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Working with business stakeholders, architects and IST teams, the Manager aligns internal and partner resources to approved priorities, leads iterative Agile delivery from backlog refinement through release and feedback, governs automation from requirements through deployment and support, strengthens in-house capability and ensures accountable end-to-end delivery.\n Key Tasks:\nLead the iterative design, development, testing and delivery of digital products, applications, APIs and integrations, enabling frequent review of working solutions against business needs.\nWork with product owners and business stakeholders to refine approved requirements into a prioritised delivery backlog, clear acceptance criteria, estimates and manageable increments aligned to available capacity.\nDirect frontend, backend and full-stack development across approved technologies and architecture standards.\nCoordinate security and infrastructure resources to embed secure design, deployment readiness and platform resilience.\nOversee integration with CRM, billing, charging, Mobile Money and other relevant enterprise and telecom systems.\nWork with business and IST stakeholders to identify, assess and prioritise workflow and system-integration automation opportunities, defining expected benefits, controls and support requirements in line with approved architecture.\nManage the design, development, testing and support of approved automation solutions, including workflow orchestration and reusable integrations, with appropriate security, exception handling, monitoring and documentation.\nManage the development and ongoing support of RESTful APIs, microservices and middleware integrations, ensuring delivery quality and adherence to approved architecture standards.\nManage the IST delivery partner: scope assignments, onboard resources and align capacity to the prioritised backlog, approved demand and budgets.\nReview partner deliverables, utilisation, iteration commitments, risks and quality; address impediments, escalate gaps and ensure corrective action.\nEstablish engineering standards, code review, automated test coverage, CI/CD pipeline controls, agreed definitions of done and technical documentation for digital and automation solutions.\nOversee automation of build, testing, deployment and operational monitoring processes, ensuring changes are controlled, observable and maintainable to improve delivery efficiency, consistency and platform reliability.\nCoordinate incremental releases, acceptance against agreed criteria, production handover, incident remediation and continuous improvement with operations teams.\nOversee Agile delivery using appropriate Scrum or Kanban practices, including planning, daily coordination, backlog refinement, reviews and retrospectives; track progress, dependencies, defects and platform health and use feedback to improve delivery.\nEnsure architecture, security, privacy, governance and audit requirements are met and knowledge is transferred to IST.\nOversee application health monitoring and direct proactive improvements to platform performance and reliability.\nEnsure software development activities meet audit, governance and compliance requirements.\nInnovation\nChampion secure engineering, DevSecOps and automated quality practices that support frequent, reliable delivery of working solutions.\nPromote reusable APIs, shared services and consistent integration patterns.\nChampion reusable, secure automation that reduces manual effort and improves delivery, integration and operations, with benefits reviewed against approved priorities.\nPrioritize modernization of legacy digital applications and integrations.\nImprove digital customer journeys through evidence-led solution design, stakeholder reviews and iterative feedback.\nAdvance resilient cloud and platform engineering where approved.\nEvaluate emerging technologies against business value, risk and architecture standards.\n Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related field.\nRelevant certifications in engineering leadership, cloud, security, DevOps, automation engineering or project delivery are advantageous.\nMinimum 3 years' experience in software development and systems integration.\nExperience leading software engineering or digital platform delivery teams; 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