IT PRODUCTION MANAGER (Agile Essential)
Durban - South Africa
Job Summary
Our clienta dynamicsoftware studiois looking for an experiencedProduction Managerto join their team. If youre a natural organiser who thrives at the intersection of tech and delivery this could be your next move.
As Production Manager youll be the engine behind consistent on-time software delivery. Working closely with the Operations Manager Account Management and Development teams youll own the end-to-end production process from sprint planning through to release and sign-off. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can zoom out to see the big picture while staying sharp on the detail.
Responsibilities include:
- Managing production schedules and sprint delivery across one-week cycles
- Coordinating dependencies across development QA DevOps and product teams
- Driving Agile DevOps and CI/CD best practices across the studio
- Identifying bottlenecks and implementing smarter ways of working
- Owning quality assurance risk mitigation and incident response processes
- Acting as the key liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders
- Tracking KPIs and using data to continuously improve delivery performance
- Running daily status meetings and keeping all parties aligned
Requirements (must have):
- 5 years of experience in a production project or delivery management role (software environment preferred)
- Solid understanding ofAgile methodologies andsoftware development lifecycles
- Strong leadership and cross-functional team coordination skills
- Excellent communicator equally comfortable with developers and clients
- Analytical data-driven and solutions-focused
- Matric certificate or higher
Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates.
Should you not hear from us within 14 days then please consider your application as unsuccessful.
Required Experience:
Manager