IT Development Manager – Johannesburg

An IT Development Manager job vacancy is currently available in Midrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Manage and guide a team of developers in their day-to-day activities in an efficient and professional manner, ensuring all team targets are met.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Internal Process:

Analyse and solve problems identified by the business and stakeholders through the coordination of the development team
Manage, monitor and control the analysis, design, implementation and execution of software development within the development team
Extend and maintain existing and new software systems and services according to business needs.
Continuously improve code quality, system design and processes
Collaborate with the business to understand and implement complex requirements according to their needs
Communicate with a broader team that includes analysts, engineers and quality assurance testers in order to coordinate and document development and testing
Review and quality assure deliverables in order to ensure quality standards are upheld
Manage the development schedule and monitor, measure, control and report on development progress including the quality status and unit testing results
Ensure the development environment is suitable before development begins and is managed during the software development life cycle (SDLC)
Represent the development team in management, business and inter-team meetings, such as Change Advisory Board (CAB)
Collaborator between operations team and development team
Be actively involved during high priority operational issues

Client:

Provide authoritative expertise and advice to clients and stakeholders
Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with clients and stakeholders
Deliver on service level agreements made with clients and stakeholders in order to ensure that expectations are managed
Participate and contribute to a culture which builds rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service

People:

Create a positive work climate and culture to energise employees, give meaning to work, minimise work disruption and maximise employee productivity
Demonstrate exemplary leadership behaviour, through personal involvement, commitment and dedication in support of organisational values
Drive a culture that guides and directs best practice, fostering an environment of continuous learning, improvement and cohesiveness
Enable a learning and growth culture whereby information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared between team members
Assist in effective workforce planning practices to ensure that staffing requirements are accurately forecasted
Identify employee growth and development needs and schedule interventions to enable ongoing development, training and personal growth
Effectively manage performance within the team in order to ensure business objectives are achieved
Encourage innovation, change agility and collaboration within the team

Finance:

Contribute to the development of area specific budgets to minimise expenditure, in alignment with operational plans
Identify solutions to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency
Implement and provide input into governance processes, systems and legislation within area of specialisation
Escalate unresolved policy and governance compliance issues via appropriate channels for investigation and resolution purposes
Provide input into the risk identification processes development and communicate recommendations in the appropriate forum

Experience & Qualifications:

IT Development Manager - Johannesburg

IT Development Manager Full Time Permanent