Head of Systems Integration – Core Banking Transformation

• Location: Johannesburg South Africa
  
• Work Model: Hybrid
  
• Role Type: Permanent Full-time
  

CodeConnect Staffing is recruiting on behalf of a leading financial services organisation for an experienced technology leader to take ownership of end-to-end systems integration architecture and delivery within a major core banking and channel modernisation programme.

The role will be responsible for ensuring seamless integration between the core banking environment and the organisations wider technology ecosystem including channels payments data platforms finance risk CRM data warehousing and other shared enterprise services.

The successful candidate will be an established senior technology leader with extensive experience across systems integration integration architecture and complex enterprise technology delivery.

They will have the technical depth to lead integration architecture across APIs event-driven and file-based integrations combined with the leadership capability to manage multidisciplinary teams technology portfolios and complex stakeholder environments.

Experience within banking financial services core banking modernisation or similarly complex enterprise environments will be highly relevant. Exposure to Temenos or other enterprise core banking platforms would be particularly valuable given the nature of the programme.

• Own the end-to-end integration architecture and delivery strategy across the core banking modernisation programme.
  
• Define and govern enterprise integration approaches across APIs event-driven architecture and file-based integrations.
  
• Maintain and evolve the integration architecture blueprint and interface catalogue.
  
• Lead integration across core banking channels payments data platforms and broader enterprise systems.
  
• Ensure solutions align with established enterprise architecture application and integration standards.
  
• Drive consistent and reusable integration patterns across multiple subsidiaries and technology value streams.
  
• Coordinate and sequence integration build testing and implementation activities across multidisciplinary teams.
  
• Define and maintain the technology asset strategy roadmap and target-state architecture.
  
• Lead decisions relating to target-state architecture transitional solutions and technical debt.
  
• Own and prioritise consolidated technology portfolio backlogs in collaboration with Product Owners and relevant stakeholders.
  
• Ensure technology environments remain stable resilient reliable and appropriately governed.
  
• Oversee IT risk disaster recovery high availability monitoring data integrity and data lineage requirements.
  
• Drive technology upgrades technical debt reduction ITSM practices automated pipelines and cloud enablement where appropriate.
  
• Manage technology portfolio budgets and optimise total cost of ownership (TCO).
  
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary technical teams and build future-fit technical capabilities.
  
• Drive continuous improvement innovation and successful operational delivery.
  

• 11 years experience within technology systems integration enterprise architecture or a related technical environment.
  
• Minimum 67 years management or leadership experience.
  
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary and/or virtual technical teams delivering complex technology capabilities within a large corporate environment.
  
• Strong experience in systems and enterprise integration architecture.
  
• Experience defining and governing API event-driven and file-based integration patterns.
  
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology architecture application landscapes and integration standards.
  
• Experience managing technology strategies roadmaps target-state architecture and technical debt.
  
• Strong understanding of IT risk resilience disaster recovery high availability and operational stability.
  
• Experience working across multiple technology teams business stakeholders and complex delivery environments.
  
• Relevant Advanced Diploma or Bachelors Degree.
  

Qualifications in the following or related disciplines would be advantageous:

• BSc Computer Science
  
• BCom Informatics
  
• Engineering
  

Any of the following would be advantageous:

• TOGAF
  
• Leading SAFe
  
• PMP / PMI / PMBOK
  
• PRINCE2
  

Candidates who meet the above requirements are encouraged to apply with an updated CV.

Please note: If you have not been contacted within two weeks of submitting your application please consider your application unsuccessful. Your details may be retained for consideration for suitable future opportunities.