Technical Lead: Markets & NIS

<p><img id="Picture_x0020_1" src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/dd82a348/461743ac-ca78-42fa-8634-a.png" style="height:255.0px;width:600.0px"></p> <div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:18.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Classification</b></H2> </div><div><p>Technical Lead: Markets &amp; NIS (146790)</p> <p>Closing date: 31 July 2026</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Job Family</H2> </div><div><p>IT</p> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Career Stream</H2> </div><div><p>IT Application Development</p> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Leadership Pipeline</H2> </div><div><p>Manager of Managers</p> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Purpose</b></H2> </div><div><p>To take up the role of the Technology Leader tasked with enabling the CIB Markets and Custody Services objectives through innovative use of Technology and data, Operating with an “1-in-the-box “mode, they collaborate closely with their product owner counterpart, while overseeing their tribe technology resources and both balancing cluster specific and enterprise-wide technology responsibilities.</p> <p>Accountable for the technology strategy, stability, resilience and evolution of trading platforms across the Markets business, ensuring that trading, risk, market data, execution, post-trade and regulatory technology capabilities support business growth, operational resilience and client outcomes</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Responsibilities</b></H2> </div><div><p>Technical Excellence</p> <ul> <li>Run the end-to-end technical estate for Markets and NIS, ensuring a resilience, cyber secure and predictable service can be rendered</li> <li>Invest in the health of the end-to-end technology stack, ensuring the domain is also equipped with best fit for purpose and modern capabilities</li> <li>Deliver integrated end-to-end solutions that transform the business and unlock customer and staff value</li> <li>Drive technical excellence by instilling modern engineering practices, leveraging AI as part of the SDLC.  Drive engineering velocity by ensuring they are efficient and effective</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Stakeholder management<br>•    Build strong product owner relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions by using customer feedback and data to drive continuous improvements.<br>•    Establish systems that encourage and reward partnering with others to innovate and maintain a future fit IT estate for the platforms being owned, ensuring that varied perspectives are included.<br>•    Anticipate and balance the needs &amp; priorities of multiple stakeholders.<br>•    Share stakeholder feedback while inspiring others to consistently seek input and learn from their internal and external stakeholders.<br>•    Promote an environment of high ethical standards and cross-cultural sensitivity in working with all stakeholders.<br>•    Create an environment in which team members feel a strong sense of ownership and accountability toward creating the best possible customer  experience.<br>•    Build partnerships and works collaboratively with Product Owners and other stakeholders to meet shared objectives.<br>•    Ensure Tribe management and Tech Engineering excellence <br>•    Drive client specific technology enablement <br>•    Take ownership of Group Technology project delivery </p> <p> </p> <p>Instilling Innovation<br>•    Create new and better ways for the organization to be successful by inspiring people to develop breakthrough solutions. Invests and takes risks to lead cutting-edge innovations that creates value.<br>•    Guide team to hold each other and self-accountable for goals, adherence to policies and procedures. <br>•    Track team metrics and milestones, redirecting effort, as necessary, for continued progress.<br>•    Ensure Dependency mapping across products, platforms and automation initiatives.<br>•    Set ways of working that leads to high velocity value creation and execution.<br>•    Ensure adherence to risk and compliance governance to mitigate risk.</p> <p> </p> <p>Process improvement and Problem resolution <br>•    Implement the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.<br>•    Motivate people to produce highest-quality outcomes and pursue continuous improvement. <br>•    See that problems are well examined and improvements are integrated into all relevant work processes.<br>•    Consistently achieves results, by creating, energy and an emphasis on excellence in the team, using productive behaviours. Builds a strong sense of urgency to exceed goals and beat deadlines.<br>•    Tackle new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.</p> <p><br><br><br> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Responsibilities Continue</b></H2> </div><div><p>Communication <br>•    Develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences<br>•    Engage diverse groups by communicating in a way that matches each group's preference by listening carefully and probes beneath the surface to gain richer insight on others' views.<br>•    Gains the confidence by building a team with an exemplary reputation for reliability and for meeting even difficult commitments. <br>•    Builds trust among people and groups by ensuring honest and up-front communication; maintains transparency.