Technical Team Leader

FirstRand Corporate Centre; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial institution seeks a Technical Team Leader in Gauteng, Johannesburg. The role involves leading a technical team, ensuring exceptional client service, and translating business IT requirements into effective solutions. Strong teamwork and relationship management skills are essential. Interested candidates can apply until October 17, 2025.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice and support in practice formulation and best practice improvements.
• Lead and develop a team providing operational project and technical support.
• Build rewarding relationships, propose innovations, and deliver exceptional client service.
• Translate business IT requirements into implementable solutions.

Job description

Overview

Job title: Technical Team Leader

Job Location: Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline: October 17, 2025

Responsibilities

• To provide expert advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvements
• Responsible for leading and developing a team of technical resources that provide operational project and technical support
• Deliver a service which builds rewarding relationships, proposes innovations and allows others to provide exceptional client service.
• Maintain close working relationships with key stakeholders ensuring appropriate IT solutions are developed.
• Implement processes, which build customer service delivery excellence and encourage others to provide exceptional service.
• Create and maintain working relationships with a variety of stakeholders for purposes of expectation management, knowledge sharing and integration.
• Translate business IT requirements into implementable solutions and continuously monitor to ensure operational continuity and effectiveness.
• Oversee and manage all technical support request escalated and ensure effective resolution within the Service Level Agreement.
• Ensure adequate unit, system integration and post implementation unit tests are performed for all configuration and development tasks.
• Ensure testing yields an acceptable level of performance for the changes being delivered.
• Analyse and / or identify problems / requirements to determine impact, patterns and trends, best fit alternatives, and best practice solutions.
• Determine the estimated resources and timelines required to deliver the required functionality.
• Assess, identify, and mitigate potential risks within the IT function by complying with technology business policy and process requirements (SDLC and change / release management process definition) to ensure operational performance.
• Design relevant IT Solution and produce specification and architecture in accordance with agreed standards against the requirements and approved by the appropriate governance forums.
• Participate in specialist communities of practice and contribute positively to own and organisational knowledge improvement.
• Support effective teamwork within the function.
• Participate and collaborate across teams.
• Plan and manage performance, skills development, employment equity, talent, and culture of team in order to improve innovation and achieve efficiencies.
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