Delivery Manager
About Discovery
Discoverys core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast- paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self- driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.
About Clinical Systems & Healthcare Services
Clinical Systems & Healthcare Services is a division within Discovery Health Systems responsible for product application development and integration into Discovery. The core applications are developed to service ancillary product within the Health Business, run and supported by specific operational teams. The department is also responsible for owning the clinical data across the organisation.
About The Role
Performs the role of Scrum Master and Delivery Manager for a portfolio of projects within Clinical Systems & Healthcare Services. Managing relationships with Business Product owners and ensures that business objectives are reflected in the technical processes which they manage. Leading several streams of IT specialists and scheduling in the SDLC Process. Managing a set of projects (potentially across teams). Ensuring that the applications remain adaptive to emerging client needs in its lifetime.
Areas Of Responsibility May Include But Not Limited To
- Plan, monitor and report on software delivery Success is measured through delivery against
- project plans
- Manage relationships with 3rd party vendors Measure through client satisfaction
- Guide solutions towards the proposed architecture
- Develop high performing teams
- Ensure quality systems delivery
- Engage with key stakeholders on system delivery
- Ensuring alignment to business requirements
- Building trust with clients by displaying managerial competence
- Understanding business requirements, business strategy and direction, risks and impact
- Acting as consultant to internal and external clients
- Interfacing to other teams where required
- Management of activities within the SDLC (Acting as process owner)
- Participating and enabling the business prioritisation process
- Scheduling and prioritising tasks and resources
- Capacity management
- Project budget tracking and management
- Taking ownership of production issues and driving to resolution
- Adherence to Quality, Standards, SLAs and SDLC standards
- Tertiary Degree (B.Engineer, B.Com, BSC)
- 3-5 years experience in software development for large commercial entities
- Must have managed a project delivery team
- Project Management experience
- Solution Architecture
- Software Development and Testing
- SDLC(Agile experience would be advantageous ), ITIL (Incident, change, Release , Project Management
- Great stakeholder management
- Passion for delivery and quality
- Time Management
- Innovative/Creative thinking
- Logical and practical thinker
- Tenacity and Urgency
- Communication (Written, Verbal and Listening)
- Results Orientated
- Change Readiness
- Influential Leader
- Proactive in identifying risks and problems
- Facilitate IT workshops, planning and knowledge sessions
- Be able maintain composure during high pressure situations
- Understand how products translate into systems for use by clients
- Be able to engage with clients at a Senior Level
The Companys approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
