Manager IT Software Development & Delivery

KEY JOB FUNCTIONS **:** Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, a vacancy exists at Toyota Connected Africa (TCA) in Sandton. The successful candidate will establish and lead TCA's in-house mobile application development team, take ownership of the customer-facing mobile application from the current external development partner, and deliver secure, high-quality digital solutions that shorten time-to-market for customers in South Africa and other African markets. KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS: - Establish and lead the in-house mobile development team. - Drive Agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, backlog management, estimation, code reviews, and release activities. - Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support efficient, reliable, and scalable application delivery. - Leverage AI-assisted development tools and practices to improve productivity, quality, and delivery outcomes. - Own the handover of the mobile application from the current external development partner. - Manage the API and release boundary with the partner that continues to develop the platform and web applications. - Manage engineering-capacity vendors: statements of work, performance and escalations. - Uphold architecture, code-quality, security and data-privacy standards within the team. - Manage App Store and Google Play submission, release and monitoring processes. - Turn business demand into a deliverable roadmap with the Business Analyst, QA Engineer, UI/UX Designer and business teams. - Monitor and report on project delivery, key milestones, risks, issues, and resource requirements to the CTO and executive leadership. - Mentor, coach, and develop team members through ongoing support, performance management, and skills development initiatives. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: - NQF Level 6 (minimum 360 credits on level 8 framework) qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline. - Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent) and Agile / Scrum certification (PSM, CSM, SAFe or equivalent). - Minimum 7 years' experience in software / IT, of which 5 years managing development projects or teams through the full lifecycle. - Minimum 3 years' experience managing outsourced development partners or vendors, including statements of work and performance. - Working knowledge of the iOS and Android platforms and of App Store and Google Play release processes. - Sound understanding of the software development lifecycle, CI/CD and quality assurance. - Experience of delivering consumer-facing applications and of reporting at executive level. - Hands-on software development experience, and practical use of AI-assisted development tooling, will be an advantage. - Mobile application delivery experience (iOS / Android, Flutter) or server-side development experience will be an advantage. - Experience of establishing a new team or engineering process from scratch will be an advantage. COMPETENCIES: - Accurate information gathering and analysis. - Awareness and commitment to our mission. - Awareness of situations and decisiveness. - Communication and sharing of mid to long term plans. - Creation of innovative vision. - Establishing framework and systems for organisational learning. - Feedback of evaluation results and long-term development of others. - Perseverance. - Strategic reallocation of resources and review of work methods. - Suitable assignment and objective performance review. IMPORTANT DIMENSIONS: - Self-starter, able to build process where none exists. - Planning and organising. - Data gathering, analysis and interpretation. - Stakeholder management and negotiation. - Occasional international travel is required. - May be required to work outside normal hours for releases and critical production incidents, and to co-ordinate across Asia-Pacific time zones. THIS APPOINTMENT WILL BE MADE IN LINE WITH THE COMPANY’S **EMPLOYMENT EQUITY**POLICY