Job Purpose
The System Integration TPO owns the end-to-end integration architecture and delivery for the NAR core banking and channel modernisation programme, acting as the single point of accountability for how Temenos connects to the surrounding technology estate across all five subsidiaries. This spans internal integration between core banking, channels, payments and data platforms, as well as integration into the broader Nedbank Group application landscape, including Group finance, risk, data warehousing, CRM and other shared enterprise services that NAR depends on or feeds into. The Lead defines and governs integration patterns (API, event-driven and file-based), maintains the integration architecture blueprint and interface catalogue, and sequences build and testing across value streams to ensure consistency across countries and alignment with Group's existing application and integration standards.
Job Responsibilities
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Lead the portfolio of assets and the POCLAC, accountable for final decisions on asset-related matters, including target versus transition state and technical debt, aligned to enterprise aspirations.
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Translate Nedbank and business strategy into an asset strategy, ensuring alignment, competitive advantage and achievement of strategic objectives.
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Define, maintain and communicate the asset maturation strategy and roadmap in response to business, journey and asset needs.
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Ensure commercial goals are supported and economic value is derived across the asset portfolio.
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Develop a high-performance team through modernised skills, effective talent pipelines, recruitment, leadership and continuous improvement.
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Drive the adoption of the leadership agenda, culture, transformation and relevant chapter frameworks and skills strategies.
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Establish and manage appropriate risk, governance and compliance practices, including data integrity and lineage.
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Maintain and prioritise consolidated portfolio backlogs with input from CRM/BITES, Product Owners and Journey POCLACs.
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Ensure a stable, resilient and reliable environment, with appropriate focus on IT risk and the centralisation of IT systems.
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Plan, execute, monitor and control Enterprise Disaster Recovery activities for assigned assets.
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Optimise the total cost of ownership (TCO) and ensure sound end-to-end financial management of the asset value chain.
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Own the enterprise asset strategy and roadmap, balancing business capability demand, SME/FCI requirements and asset health and competitiveness.
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Maintain overall asset health through upgrades, technical debt management, planned removal, ITSM practices, automated pipelines, application landscape management, monitoring, high availability, disaster recovery, data enablement, componentisation and cloud enablement where appropriate.
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Drive asset innovation across the end-to-end lifecycle in line with the agreed organisational methodology and strategy.
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Ensure successful innovation and operational delivery.
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Measure the effectiveness of culture initiatives through staff and client feedback, implementing corrective actions where required.
Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
- Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
Preferred Qualification
- B.Sc Computer Science, B.Com Informatics, Engineering Degrees
Preferred Certifications
- Preferred - TOGAF, Leading SAFe, Project Management (PMBOK/PMI, Prince II, etc.)
Minimum Experience Level
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11+ years of experience
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6-7 years of management experience
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11+ years leading a multidisciplinary virtual team to deliver a technical capability to a
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large corporate organisation
Desired Skills:
- Systems Analysis
- Complex Problem Solving
- Programming/configuration
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
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