Job Description

Mediclinic Group Services | Stellenbosch | South Africa

Closing date: 22/09/2023
Number of positions: 2
Recruiter name: Therese Wilken
Reference number: 42878
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Permanent

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

Lead, drive and manage the technical activities of multiple projects within the Digital Platform & Services department across the Group and Divisions to drive extraordinary business outcomes. Design and implement robust, consistent, scalable and future proof technical solutions based on business, technical and operational requirements, as well as ensure a proper hand over of the technical solutions into operational teams.

This role also needs to facilitate the involvement of peers in the Group and Divisional ICT organisations and drive the definition of new standards and policies together with the responsible committees and CoEs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Lead and manage the activities and implementation of technical solutions and their architecture in the defined area
• Translate business, technical and operational requirements into technical solutions (solution design)
• Source and recommend technical solutions in the market that will meet the needs to the business requirements using a combination of RFI and RFP processes
• Chair and coordinate group and divisional SME's and COE's to architect and create the best possible solution to meet the business requirements
• Compile technical documentation and provide project technical feedback to relevant stakeholders

REQUIRED EDUCATION

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Architecture, System Analysis, Agile methodology or a related field or related experience.

DESIRED EDUCATION

Postgraduate degree in related field, project management certification, certification as a scrum master, and/or development certification.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 10 years' experience in the ICT solution development disciplines: application development, middleware/interfacing, database management and cloud development

Minimum of 10 years' experience in developing architecture blueprints, strategies and roadmaps

Minimum of 10 years' experience in multiple, diverse technologies, platforms and processing environments

Minimum of 10 years' experience in ICT solution management, agile principles and development methodologies

DESIRED EXPERIENCE

Exposure to strategic and new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing, new and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models

Leading and guiding diverse agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt

Experience as a technical lead in managing digital platforms for entire businesses incl. people management

Experience in the healthcare industry

REQUIRED JOB SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Analyse project needs and determine resources needed to meet objectives and solve problems that involve remote and elusive symptoms, often spanning multiple environments in a business area
• B2B and API Interoperability standards and Techniques
• Developing and monitoring delivery of efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems
• Existing, new and emerging technologies and the ability to use them in new business designs and business models
• Financial models and budgeting
• IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
• IT standards and controls
• Management experience of leading technical teams
• Project management principles and methodologies (Agile)
• The gathering, documentation and analysis of business, technical and operational requirements, including Functional and Technical design specifications
• Various database technologies e.g. MS SQL, MySQL, DB2, etc.
• Various development languages e.g. Java, C#, R, Python, etc.
• Various frontend web development languages e.g. JavaScript, HTML, CSS, etc.
• System development life cycle methodologies (such as waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, and DevOps)

All applicants will be considered, with the understanding that preference will be given in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of Mediclinic Southern Africa, as well as internal applicants/employees that meet the minimum requirements.

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