Development Manager

Visa Hunt; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa Hunt in South Africa seeks an experienced technology Delivery Manager to lead multiple software delivery initiatives. You will guide DevOps practices, ensure architectural alignment, and translate business goals into actionable tech roadmaps.

Strong leadership, strategic thinking and collaboration with product teams are essential for driving value and quality across delivery streams. The role requires managing cross-functional teams, shaping development standards, and coaching staff to

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
• Matric is required as a baseline qualification.
• Must hold Safe certification as part of regulatory/industry standards.
• 8–10 years of technology development experience.
• Experience in software product development life cycles and managing multiple projects.
• Experience in DevOps practices and Agile methodologies.
• Exposure to multiple development frameworks, languages and methodologies.
• Minimum 5 years in a software delivery management role.

Responsibilities

• Support and deliver objectives aligned to the Organisational and Technology Development Strategy.
• Ensure technology solutions are fit-for-purpose and aligned with architectural principles, standards and roadmaps.
• Delivering teams' objectives are clear and linked to the broader vision and customer roadmap.
• Translate business objectives into streams of work aligning technology and business strategy.
• Consider financial impact of technology solutions to deliver value to customers.
• Develop coding and development standards ensuring quality.
• Define the product roadmap with the Head of Software Development and translate into user stories.
• Understand business and user requirements.
• Improve ways of working within the department and organization.
• Guide the transition of solutions to outsource partners and live service where applicable.
• Collaborate with Business Delivery Executive, Product Owners, and leadership to deliver initiatives using lean and agile methods.
• Lead dynamic planning prioritising work against team capacity and capability.
• Provide technical guidance and innovation across development activities.
• Coach and empower delivery teams to own delivery, manage issues and remove blockers.
• Own application/platform ownership including incident management and roadmaps.
• Support product owners and scrum teams to focus on application health.
• Support Strategic Delivery Partners to optimise value from partnered resources.
• Foster a high-performance team environment in a diverse, distributed setup.
• Proactively address performance issues in development teams.
• Build strong relationships with internal customers and stakeholders for smooth delivery.
• Provide technical direction that informs business strategy and drives innovation in an Agile framework.
• Ensure products reach appropriate quality for each stage (alpha/beta/production).
• Promote equal opportunities policies and evolve skill sets with HR guidance.
• Guide career path planning, training, and mentoring for direct reports.
• Develop capabilities to meet current and future business needs and close capability gaps.

Skills

DevOps practices

Agile methodologies

Multiple frameworks & languages

Software delivery management

Delivering multiple projects

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Matric

Safe Certified

Job description

Minimum requirements:

• Matric
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Software Engineering
• Safe Certified
• Minimum of 8 - 10 years of technology development experience
• Experience including software product development life cycles, and managing and delivering multiple projects at the same time
• Experience in DevOps practices
• Exposure to Agile Methodologies
• Technical Exposure to Multiple Development Frameworks, Languages and methodologies
• Minimum 5 years in a software delivery management role

Responsibilities:

• Support and deliver objectives aligned to the Organisational and Technology Development Strategy
• Ensure that technology solutions are fit-for-purpose and aligned with architectural principles, standards and roadmaps
• Ensure that the delivery teams purpose and objectives are clear and linked to the broader organisational vision, strategy and customer roadmap
• Translate business objectives into streams of work, aligning technology and business strategy
• Consider financial impact of technology solutions, with a view to delivering value to our customers
• Develop coding and development standards, ensuring solutions are suitably assured and of quality
• Work with the Head of Software Development and Technology Leadership to define the roadmap for any given product and translate this into user stories
• Clearly understand business and user requirements
• Assist in developing and maintain effective ways of working throughout the department and organization
• Assist in guiding the transition of solutions to outsource partner and into a live service, where applicable
• Work closely with the Business Delivery Executive, Head of Software Development, Product Owners, Product teams and other leaders to deliver initiatives and products utilizing lean and agile project management methods
• Lead the collaborative, dynamic planning process prioritising the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team
• Provide technical guidance and innovation across all aspects of technology development
• Coach and empower delivery teams to take accountability for delivery, manage issues and risk and assist by removing blockers.
• Application and/or Platform ownership including facilitation of critical incident management and technical roadmaps
• Empower and support product owners and scrum teams to invest in application health, balancing application and platform ownership responsibilities with project delivery
• Support Strategic Delivery Partners to optimise and deliver valued outcomes from partnered resources
• Develop a team environment that supports team engagement and high performance in a diverse, distributed and partnered team
• Proactively manages and addresses performance issues in development team members
• Builds strong relationships with internal customers, stakeholders, R&D and integration teams to ensure delivery is smooth and customer centric
• Provide technical advice and direction to teams and customers with a view to inform business strategy, and deliver technical solutions, that drives innovation and business outcomes in an Agile way of working
• Ensure all products are built to an appropriate level of quality for the stage (alpha/beta/production)
• Develop, promote and direct the implementation of equal opportunities policies in all aspects of the companys work
• Transitions team's skillset with the support of the Human Capital Business Partner to enable and support platform and tool adoption per the departmental roadmap in line with strategies defined with CTO
• Role model behaviour and motivate team members in line with the core values
• Take full responsibility for performance of all direct reports, motivating and managing them in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives, focusing on all aspects of sound people management
• Provide support and guidance on career path planning, on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring to direct reports
• Guidance of others and active development of self to improve on their technical and communication abilities so that capabilities and deliveries are better understood and thus trusted and applied through the business
• Identify the skills and capabilities needed to meet the current and emerging business needs of the organisation
• Evaluate current capabilities, identify gaps, and prioritize development activities
• Communicate and maintain trust relationships with shareholders, business partners and authorities