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