IT Delivery Manager (Financial Services) – Johannesburg.
An exciting opportunity for an experienced Delivery Manager to lead Agile, cross-functional teams in a dynamic enterprise environment.
This role focuses on overseeing end-to-end system delivery, vendor performance, budgeting, and aligning IT initiatives with business strategy.
Ideal for a results-driven technical leader with strong stakeholder engagement, Agile delivery expertise, and people leadership skills. Key responsibilities include driving delivery excellence, enhancing Agile maturity, and ensuring high-quality outcomes across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Salary: R1.6m per annum.
Requirements:
- Degree in Information Technology or Business-related field (essential)
- Scrum certification, SAFe, or Agile practitioner qualifications (preferred)
- 3 – 5+ years in a senior technical delivery role
- Experience from a Capital Markets background is essential
- Proven experience in performance management, vendor oversight, budgeting, and agile transformation
- Skilled in stakeholder engagement, cross-functional leadership, and project tracking
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, full-stack development, and emerging tech (AI/ML)
- Strategic leadership and planning mindset
- A balance of governance rigour and agile adaptability
- A passion for people development, delivery excellence, and innovation
- Strong communication with C-level executives and multidisciplinary teams
Responsibilities:
- Lead multi-skilled teams across Agile delivery, ensuring timely and cost-effective solution delivery
- Oversee project and BAU delivery, managing a technology budget.
- Align IT delivery with business priorities, ensuring stakeholder needs are translated into actionable solutions
- Contribute to strategic planning and support key initiatives through business case development
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies, improve DevOps practices, and coach team members toward high performance
- Manage third-party vendors at SLA level, driving accountability and performance
- Ensure process alignment with enterprise architecture and governance frameworks
- Participate in solution design, quality assurance, and change control procedures
- Foster a collaborative culture and coach teams in Agile delivery, automation, and innovation
- Lead team performance reviews, development plans, and cross-training to strengthen delivery capabilities