Digital Insights Lead — Transformation & Tech Strategy

Cari; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Bank Group is seeking a Digital Insights Lead in Business Transformation within Corporate & Investment Banking. The role involves scoping, planning, designing, and delivering complex end-to-end solutions, guiding delivery teams, and mentoring Software and Quality Engineers to elevate engineering capability.

The incumbent will drive adoption of development methodologies, ensure quality standards, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver customer value and robust software systems.

Qualifications

• More than 10 years: Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.
• More than 10 years: Proven ability to work effectively as both a team leader and as a member of a small team of technical staff working in an agile development environment.
• Minimum 5-7 years' experience as a manager running a portfolio of 20+ technical experts

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.

Skills

Articulating Information

Challenging Ideas

Developing Expertise

Developing Strategies

Automation

Cloud Computing

Continuous Delivery (CD)

Education

Post Graduate Degree: Information Technology

Job description

Standard Bank Group is seeking a Digital Insights Lead in Business Transformation within Corporate & Investment Banking. The role involves scoping, planning, designing, and delivering complex end-to-end solutions, guiding delivery teams, and mentoring Software and Quality Engineers to elevate engineering capability.

The incumbent will drive adoption of development methodologies, ensure quality standards, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver customer value and robust software systems.