Manager: Software Development (Health)

Techrepo.co.za; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Techrepo.co.za in Centurion (Gauteng) seeks an experienced Software Development Project Lead to oversee planning, development and deployment of healthcare solutions. You will manage scope, milestones, daily tasks, and stakeholder communication while upholding governance and risk controls.

Candidates need 5–7 years in healthcare software development, coding experience, and strong project management with Scrum, JIRA, TFS and Azure DevOps. GoLang and another language required.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years’ experience in software development within healthcare.
• Coding experience within healthcare projects is required.
• Proven project management ability and delivery of software solutions.
• Experience with Scrum, JIRA, TFS and Azure DevOps.
• GoLang and another programming language are required.
• Ability to lead multiple projects and coordinate cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and direct cross-functional teams through planning, development and deployment.
• Analyze project scope and milestones; manage daily task allocation.
• Hold regular meetings to ensure communication and expectations.
• Address customer concerns and ensure policy adherence.
• Mitigate risk and ensure governance and KPIs are met.
• Promote performance, engagement, innovation and transformation.

Skills

Software development

Project management

Scrum

GoLang

DevOps

Coding

Agile practices

Tools

JIRA

TFS

Azure DevOps

Job description

• Responsible to oversee and direct cross functional teams in the planning, development and implementation of development projects and application solution.
• Analyse and create project scope and milestones.
• Manage the handling and assigning of daily tasks.
• Hold regular meetings with all parties involved to ensure open communication and expectations throughout development life cycle.
• Address customer concerns in reference to products, services rendered, support interactions and service calls logged.
• Actively seek to resolve any concerns while adhering to the company policy and standards of behaviour.
• Ensure proper communication concerning changes in established milestones or challenges that may affect the outcome of a project's completion date.
• Lead and promote a culture of performance excellence, employee engagement, innovation and transformation
• Manage and/or oversee multiple, concurrent projects and initiatives to successful completion in accordance with timeline, scope and budget.
• Provide detailed guidance and feedback to project execution teams and customers on all application initiatives.
• Monitor adherence to governance, processes and procedures to maintain service delivery according to defined KPIs as per service level agreement and personal performance agreements.
• Manage the identification and effective mitigation of risk within the environment in accordance with the defined risk management processes.
• Use current tools and processes to the best of their ability to ensure successful delivery of development projects.
• Interact with internal or external stake holders to provide the best possible solutions.
• Following an agile approach to software development (Scrum / JIRA /TFS /Azure DevOps).

Job Description

About the Role

Department: Health & Retail Solutions

Responsibilities

• Responsible to oversee and direct cross functional teams in the planning, development and implementation of development projects and application solution.
• Analyse and create project scope and milestones.
• Manage the handling and assigning of daily tasks.
• Hold regular meetings with all parties involved to ensure open communication and expectations throughout development life cycle.
• Address customer concerns in reference to products, services rendered, support interactions and service calls logged.
• Actively seek to resolve any concerns while adhering to the company policy and standards of behaviour.
• Ensure proper communication concerning changes in established milestones or challenges that may affect the outcome of a project's completion date.
• Lead and promote a culture of performance excellence, employee engagement, innovation and transformation
• Manage and/or oversee multiple, concurrent projects and initiatives to successful completion in accordance with timeline, scope and budget.
• Provide detailed guidance and feedback to project execution teams and customers on all application initiatives.
• Monitor adherence to governance, processes and procedures to maintain service delivery according to defined KPIs as per service level agreement and personal performance agreements.
• Manage the identification and effective mitigation of risk within the environment in accordance with the defined risk management processes.
• Use current tools and processes to the best of their ability to ensure successful delivery of development projects.
• Interact with internal or external stake holders to provide the best possible solutions.
• Following an agile approach to software development (Scrum / JIRA /TFS /Azure DevOps).

Requirements

• 5 -7 years’ experience in software development within the healthcare environment:
• Coding experience.
• Project management.
• Scrum.
• JIRA.
• TFS.
• Azure.
• Dev OPS.
• GoLang and a required programing language