Senior Technical Delivery Lead

Praesignis (Pty) Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Praesignis (Pty) Ltd in Johannesburg seeks an experienced IT Delivery Lead to oversee end-to-end project strategy, planning, organising, negotiating and directing IT initiatives. You will provide expert advisory to project teams and ensure solutions meet business requirements with minimal IT disruption.

The role focuses on driving delivery, governance, and cross-team collaboration to close architecture gaps and deliver on time, across multiple technologies including SQL, APIs, and banking

Qualifications

• 10-15 years experience in an IT environment across IT disciplines and leadership experience
• Experience as Technical Delivery Lead or managing a support team
• Ability to drive end-to-end IT project delivery and governance

Responsibilities

• Drive delivery of tasks and align with teams to deliver an agreed solution
• Manage innovation and BAU initiatives within scope, budget and timelines
• Monitor progress and report at stand-ups and required meetings
• Prepare weekly/monthly reports and dashboards
• Govern project activities per methodologies and processes
• Ensure end-to-end design aligns with architecture roadmaps
• Coordinate with stakeholders at all levels and manage risks and audit findings
• Maintain application health and stability and manage support

Skills

SQL

APIs

Technical Architecture

Banking Applications

Education

Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Matric and ITSM qualification (MMP or equivalent)

Job description

Job Purpose

To manage end to end the strategy, planning, organising, negotiating, directing and controlling of all aspects of a project, ensuring the successful implementation of IT projects and the realisation of the business cluster strategy. Provide expert advice and counsel to functional and non-functional user personnel and project teams on complex aspects of the integration of logical groupings of technologies. Facilitate an agreed solution and ensure that the solution meets business requirements with minimal impact to the stability of the IT environment. Help drive the closure of gaps in the architecture and create supporting positioning papers to drive conclusion on any open matter with impacted stakeholders. In addition, drive the delivery of project management and technical tasks by aligning with various teams and stakeholders, facilitating decisions, coordinating activities and ensuring tasks are closed out and delivered on time.

Job Responsibilities:

• Drive delivery of tasks and align with various teams and stakeholders to facilitate decisions and deliver an agreed solution, as well as help drive the closure of gaps in the architecture and create supporting positioning papers to drive conclusion on any open matter with impacted stakeholders.
• Manage and deliver innovation and business-as-usual initiatives and work requests within agreed scope, budget and timelines.
• Monitor and report on delivery progress and delays at stand-up ceremonies and other required operational meetings.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports and dashboards.
• Take responsibility project governance aligned to project methodologies, processes and project disciplines.
• Ensure project execution across the end-to-end life cycle according to the project methodology and strategy.
• Deal with escalated project issues, non-delivery conflicts and integration matters.
• Ensure end-to-end design is aligned to architecture road maps through regular engagement with relevant stakeholders.
• Act as a liaison for integration points between supported applications and internal areas.
• Manage risks and audit findings to plan.
• Manage support and maintenance, application health and stability.
• Establish effective and productive relationships with stakeholders and vendors.
• Conduct regular prioritisation and planning sessions.
• Ensure adherence to IT change and release governance.
• Navigate and coordinate with stakeholders at all levels to close out tasks and deliver them on time.

Technical Knowledge

• SQL / APIs / Technical Architecture / Banking Applications

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Matric and relevant tertiary qualification MMP or equivalent ITSM (IT Service Management)

Minimum Experience Level

• 10 - 15 years experience in an IT environment across IT disciplines, including a Technical Delivery Lead or management experience for a support team.