Website Hollard Insurance
All right, all right – let’s cut to the formalities. Here's the deal. At Hollard, we get up in the morning to ensure people sleep better at night. Our job is to look after the stuff our customers love. In fact, 5 million people already trust us with their stuff. That's pretty big deal… read more to us. http://www.hollard.co.za Impressum The Hollard Insurance Co. Ltd (Reg No 1952/003004/06) is an Authorised Financial Services Provider. Hollard Life Assurance Co. Ltd (Reg No 1993/001405/06) is an Authorised Financial Services Provider. Hollard Investment Managers Pty Ltd (Reg No 1997/001696/07) is an Authorised Financial Services Provider. Specialties Funeral insurance, Life insurance, Hospital Cash Back Plan insurance, Motor Xtender vehicle warranty insurance, Pay As You Drive usage-based car insurance, Motor and Household insurance, and Parnership philosophy – Flexible approach 22 Oxford Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
Job Advert Summary
Your duties & responsibilities
Motivates staff, communicates clear expectations, holds staff accountable to deadlines
Provides coaching and constructive feedback and recognition when appropriate
Work in partnership with the Australian team to recognize high performers and propose relevant training initiatives.
Plan, assign and oversee the activities of professional and technical personnel involved in the analysis, design, development, testing and implementation functions required to modify/create new software applications and/or install, implement and integrate software purchased from outside vendors
Anticipate and recognise project scope changes, risks and constraints during project execution
Review and approve all changes to production environment ensuring proper business sign-off occurs
Provide guidance in the development of project documentation, inclusive of functional/technical requirements, test plans and implementation plans
Promote Agile mindset and delivery practices
Manage a team including hiring, reviews, and remediation recommendations
Recognise opportunities to improve process efficiencies and works with the team through execution
Review and analyse existing and proposed system business processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of those programs
Ensure employees adhere to departmental (both existing and emerging) policies and procedures
Required Knowledge and Experience
Your knowledge, skills & attributes
Knowledge acquired awareness and/or expertise
Supervising application development teams
Supervising application development/production support projects
Supervising multiple/concurrent projects of varying sizes
Review of and input on team’s project documentation for completeness and accuracy
Knowledge of formal project management methods as well as Agile solution delivery
Experience with previous Guidewire, Duck Creek or other core Insurance platform implementation projects highly regarded
Skills acquired or inherent abilities
Natural ability to lead and motivate the team
Knowledge of ITIL framework and processes
DevOps and DevSecOps training and/or experience
Collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Teams
Automation tools such as Jenkins, Selenium, Cruise Control, and Ant
Experience in application security considerations including threat modelling, dynamic and static scanning, etc.
Attributes
Drive, motivation and innovative thinking
Strong desire to help others achieve within a team environment
Professionalism
Empathetic leadership ability with uncompromising focus on results
A desire to establish a practice from the ground up and shape it for the future
Educational Requirements
Qualifications (Formal study undertaken and completed)
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or equivalent degree required.
Five or more years leading the team of developers and/or testers.
Working knowledge/ understanding of Gosu, SQL, Java, SOAP or Restful web services, JavaScript, XML, Git or a similar version control / source code management tool is desired.
One or more years of insurance or financial industry background is desired.
Apply via company website ( http://www.hollard.co.za ) or
hollard.erecruit.co