Job Description

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Specialist
REQ 135350 - Keabetswe Modise
Location: Sandton
Cluster
Group Technology
Career Stream
IT Operations
Leadership Pipeline
Manage Managers
Position
IT Manager III (Mainframe IT Manager)
Job Purpose
To build management foundation and to deliver operational excellence and productivity through a team of team leaders and technology managers.
Job Responsibilities

• Create a simplified low cost IT operating platform.
• Deliver promised results through ensuring that plans are approved and accepted.
• Manage resources in executing and achieving business strategy and associated metrics.
• Optimise value add through identifying and managing risks arising from own department.
• Support standardised delivery processes by ensuring business area comply with standards, policy and regulatory requirements.
• Improve delivery capabilities and capacity. Improve productivity and smooth day-to-day operations.
• Make quality and timeous decisions.
• Deliver best practice services, meet and exceed client expectations in support of strengthened business IT collaboration.
• Monitor and manage client, service providers, partners and other stakeholder expectations.
• Support improved delivery capabilities.
• Ensure integrity in actions through building trust and respect.
• Ensure communication and building relationship networks upwards, downwards, sideways and outwards.
• Ensure direct reports understand and support Nedbank's vision, values and strategy.
• Contribute to team effectiveness by participating in the recruitment and selection of senior staff.
• Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise, ensuring personal and professional growth.
• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and values, leading by example.
• Ensure issues raised in culture survey are addressed and results are improved.
• Deliver a worldclass service by ensuring a client centric culture.
• Manage performance of direct reports and hold them accountable for managing the performance of their direct reports by implementing performance agreements and ensuring a clear vision.
• Share knowledge and insight with team members and management.
• Create an environment whereby self, managers and team are encouraged to challenge the status quo by initiating constructive debates about work practices and areas for improvement. Improve work processes, productivity and reduce costs.
• Ensure proper financing of the function.
• Ensure that planned projects and deliverables for the year are achieved within planned budget.
• Contribute in creating a low cost IT operating platform.
• Contribute in improving time to market.
• Ensure improved delivery capabilities and capacity.
• Ensure transformational target are met. Achieve business optimisation.

Minimum Experience Level

• 10+ years IT Operations Experience
• 5 Years Managing a Z/OS Mainframe Environment in a Corporate Financial Institution (Banking or Insurance)

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Preferred Qualification

• Management Post Graduate Degree or Diploma - Technical Certification in Z/OS Mainframe, ZLinux and OpenShift ZVM Concepts and Architecture

Specific Technical Knowledge

• Z/OS Mainframe Software Engineering, Development and Testing
• Disaster Recovery Modernization
• Mainframe Capacity Planning and Data Analysis

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Organisational behaviour theory
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Stakeholder management
• Strategic planning
• Talent management
• Business writing skills
• Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
• Client Service Management

Type of Exposure

• Managing Highly Technical Diverse Teams
• Vendor Management
• Incident, Problem and Change Management
• Risk Management

Disclaimer
Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups
Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566
Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566
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