Summary
Date Posted: Friday, January 19 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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Job Description
To define and implement local IT strategy, partnering with Group Technology and Country leadership, providing strategic vision and operational IT leadership for the Country Information Technology function. To deliver to clients aligned to SBG Business Line strategies, managing in-country delivery and provision of local support for Group shared solutions.
To deliver to local requirement, steering investment and country technology capabilities, managing key partners and vendors as required.
• Actively participate in relevant risk governance forums including providing necessary input and escalating relevant risk issues, ensuring that prioritization processes and discussions are well informed regarding risk mitigation work that is contending for priority with other matters
• Advise and influence business as a participant of the Country IT investment Board (s), optimizing the IT investment, negotiating bought for services with shared Group and Regional execution structures.
• Align with the Group Information Security strategy and improve the security posture of the country, adhering and implementing directives and championing initiatives raising awareness.
• Build a high performance team through managing resources and retention of critical staff to match strategic business requirements.
• Build and manage long term, sustainable relationships with vendors and Group and Regional shared execution areas (managed services) to realize country technology objectives.
• Collaborate closely with teams across the organisation to provide strategic input and guidance related to the expanding and rapidly evolving digital landscape and direct the design of technology solutions to expand SBGs digital footprint in Country
• Collaborate with Group Business Line and Technology domains to select applications/infrastructure and vendors to implement the Group and country technology plan and IT Blueprint.

Qualifications
• Post Graduate Degree in Information Technology or a related field
• 5-7 years managing IT functions to deliver to local users. Integrating architecture landscapes and integration with service providers to deliver large scale change projects from concept to implementation.
• 8-10 years proven experience managing information technology in a multi-dimensional corporate environment preferably in the financial industry. Demonstrated ability to have led a business unit and team managing diverse portfolio's, driving group strategy and translating this to Business level for interpretation and steer of direction. Strong relationship building demonstrated
• 8-10 years proven experience in demand and stakeholder management , utilizing limited resources to meet portfolio priorities. Experience in identifying, mitigating and tracking risks and country specific regulatory requirements. Experience with multivendor environments and managed service provider relationship

Additional Information
Behavioral Competencies:
• Articulating Information
• Convincing People
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Embracing Change

Technical Competencies:
• Financial Management (IT)
• Internal & External IT Environment
• IT Risk Management
• IT Strategy & Planning
• Knowledge of Banking & Financial Service



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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