Job Description

Job Classification

Req: 142348

Clsoing date: 23 October 2025
Job Family

Information Technology

Career Stream

Application Development

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Self: Professional

Job Purpose

To envision, lead and develop fit for purpose, integrated end- to end technical solutions across multiple technologies for the organisation, through inspirational technical leadership and visionary long-term thinking. Provide leadership across multiple initiatives guiding engineering lead practitioners to achieve product / programme alignment.

Job Responsibilities

Analyse problems and formulate solution based on organisations boundaries, architectures and constraints: Needs to be achievable and operational, must push boundaries when required and continuously push for improvements Take proposed solutions through relevant governance forums and obtain acceptance for solutions from relevant specialists (domain or technology) Collaborate and communicate and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders Decomposition of the solution and assisting with the scheduling/sequencing work and identification of resourcing needs Flesh out designs and contribute to functional and non-functional requirements Assist software designers with lower level designs Troubleshoot issues relating to technical delivery Design with a holistic, robust and sustainable mindset Apply a product management mindset (long term thinking) Mentor and coach software engineering practitioners Keep abreast of the technical landscape on how it fits together Understand constraints and risk and make the necessary trade-offs Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders Craft the end to end solution taking into consideration: people, technology, systems and data Future proof end to end solutions as far as possible within the organisation constraints Continuously build and enhance the technical assets that are touched by the solution to ensure long term sustainability Grow the engineering lead practice through contributing to the engineering lead chapter Drive organisational alignment across areas of accountability Provide coaching, mentoring and upskilling of others within area of expertise Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.) Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
Professional Qualifications/Honour's Degree Preferred Qualification

BSc (Computer Science), BCom (Information Systems). Professional Qualification Level 6
Preferred Certifications

Togaf Certification, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) or equivalent

Minimum Experience Level

Min 8 Years experience in similar roles.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

IT Architecture IT Concepts Systems Analysis and design Behavioural Competencies
Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills Decision Making Collaborating Innovation Influencing Managing Work Continuous Learning Coaching
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Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566