Job Description

The IT Applications Portfolio Manager is accountable for the strategic leadership, governance, and operational delivery of Sun International's application portfolio across Gaming, Hospitality, ERP, and other critical business domains. The role translates business strategies into integrated technology solutions, ensuring optimal system performance, regulatory compliance, and continuous value realisation. By fostering a high-performance applications team and embedding industry best practices, this role enables sustainable IT operations and supports the organisation's current and future business objectives. (This role is based in JHB/CPT/DBN)

Key Responsibilities:

Portfolio Strategy & Roadmap:

Establish and maintain the IT applications technical support strategy and framework for Gaming, Hospitality, ERP, and other business systems Develop and execute a 12-24 month applications support roadmap, covering platform, patch, configuration, and capacity management Oversee the development, planning, delivery, and modification of solution components across the application portfolio

Governance & Compliance:

Integrate business continuity and security programmes into application architecture and operations Maintain an asset register of application resources and oversee IT audits, access management, and quarterly compliance reviews Ensure all practices align with policy, frameworks, and legislative requirements

Delivery & Performance Management

Facilitate release management processes, including planning, scheduling, and controlling deployments to test and live environments Control and validate systems documentation (source code, technical specs, release notes, test cases) Develop metric reporting on application performance and control environments

Team & Supplier Management

Provide inspirational leadership, team management, and change interventions to nurture a performance-driven culture Build, negotiate, and manage relationship agreements with key suppliers and business partners Shared accountability for portfolio budget and expense management

Architecture & Innovation

Conduct proactive investigations into technology application requirements and deliver architectures to support current and future business processes Manage application software and licences, ensuring configurations follow best practice Oversee feasibility research, risk assessments, cost-benefit analyses, and solution design


BTech or equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field Qualification in Business Administration or Management ITIL Foundations Certification (preferred) 10+ years in IT operations with demonstrable experience in IT applications management 5+ years managing a team of IT professionals Working knowledge of Gaming Systems, Hospitality Systems, ERP, and Online Platforms * Demonstrable understanding of project management principles