Software Delivery Lead (JHB) at BET Software

You Bring:

• At least 10 years in a technical role within the IT industry.
• At least 3-5 years’ experience managing/leading software development cross functional teams.
• Experience facilitating timely product/project delivery.
• Detailed knowledge of the SLDC and management of software projects.
• Driven to achieve results despite obstacles.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.

What You’ll Do:

SDLC Management

• SDL’s responsible for each phase of the product or project life cycle, end-to-end from inception, growth, maturity to decline. Where applicable this includes inception, requirement, analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, infrastructure, capacity, performance, support, monitoring and decommissioning as required.
• Aligns development roadmap with business, clients (internal and external) and technology through collaboration with multiple team members.
• Manages issues with appropriate urgency which includes resolution and communication with stakeholders in conjunction with the support/post deployment process.
• Prioritises and plans of backlogs/demand pipelines and product roadmaps.
• Define, track and measure product Business Benefit Realisation as appropriate to your product development space.
• Maintains sound technical understanding and in-depth product as well as general group product and system knowledge.

Strategic Mindset

• Aligns objectives and activities to the broader strategic needs of the team and BET Software.
• Customer centric - responsible for creating and proper grating a customer-oriented attitude within the team while identifying and understanding the needs of all customers and managing their expectations.
• Facilitates an understanding of competitor analysis and market research to identify areas of opportunity and risk associated to the product.
• Aligns and collaborates with other product teams as required to achieve objectives.
• Provides consistent, clear, and regular communication with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Integrates team and department processes and procedures effectively with company-wide processes and procedures.

Team Management

• Leading direct and indirect reports for the successful management of the allocated product (i.e., seconded team members).
• Ensures that the cross-functional team is aligned with the company’s strategy and working towards achieving the strategy.
• Ensures the team is appropriately resourced and members are equipped with the requisite skill required for both current and future projects.
• Planning of work allocation to ensure that each member in the team has work assigned to them. Tracking the completion of the work.
• Supports and/or develops a training and career development plan for each team member.
• Collaboratively works with team members to set performance goals and measures
• Conducts regular performance discussions with the team to facilitate a culture of growth.
• Facilitates mentoring and coaching as required.
• Oversees all aspects of the team by facilitating and resolving issues through effective problem solving and communication skills.
• Maintains a current and future skill matrix for the team.
• Creates a culture for teams that are aligned to the platforms and BET values.

Behavioural Outputs:

Adaptably Resilient

• Adapts to change and is open to new ideas and willing to take on new responsibilities.
• Able to handle pressure and can effectively adjust plans to meet changing needs/demands.
• Changes his/her interpersonal style and approach based on the circumstances.
• Adapts behaviour to maintain cooperative relationships with others.
• Accepts changes to task, plans and procedures in order to align with strategic direction of the organisation and appropriately adjusts behaviour and activities to changing conditions.
• Maintains a positive attitude in the face of change.

Decision Making Quality

• Makes confident, timely, fact-based decisions drawing on a broad range of resources through collaboration with others.
• Ensures others understand the decision before moving forward.
• Considers short- and long-term implications of the decision.
• Able to logically defend and explain judgements and decisions.
• Takes steps to accurately define the problem before seeking a solution.
• Bases decisions and evaluations on a careful and systematic review of relevant facts and information.

Resourceful and Improving

• Generates new ideas and challenges the status quo, takes risk, supports change, and encourages innovation.
• Searches for opportunities to create new ideas and innovate or improve efficiencies wherever possible.
• Solve problems through questioning the status quo.