JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for driving, managing, designing, developing and supporting software applications and platforms using emerging technologies and agile processes & architectures while driving the innovation agenda.
Key Performance Areas
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- Departmental strategy and planning
- Solution design and innovation
- Service management and operations
- Partnerships and collaborations
- Product development, management & customization
- Safety, health and environment
- Quality management
- Team management
- Agile project management
- Budget management
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Qualifications
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- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in IT/Engineering or related field
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Key behavioral competencies for the job include problem solving, analytical thinking and ability to be creative & innovative in thinking. The candidate should also possess detail & quality orientation in day-to-day dealings. The role also requires result orientation & execution as well as integrity & personal credibility. Furthermore, the candidate should also uphold collaboration, change facilitation and delivery as well as have people management and career development skill, including strategic leadership and conceptual thinking.
The candidate should also demonstrate key technical competencies of business case evaluations, intellectual property management, architecture & design management. The candidate should also be capable of partnerships & alliances management as well as R&D management. Digital transformation strategy, agile software development, innovation & technology are also crucial competencies required. The candidate should also be cognizant in product design & development and application engineering. IT strategy & planning, program management, planning & budgeting are also key requirements of the candidate.
Job Requirements
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- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in IT/Engineering or related field
- Master’s degree in software engineering or related would be an added advantage
- Relevant professional certifications would be an added advantage.
- Minimum of 7-10 years practical work experience leading a digital platforms team.
- Proven experience in innovation and implementation of digital platforms.
- Previous experience with SCRUM/Agile Methodologies.
- Enterprise and solutions architecture, Cloud Architecture certifications
- Experience with Business Process and robotic process automation platforms.
- Experience with Modelling and UI/UX Design, Visualization of data, AI and Machine Learning.
- Certification in Agile/Scrum, DevOps as well as Togaf 9 Framework.
- Experience working with programming languages: Python, .Net, C#, Java etc
- Preferred industries include Telecommunications, banking and Information Technology (IT).
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If you meet the above requirements please apply at Tsa Mmereko
Kindly note that we do not accept hand delivered applications and will only get in contact with shortlisted candidates.