Business Development Manager

Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. 

Accountabilities

• Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
• Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

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To be successful in this role you should possess:

• Proficiency in developing RESTful APIs and microservices using Java Spring Boot. Strong understanding of Spring Framework (e.g., Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring Batch, Spring AI).
• Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms like AWS, or Azure, including containerization using Docker and Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipeline implementation.
• Graduate Degree, with Hands-on experience with JavaScript, Angular v 17 or higher.
• Versatile technologist capablities of making strategic technical decisions and delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions across the full development lifecycle.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Candidates with experience in Banking / Finance domain preferred
• Having experience managing a team is considered an advantage.
• Database proficiency is essential in both SQL systems such as Oracle and MySQL, and NoSQL solutions like MongoDB.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Write and post technical job descriptions

Source potential candidates on niche platforms, like LinkedIn

Parse specialized skills and qualifications to screen IT resumes

Perform pre-screening calls to analyze applicants’ abilities

Interview candidates combining various methods (e.g. structured interviews, technical assessments and behavioral questions)

Coordinate with IT team leaders to forecast department goals and hiring needs

Craft and send personalized recruiting emails with current job openings to passive candidates

Participate in tech conferences and meetups to network with IT professionals

Compose job offer letters

Onboard new hires

Promote company’s reputation as a great place to work

Conduct job and task analyses to document job duties and requirements

Keep up-to-date with new technological trends and products

• Minimum 2 years of experience. Individuals with a higher degree of expertise will be considered for senior opportunities
• Minimum Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineer or related fields
• Experience working with and presenting summaries of large datasets
• Experience working with JavaScript , Reactnative and frontend frameworks
• Experience on system designs and architecture.
• Working experience with large, complex Enterprise dashboards is a plus.
• Passionate about innovating, learning new skills and technology
• Comfortable working on frontend and backend tasks is a plus