Senior Manager - Applications development

The role will be responsible to manage, plan, control and organize all activities related to application development and maintenance projects and services. This Senior Manager will ensure that a formal set of methodologies and tool sets are in place and adhered to with a focus on more optimal ways of work. This position will be responsible for the enablement of the ENS IT Strategy at departmental level relating to financial management, supplier/contract/demand management, human resources and practice service applications.

Develop and implement Applications development, maintenance and services strategies, policies and procedures

Tracks the development and deployment of Applications services and projects

Collaborate with other functional IT teams, company consulting and service management to build customer

centric solutions

Manage transformation and modernization of applications and technologies program

Manage agile and sprint activities for development teams in partnership with Project managers and Scrum Masters

Financial and business management

Human Capital Management.

Minimum: 3-4-year National Diploma / National First Degree in Software Engineering/ Computer Science

/Information Technology or relevant equivalent.

A Microsoft Vendor certification for applications will be an added advantage.

Experience: A minimum of 10 years practical experience in Applications Lifecycle Management. Experience should

Include

Minimum 5 years experience in a management/leadership level/role

Experience in managing analysis, design, development and support of complex enterprise applications.

Experience in managing medium to complex IT projects and or services with multiple internal / external

dependencies

Added advantage on exposure in API, Mobile Development, Agile/Scrum, Microsoft Azure etc.

VACANCY

Purpose of the job

Key Responsibility Areas

Qualifications And Experience

Technical Competencies Description

Familiarity with Agile processes

Thorough Knowledge And Understanding Of

Strategy & Architecture, Technical Strategy & Planning, Software development process improvement;

Systems Development Management; Solution Development & Implementation, Programming/software

development;

Business Change, Business Change Management, Requirements Definition and Management Knowledge and

understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft development tools and technologies.