the Application
• Ensuring adherence to Quality, Standards, SLA adherence, adherence to PM and SDLC standards
• Making recommendations for the improvement of the SDLC, PM or ITIL processes

Project Management of projects

• Acting as a Project Manager for selected projects
• Delivering specific projects to produce internal or external capacity
• Management of activities within the SDLC (Acting as process owner)
• Participating and enabling the business prioritisation process
• Scheduling and prioritising tasks and resources
• Taking ownership of production issues and driving to resolution
• Adherence to Quality, Standards, SLA’s and SDLC standards

Human Capital Management

• Ensures that human capacity exists in the team being managed
• Driving the skills development of team members, coaching of team members for performance, and coaching on career development
• Recruitment, staff training, conflict management and creating a welcoming working environment
• Performance management (objective setting, feedback, appraisals, incentives and bonuses, addressing poor performance)

Contribution to Digital Systems Strategy

• Contribute to the Vitality RSA Systems strategy, technical direction, MANCO

Personal Attributes And Skills

• Drives Results
• Passion for delivery and quality
• Values Driven
• Optimistic
• Learns on the Fly
• Resilient
• Instils Trust
• People Savvy
• Drives Results
• Problem Solver
• Leadership Skills
• Strategic Agility
• Manages complexity
• Balances Stakeholders

Education and Experience

• Matric
• BSc in Computer Sciences/ Information Systems or equivalent IT tertiary qualification
• Applicable Management Development courses would be advantageous

Knowledge

• ITIL (Incident, Change, Release, Problem Management)
• SDLC (Agile Methodology experience would be advantageous)

Experience

• Minimum 8 – 10 years Systems Development experience
• Minimum 3 to 5 years relevant experience managing a software development team for large commercial entities, or demonstrated leadership capabilities
• Exposure in driving key strategic initiatives in a Business Unit

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.