Development Chapter Lead (DevOps) at First Bank

Job Objective(s)

• Provide Strategic direction of application and solutions development
• To oversee the support of all application systems while ensuring that the deployment of the IT solutions complies with the Bank’s policies

Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee the successful completion of all work assigned to the unit
• Manage expectations of the unit’s internal and external customers
• Clearly communicate goals, organizational philosophies, and policies and procedures to the unit members
• Support BREAM in resource planning and skills management for the application solutions unit
• Manage the implementation and support of the organization’s application systems
• Direct efforts to work with BREAM to define business solutions, ensuring alignment with business strategies and priorities, as well as the target benefits expected
• Supervise the translation of change initiatives or business/user requirements into application systems delivery
• Support the articulation of user requirements in the context of business objectives through establishing and maintaining dialogue with users
• Track application systems developments through suppliers/other external sources
• Provide key inputs on application systems in the formulation of the IT strategy
• Manage hand-over/transfer of IS solutions to operational status
• Continually liaise with other IT units and business users to: understand business requirements for business applications, identify and evaluate the technical options for satisfying business requirements based on functionality, understand quality requirements, manage and report cost, etc.
• Provide leadership and technical guidance to reports
• Identify systems improvement opportunities by analysing best practices, technology trends

Job Requirements
Education:

• Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in a business /IT related discipline
• Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage

Experience:

• 12+ years of experience in designing, developing and delivering solutions
• 10+ years of management experience with 4+ years spent in senior management role