
Senior Technology Business Manager - 12 months
- Hybrid
- Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Delivery
This is a 12 months contract position with a hybrid work engagement.
Job description
Khonology is a digital services company focused on software development, application support, data analytics, and engineering.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Technology Business Manager to support senior technology leadership in the oversight, governance and coordination of a complex enterprise technology portfolio.
This is a senior role requiring a mature professional who can operate confidently across business and technology, bring structure to complex delivery environments, and provide leadership with clear visibility of priorities, risks, dependencies and outcomes.
The successful candidate will act as a key coordination point between technology leadership, business stakeholders and delivery teams, enabling technical teams to remain focused on execution while ensuring strong governance, alignment and informed decision-making.
If you are a mature, commercially aware technology professional who understands the complexity of operating within a large banking or financial services environment, comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders while also working closely with technology and delivery teams and can move between strategic priorities and delivery detail, identify where attention is required, and bring structure and clarity to complex environments this might be the role for you.
The successful candidate will be expected to operate with a high degree of independence, discretion and accountability, using sound judgement to anticipate challenges, manage competing priorities and support effective technology decision-making.
Job requirements
Key Responsibilities
Support the oversight and governance of a complex enterprise technology portfolio.
Coordinate business priorities with technology delivery plans and strategic objectives.
Maintain visibility of key initiatives, delivery commitments, milestones, dependencies, risks and issues.
Coordinate activities across multiple technology, business and operational teams.
Identify and escalate delivery risks, constraints and dependencies requiring leadership intervention.
Support technology risk management, governance and service stability.
Provide clear and accurate portfolio reporting and management information to senior leadership.
Translate complex technology and delivery information into meaningful business insights and decision support.
Facilitate alignment between senior technology leadership, business stakeholders and delivery teams.
Track key decisions, actions and commitments through to completion.
Support prioritisation across competing business and technology requirements.
Drive effective stakeholder engagement and collaboration across the technology environment.
Support the development of sustainable internal technology capability and effective ways of working.
Required Skills & Experience
Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Information Systems, Business, Commerce, Finance, Project/Programme Management or a related field.
Minimum of 5-7 years' relevant experience within banking or financial services.
Proven experience operating within a large, complex enterprise technology environment.
Strong exposure to technology portfolio management, governance, delivery oversight and risk management.
Experience working with senior technology and business leadership.
Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple technology initiatives, delivery teams and interdependencies.
Strong understanding of technology governance, operational risk and service management within a regulated environment.
Experience producing executive-level reporting, portfolio insights and decision-support information.
Strong business and technology acumen
Technology portfolio and delivery management
Governance and risk management
Executive stakeholder management
Strategic planning and prioritisation
Programme and project coordination
Dependency and issue management
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
Executive-level reporting and presentation skills
Excellent communication and facilitation skills
Strong influencing and negotiation capability
Sound judgement and decision-making
Ability to challenge constructively and escalate appropriately
Ability to work effectively in complex and ambiguous environments
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