Senior Technical Delivery Lead
Ovations Technologies · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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Start free — we apply for you →- We are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Delivery Lead to manage the end-to-end strategy, planning, organisation, negotiation, direction, and control of IT projects, ensuring successful implementation and alignment with the business cluster strategy.
- The role requires strong technical understanding, project delivery expertise, stakeholder management, and the ability to work across complex IT environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive delivery of tasks and align with various teams and stakeholders to facilitate decisions and deliver agreed solutions.
- Drive closure of architecture gaps and develop supporting positioning papers where required.
- Manage and deliver innovation and business-as-usual initiatives within agreed scope, budget, and timelines.
- Monitor and report on delivery progress and delays through stand-ups and operational meetings.
- Prepare weekly and monthly reports and dashboards.
- Take responsibility for project governance aligned to project methodologies, processes, and disciplines.
- Ensure project execution across the end-to-end project life cycle.
- Manage escalated project issues, non-delivery conflicts, and integration matters.
- Ensure end-to-end design aligns with architecture roadmaps through regular stakeholder engagement.
- Act as a liaison for integration points between supported applications and internal areas.
- Manage risks and audit findings to plan.
- Manage support and maintenance, application health, and stability.
- Establish effective relationships with stakeholders and vendors.
- Conduct regular prioritisation and planning sessions.
- Ensure adherence to IT change and release governance.
- Navigate and coordinate with stakeholders at all levels to close out tasks and deliver them on time.
Technical Knowledge
- SQL
- APIs
- Technical Architecture
- Banking Applications
Qualifications
- Essential Qualifications – NQF Level:
- Advanced Diplomas / National 1st Degrees
- Professional Qualifications / Honour's Degree
Preferred Qualification
- Matric and relevant tertiary qualification
- MMP or equivalent
- ITSM IT Service Management
Experience
- 10–15 years' experience in an IT environment across IT disciplines.
- Technical Delivery Lead or management experience for a support team.
Technical / Professional Knowledge
- Business Administration and Management
- Business Principles
- Business Terms and Definitions
- Change Management
- Client Service Management
- Communication Strategies
- Diversity Management
- Employee Training/Development
- Financial Accounting Principles
- Governance, Risk and Controls
- Organisational Behaviour Theory
- Principles of Project Management
- Relevant Regulatory Knowledge
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Planning
- Talent Management
- Business Writing Skills
- Management Information and Reporting Principles, Tools and Mechanisms
- System Development Life Cycle SDLC
- Role-Relevant Technologies
- ITIL
- IT Concepts
- Business Process
- Products and Services
- Behavioural Competencies
- Building Partnerships
- Facilitating Change
- Inspiring Others
- Business Acumen
- Driving for Results
- Technical Understanding of Complex Environments
- Delegation and Empowerment