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Datafin Recruitment is a South African recruitment agency that fills accounting, finance, IT and engineering vacancies for client companies. Its openings include financial accountants, management accountants, Microsoft 365 specialists and industrial automation engineers. The company is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.
ENVIRONMENT:
- TAKE on a critical leadership role as a Technical Account Manager ensuring the successful delivery of complex market data warehousing and transaction processing pipelines of a leading FinTech company.
- You will be responsible for the operational success and entrenchment of two strategic enterprise accounts, bridging the gap between high-stakes client management, strict SLA adherence, and technical team leadership.
- You will conduct monthly service reviews, present performance metrics, incident reports, and capacity planning to senior client stakeholders while managing a team of Data Engineers & facilitating high-level technical discussions.
- The successful candidate will have 5+ years’ experience in Technical Account Management, Technical Delivery, or IT Service Management including managing technical teams with strong technical fluency in data pipelines, database architecture, and market data workflows.
- (Note: You will not be writing code, but you must be able to understand the high-level implications in architectural discussions with Developers and Enterprise Architects).
DUTIES:
Client & Service Management –
- Own the end-to-end operational relationship with enterprise clients, serving as the primary point of contact for technical delivery, SLA adherence, and account entrenchment.
- Conduct monthly service reviews, presenting performance metrics, incident reports, and capacity planning to senior client stakeholders.
- Manage the end-to-end incident lifecycle, acting as the ultimate escalation point for severity issues and ensuring timely communication of workarounds and root-cause analyses.
- Liaise directly with third-party data vendors to resolve blockers and maintain SLA compliance for market data availability.
- Identify opportunities for account growth and software entrenchment, working with client Business Analysts and Architects to propose new use cases for data solutions.
Team Leadership & Operations –
- Directly manage a team of Data Engineers, fostering a supportive, growth-oriented culture while ensuring optimal resource allocation.
- Oversee Release Management processes, coordinating with your team and the client to schedule and execute upgrades, bug fixes, and environment testing (Dev, QA, Pre-Prod, Prod).
- Protect the Engineering team from scope creep and manage stakeholder expectations regarding turnaround times for change requests and custom development.
- Ensure institutional knowledge is documented, preserved, and distributed across the team to prevent single points of failure.
Technical Translation –
- Maintain a solid understanding of the client’s data processing pipelines, market data warehousing, and reporting requirements to facilitate high-level technical discussions.
- Know when to bring in Business Analyst/Architect colleagues into the discussions.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ Years of experience in Technical Account Management, Technical Delivery, or IT Service Management, ideally within the Financial Services, Investment Management, or Data Engineering sectors.
- Proven experience managing technical teams, with a strong focus on mentorship, empathy, and performance enablement.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with a track record of handling high-pressure situations, navigating difficult client conversations, and managing tight SLA deadlines.
- Strong technical fluency in data pipelines, database architecture, and market data workflows. (Note: You will not be writing code, but you must be able to understand the high-level implications in architectural discussions with Developers and Enterprise Architects).
- Experience managing Enterprise Change Control processes and Release Management schedules.
- Given the nature of the financial data SLA, this role requires occasional flexibility to oversee critical weekend deployments and act as the escalation point for severe after-hours incidents.
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