Our client in the Telecoms Industry is looking to hire a Development Manager.
Duties and Responsibilities
General
Understanding business requirements, business systems and process context, impact, and risks
Participating in, planning / strategy sessions, reporting
Interfacing to other teams where required
Interfacing to external clients, vendors where required
Delivery and Support of Specific Applications
Management of activities within the overall team
Participating and enabling the business Prioritisation process
Scheduling and prioritisation of tasks and resources by approval by executives
Coordinate : Build, Test, Deliver, Fix, Change Requests
Technical capacity, quality, and standard via an ISO standard
Understanding business'' future requirements
Preventing technical issues from arising by proactive management
Produce and enable a Capacity Plan for the Application
Ensuring adherence to Quality, Standards, SLA adherence, adherence to PM and SDLC standards
Making recommendations for the improvement of the SDLC, PM or ISO processes
Project Management of projects
Acting as a Project Manager for selected development projects in terms of deadlines and milestones
Delivering specific projects to produce internal or external capacity
Management of activities within the SDLC (Acting as process owner)
Participating and enabling the business prioritisation process
Scheduling and prioritising tasks and resources
Taking ownership of production issues and driving to resolution
Adherence to Quality, Standards, SLAs and SDLC standards
Team Management
Ensures that team management exists in the team being managed
Driving the skills development of team members, coaching of team members for performance, and coaching on career development
Recruitment, staff training, conflict management and creating a welcoming working environment
Performance management (objective setting, feedback, appraisals, incentives, and bonuses, addressing poor performance)
Personal Attributes and Skills
Drives Results
Passion for delivery and quality
Values Driven
Optimistic
Learns on the Fly
Resilient
Instils Trust
People Savvy
Problem Solver
Leadership Skills
Strategic Agility
Manages complexity
Thrives under pressure
Matric
BSc in Computer Sciences / Information Systems or equivalent IT tertiary qualification
Applicable Management Development courses would be advantageous
Applicable project management experience
Knowledge
SDLC (Agile Methodology experience would be advantageous)
Dot Net Framework on Visual Studios
Development Architecture designs and best practices
Experience
Minimum 8 years Systems Development experience
Minimum 5 years relevant experience managing a software development team for large commercial entities, or demonstrated leadership capabilities
Exposure in driving key strategic initiatives 
