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 enable the resolution of complex business problems through the design of appropriate technology solutions that bridge the gap between business strategy and technical execution, ensuring that technology investments drive efficiency and innovation. To define, develop and maintain the domain architectures and designs for specific business functional/technical areas and provide high-level roadmaps for the implementation of the solutions, aligning to a common technical direction ensuring accomplishment of the roadmaps. To guide and steer the delivery on projects/initiatives within focus area (domain) and provide thought leadership throughout the programme.
Qualifications

• Post Graduate Degree in Information technology as well as relevant Architecture qualifications i.e TOGAF
• Good understanding of Agile working practices and LEAN and SCRUM proficiency and working collaboratively across teams with experience gained in the management of platforms and operating systems
• 8-10 Year's experience in designing innovative solutions within technology businesses such as Authentication Systems, Platform, and Account Migrations, Enterprise Solution Architecture (ESA), Business Architecture, Information Architecture, Application Architecture or Technology Architecture with a balanced mix of skills covering technologies and industry knowledge
• 8-10 Years' experience in one or more Technology area including but not limited to: IT architecture, infrastructure, and cloud development, Engineering and software architecture design, Business analysis, DevOps, Project and product management
• Strong knowledge or experience of Data and AI as well as knowledge of Finance Regulatory and Financial Risk management practices will be preferred.

Additional Information
Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Embracing Change

Technical Competencies:

• Emerging Technology Monitoring
• Information Technology Architecture
• Internal & External IT Environment
• IT Applications
• IT Knowledge
• Solution Design
• Solutions Assessment
• Stakeholder Management (IT)

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