Application Portfolio Manager Jobs vacancy at Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa

Job Title Application Portfolio Manager: Information & Data

Reporting To (Job Title) Head: Application Management
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location - Town / City Sandton
Division IT Division
Department Application Management

Job Summary

The Application Portfolio Manager will be responsible for managing development, maintenance and software quality assurance teams for the JSE, focussing on the Information and Data Portfolio functionality to ensure product delivery to the various JSE divisions, system stability and optimum performance in accordance with business requirements.

Responsibilities / Outputs

Leading the strategic vision from a technological perspective for all applications within that portfolio
Manage the development, maintenance and software quality assurance teams that covers the applications in the portfolio
Functional Area include:
RDS
CRM
Finance
Understand the business strategic goals for the functional areas and identify objectives to align to the business strategy.
Ability to engage stakeholders to understand business objective(s) and manage relevant expectations
Open to giving and receiving direct feedback in an environment where people are encouraged to challenge management of all levels
Ensure that solutions provided address identified and specified requirements as provided by Business Analysis, preserve data integrity and follow project standards and procedures.
Ensure work plans for team activities are available where required. Measure and monitor progress against work plans and take necessary action to ensure deadlines are met.
Ensure user requests are investigated by the various teams in order to determine and correct root cause of incidents when required.
Assist in resolving Technical infrastructure issues when required.
Collaborate with business owners, Business Analysis, Architecture and IT Operations to define program and system requirements as required.
Be able to review complete system documentation in the analysis, design, programming, testing and release phases of the system development life cycle.
Review and approve the Impact assessments made by the team for initiatives and projects
Escalate when issues and/or risks are identified in the delivery or support of a service
Effectively manage a crisis in the event that it occurs.
Provide documentary support to project team, including maintenance of technical documentation, user manuals and training material. Be able to review designs for moderate to complex programs.
Manage the Application Delivery Teams that include the design, development, unit testing, system and integration testing of solutions to ensure that they are in line with existing architecture, system functionality and given requirements.
Ensure that the deliverables meet functional and non-functional specifications and standards through application of the Test Strategy (as determined for each deliverable). This entails quality assurance that is performed by the testing team and on-delivery quality assurance being measured pre go-live (such as UAT and performance testing).
Review and assist with compilation of Change Requests & Release Notes. Authorise and be accountable for releases relevant to functional area being supported by team.
Liaise and cooperate with other Application Management and Infrastructure Management managers and team leads to ensure overall delivery.
Manage the personnel and participate in performance evaluation process. Provide coaching and development to team members and give regular feedback on performance.
Stay abreast of latest technology trends and direction and assess relevance to the JSE.
Monitor and promote compliance with processes, standards and policies.
Prepare and submit required IT reports.

Experience

Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or other relevant discipline from an accredited school. Advanced degree is strongly preferred.
A minimum of 6 years experience in leading a team in a software development and testing environment.
A minimum of 10 years solid experience in a complex and heterogeneous IT environment.
Demonstrated understanding and insight across all aspects of IT with in-depth knowledge and experience in software development and testing.
Solid experience working in a multi-disciplinary team, fostering collaboration and teamwork.
Experience in financial services preferred.
The knowledge of Exchange Regulation an advantage
Solid experience in interacting with internal and external customers with demonstrated customer service orientation.
Expert experience with MS Office Products (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project).
Skills Demonstrated leadership and effective people skills.
Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritise, coordinate and manage multiple, and often conflicting, initiatives.
Demonstrated ability to remain calm and focused under pressure.
Excellent time management and organizational skills.
Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.
Strong facilitation, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills. Must be able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, external business partners and vendors.
Must work well under pressure and changing priorities.
Flexibility to work in a changing, fast-paced environment.

Personality Traits

Possess a strong work ethic and sense of urgency.
Service delivery and outcomes driven.
Possess a high level of energy and enthusiasm.
Delivery oriented.
Team player.
Self-starter.
Flexibility.
Risk aware.

Deadline: 31/12/2012

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