Departmental Head: Technology and Digital Prodcut Development needed at FSCA South Africa

Key Performance Areas:

• Develop and lead the technology strategy to oversee the use of new technology for the FSCA.
• Establish a technological vision for the FSCA and lead the FSCA’s technological development.
• Establish and communicate requirements for acquiring technology applications, services systems and equipment; negotiate and manage vendor contracts.
• Participates in the process of managing the FSCA’s innovation procedure, starting at the initial stage of ideation, to its final stage of successful implementation.
• Lead the product and engineering teams on the development of new products and on product enhancements and redesigns.
• Develop, track and control the development of annual operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing and operations.
• Build solid and long-lasting relationships with all stakeholders and our Senior Management team.
• Communicate with employees and stakeholders to ensure the FSCA’s technologies are developed and used appropriately and optimally.
• Collaborate with the business owners and the CIO to understand business needs and ensure technology solutions align with those needs.
• Enable executive management to embrace newer and innovative technologies and help steer the FSCA towards better efficiencies and performance by adopting new tools.

Requirements

• A BSC/ Bcom in Computer Science, Engineering or Equivalent related field; with at least 10 years’ relevant experience in driving product development and transforming ICT Services for Business of which 5 years must be at management level.
• The candidate must demonstrate experience in driving enterprise architecture ambitions, developing technology strategies for organizations, and leading software engineering teams for digital capability development.