IT Delivery Manager

Hire Resolve; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary based on experience

Job summary

A leading firm in IT management seeks an IT Delivery Manager to oversee strategic financial and resource management for projects and BAU operations. The role involves budget planning, optimizing resource allocation, and driving team progress to meet targets. Key responsibilities include managing departmental budgets, monitoring compliance, and translating IT strategy into actionable plans. Candidates should have a strong background in strategic financial management and experience in agile environments. A competitive salary based on experience is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience with strategic financial and resource management for projects and BAU operations.
• Proficiency in budget planning and ensuring accuracy.
• Ability to monitor and understand cost bases.
• Experience in optimizing resource allocation for efficient delivery.
• Demonstrated contribution to IT and architectural strategy.
• Skill in translating strategy into actionable team plans.
• Proven ability to drive team progress and ensure target achievement.

Responsibilities

• Manage departmental budgets, procurement, and resource allocation.
• Monitor software licenses to ensure compliance.
• Provide strategic input to departmental business plans and IT strategies.
• Translate IT strategy into actionable roadmaps.
• Identify and mitigate risks to project timing and value.
• Facilitate on-time delivery using Agile methods.
• Deliver business features as defined by stakeholders.
• Manage team delivery against prioritized backlogs.
• Implement tools for optimal support and operations.
• Ensure solutions align with JSE architecture and roadmaps.
• Manage team delivery against backlogs and timelines.
• Coordinate design reviews.
• Maintain QA practices and documentation standards.
• Drive continuous improvement in Scrum practices.
• Participate in release planning and production deployments.
• Maintain System Operations Manuals and business continuity processes.
• Champion automation and AI/ML for operational efficiency.
• Recruit, onboard, and develop team members.

Skills

Strategic financial and resource management

Budget planning and accuracy

Cost base monitoring

Optimizing resource allocation

IT and architectural strategy

Driving team progress

Translating strategy into actionable 팀

Agile delivery

IT governance

Stakeholder management

Job description

Hire Resolve's client is seeking an IT Delivery Manager who will be involved in strategic financial and resource management across both projects and business-as-usual operations. Key duties include budget planning and accuracy, cost base monitoring, and optimizing resource allocation for efficient delivery. The position also entails significant contribution to IT and architectural strategy, translating it into actionable team plans, and driving team progress to ensure targets are met.

Responsibilities

• Manage departmental budgets, procurement, and resource allocation.
• Monitor software licenses to ensure compliance.
• Contribute to business cases and budget formulations.
• Provide strategic input to departmental business plans and IT/business strategies.
• Translate IT strategy into actionable roadmaps for application evolution.
• Identify and mitigate risks to project timing, resourcing, and value realization.
• Estimate effort and timeframes for backlog delivery.
• Facilitate on-time and within-budget delivery using Agile methods and IT governance.
• Deliver business features as defined by stakeholders and product owners.
• Ensure solutions align with JSE architecture and technology roadmaps.
• Manage team delivery against prioritized backlogs and timelines.
• Schedule and coordinate solution design reviews.
• Ensure adherence to quality assurance practices, methodologies, and documentation standards.
• Drive continuous improvement in Scrum practices.
• Participate in software development estimation standards.
• Build and maintain relationships with product owners, stakeholders, and suppliers.
• Provide input into RFIs/RFPs and participate in solution selection.
• Manage vendor contracts and service level agreements (SLAs).
• Support cross-business and IT unit alignment.
• Ensure optimal enablement of 2nd and 3rd line application support and batch operations.
• Oversee identification and resolution of technical problems within SLAs.
• Contribute to problem analysis (RCA) for production incidents.
• Participate in release train planning and production deployments.
• Maintain System Operations Manuals and support business continuity processes.
• Implement tools for optimal support and operations.
• Champion automation and AI/ML techniques for operational efficiency.
• Encourage innovation and team engagement for business optimization.
• Create and implement staff and resource plans with clear accountability.
• Recruit, onboard, and develop team members to ensure required skills and expertise.
• Manage team performance, including setting goals, conducting reviews, and providing coaching.
• Foster a motivated, respectful, and collaborative team environment.
• Drive the adoption of the JSE leadership brand.
• Minimize key person dependencies.

Minimum Requiremnets

• Strategic financial and resource management experience for projects and BAU operations.
• Proficiency in budget planning and ensuring accuracy.
• Ability to monitor and understand cost bases.
• Experience in optimizing resource allocation for efficient delivery.
• Demonstrated contribution to IT and architectural strategy.
• Skill in translating strategy into actionable team plans.
• Proven ability to drive team progress and ensure target achievement.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience.

IFyou meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by emailing your CV to [e-mail]

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If you meet the above requirements we will contact you within 3 working days