<br>•    Develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. <br>•    Engage with diverse groups by communicating in a way that matches each group's preference.<br>•    Provide technology and strategy and leadership.</p> <p>People Management and Development <br>•    Steers others skilfully with a stabilizing presence and clear targeted coaching in order to make significant progress.<br>•    Create a highly motivating atmosphere in which people feel energized and enthusiastic about achieving common goals. Trusts the team to make decisions and empowers them to make significant contributions.<br>•    Develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals and remain future fit.<br>•    Define future skills and development plans to ensure the skills are aligned to the adoption of modern technology <br>•    Build long-term succession for key roles.<br>•    Build a learning culture in the team by using teachable situations to offer insightful coaching. <br>•    Recommends and facilitates activities and assignments that assist growth within the team.<br>•    Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.<br>•    Maintains high ethical standards and professional codes of conduct.<br>•    Learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder. <br>•    Incorporates new concepts and principles into own expertise uses these fresh insights to solve problems.<br>•    Provide coaching or support to keep people moving forward despite incomplete information.<br>•    People, culture and team management - set clear objectives and KPIs, coaching and mentoring, stakeholder engagement.<br><br><br></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Essential Qualifications - NQF Level</H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate </li><li>Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree </li></ul></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Preferred Qualification</H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Bachelor – Information Technology / Information Systems</li> <li>BSc in Mathematical Sciences (Computational Science)</li> <li>BSc Financial Engineering</li> <li>BSc Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics</li> <li>Beng Mechatronics</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Preferred Certifications</H2> </div><div><ul type="disc"> <li>CQF – Certificate in Quantitative Finance</li> <li>ACI Dealing Certificate</li> <li>FRM – Financial Risk Management</li> <li>Cloud certification: Azure, AWS or Google Cloud</li> <li>Architecture certification: TOGAF or equivalent</li> <li>Cybersecurity or resilience certification: CISSP, CISM, CRISC or equivalent</li> <li>Agile / delivery certification: SAFe, Scrum, PMI-ACP or equivalent</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Minimum Experience Level</H2> </div><div><p>Essential Requirements:</p> <p>•    IT Qualification: IT, Data and Engineering<br>•    Type of experience:11 Years + Leading a multidisciplinary virtual team to deliver a technical capability to a large corporate organisation<br>•    5+ years at senior leadership level, with proven track record of strategic leadership<br>•    Experience managing complex Technology matters in regulated banking environments</p> <p>Leadership Capabilities</p> <ul> <li>Exceptional ability to influence and collaborate with Exco members and other relevant stakeholders</li> <li>Strong communication skills with capability to translate complex legal concepts for business audiences</li> <li>Proven ability to influence policy direction and framework development</li> <li>Proven ability to lead organisational change and transformation initiatives</li> <li>Demonstrated ability in building and scaling high-performance Product delivery teams</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Technical / Professional Knowledge</b></H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Proven ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements and translate them into practical business controls </li><li>Proven experience in policy development and drafting of organisational frameworks </li><li>Project leadership for major legal initiatives and transformations </li><li>Experience in litigation and dispute resolution, managing high-stakes complex matters while protecting the bank's interests </li><li>Demonstrated ability to think strategically about legal issues within broader business contexts </li><li>Deep understanding of banking business models and commercial implications of legal decisions </li><li>Proven capability in anticipating emerging risks and opportunities in the evolving IT landscape </li><li>Financial metrics: business case development, budget management, value realisation and managing total cost of ownership (TCO) </li></ul></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Behavioural Competencies</H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Compelling Communication </li><li>Building Customer Relationships </li><li>Inspiring Excellence </li><li>Driving Innovation </li><li>Thriving in Ambiguity </li><li>Personal Growth Orientation </li><li>360° Decision Making </li></ul></div></div><p style="line-height:18.9px"><img alt="" height="228" src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/dd82a348/61ad7a3f-eb85-4980-a04c-e.jpg" style="height:75.0px;width:600.0px" width="245"></p> <p style="line-height:18.9px">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p style="line-height:18.9px"><span style="color:#006341"><em><b>Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566 </b></em></span></p>