Technical / Program Manager

Impronics Technologies; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 000 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Johannesburg seeks a Technical / Program Manager to lead the development of scalable data platforms. This role involves establishing collaboration among teams, driving the quality of technical solutions, and mentoring engineers. Candidates must hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent and have hands-on platform building experience. The position offers an opportunity to influence the technological landscape within the company and ensure alignment with strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing scalable data platforms is essential.
• Strong ability to collaborate with multiple platform teams.
• Proven mentorship and knowledge-sharing capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Establish content authority in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Drive quality and delivery of technical solutions.
• Influence business unit thinking and provide expert technical guidance.

Skills

Platform building experience

Collaboration across teams

Mentoring and training skills

Agile methodologies

Problem identification and analysis

Education

Bachelor's / Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Job Description :

Technical / Program ManagerWe aspire to build a high-quality, innovative, and robust software.

If you are a hands-on platform builder with significant experience in developing scalable data platforms, look no further.

Your responsibilities as an Engineer :

• Establish clear content authority in collaboration with the system architect / engineer, product manager, and product owners to align the team to the system mission and vision, road maps, as well as system service ownership requirements.
• Able to collaborate with multiple platform teams and maintain continuous integration standards.
• Develop and mature the competency of the engineering team by training / mentoring the team members.
• Contribute specialist knowledge of the technological landscape to the team.
• Direct the delivery and quality of the Technical solution.
• Drive a culture of relentless improvement.
• Influence the thinking of the Business Unit and provide expert influence across the Technical landscape.
• Act as the escalation point for the management of performance improvement and development of functional resources.
• Listen and direct teams in problem identification, root cause analysis, and decision-making.
• Actively look for opportunities to shorten development timelines, improve team skills, and enhance cost efficiency of application development activities.
• Spend % of the time leading engineering practice activities across all release trains within the program.
• Oversee the containment of Technical debt levels and ensure that refactoring / remediation / simplification takes place on a regular basis.
• Set parameters and guide the selection of the most appropriate vendor with the required expertise to meet the requirements for capacity and capability building.
• Provide or make available expert knowledge of prototype creation, module and solution design, and development using agile methodologies and continuous testing to enable target business capabilities / client / employee journeys.
• Realize technology and operations strategic objectives by driving the implementation of new and relevant Technical capabilities.

Experience & Pedigree :

• Bachelor's / Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent.