Technical Delivery Lead

Technical Delivery Lead -POS26201

Based: Johannesburg

Salary: Market Related

Contract Position

Africa Region Operations | Software Engineering

As the Technical Delivery Lead, you will own end-to-end technical delivery across multiple squads and workstreams. Youll bridge the gap between engineering, product, and operations to ensure predictable, high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Experience: 6+ years in technology delivery (e.g., Delivery Manager, Technical Program Manager) with ownership of multi-team initiatives.
• Education: Bachelors Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Technical Savvy: Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile/Scrum/Kanban, CI/CD, and release management.
• Leadership: A servant-leader mindset with the ability to break down ambiguity into executable plans.
• Agile Expertise: Experience in Agile delivery; exposure to SAFe or large-scale facilitation patterns is a plus.
• Exposure to fintech, payments, or card delivery environments.
• Experience navigating security and compliance heavy delivery constraints

Responsibility:

• Delivery Governance: Drive increment and release planning, including scope, milestones, capacity, and risk management.
• Execution & Alignment: Facilitate cross-team rituals (syncs, stand-ups, RAID reviews) to remove impediments and maintain flow.
• Stakeholder Management: Partner with Architecture, QA, Security, and external vendors to meet functional and regulatory requirements.
• Engineering Excellence: Promote CI/CD discipline, quality bars, and sustainable ways of working to ensure operational stability.
• Reporting: Establish data-driven reporting on throughput, predictability, and quality to drive continuous improvement.

How to Apply