Job Description

Company Description
Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities - plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector's most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We're passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To define and develop complex architecture roadmaps, practices, and processes that embed strategic applications across an entire Business Unit / Group scope. To link the business mission, vision, strategy, and processes for a dedicated Business Unit to its IT strategy, documenting this using multiple architectural models or views that demonstrate how the current and future needs of the Business Unit will be met in an integrated, efficient, sustainable, agile, and adaptable manner.
Qualifications
Type of Qualification: First Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology
Experience Required
Enterprise Technology & Solutions Architecture
Technology
More than 10 years
Significant experience as an Architect ideally with time in an Enterprise capacity. Track record in IT disciplines including data management, integration and large scale solution architectures. Experience with the complete information system life cycle. Architecture/Solution design delivery in large domestic or global institutions. Ability to deal with all levels of the business and technology stakeholders across large organisations.
Knowledge

• Robust knowledge of Solution Design & Architecture.
• Ability to advise on, plan and manage end to end architecture and design.
• Proven ability to lead, manage and drive high performance across technical and project teams.
• Knowledge/experience of architecture/design frameworks.
• Demonstrable relevant experience in writing technical documents.
• Ability to present to all levels from C-level to technical staff.
• Knowledge of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit and trade-off analysis, budgeting, and risk management.
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as aservice (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
• Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services
• management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks.

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Checking Things
• Convincing People
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Managing Tasks
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Resolving Conflict
• Upholding Standards

• Benefits Management
• Business Analysis Environments and Perspectives
• Business Process Design
• Business Process Improvement
• Change Control and Management (IT)
• Emerging Technology Monitoring
• Financial Acumen
• Financial and Accounting Control
• Information Technology Architecture
• Managerial Budgeting
• Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting
• Policy Development
• Programme Management
• Project Definition
• Project Reporting
• Quality Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Scenario Development
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategy Definition