Digital Transformation Lead (Guild Manager) (CH712)

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Our client in the Banking industry is looking for a Digital (Data) Transformation Lead. The purpose of the role is:

• To develop, define, establish and lead a Producer Guild which underpins and promotes an enterprise-wide data culture and builds a data driven organisation.
• To do so through on boarding the business to the data ecosystem via a community of practice across the enterprise, providing competency-based consistency of standards, technical guidance, support and expertise, products and tools to people and teams who produce data.

The job holder has no direct reports but works in partnership and needs to influence across the entire enterprise to build a data driven organisation and embed a data culture.

Key Performance Areas

• Business partnering for data
• Data training and literacy
• Client on boarding
• Communities of practice, chapters and standards

Requirements

• Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree in an of the following areas: Behavioural Science, Data Management, Technology, Commerce, Engineering, Statistics, Law, Management Sciences, Human Resources, providing the experience requirements are met.
• Ideal: Honours Degree in any of the areas above

Knowledge and Experience

Minimum

• At least 5 – 7 years’ proven experience in;
  • Project and task planning and execution at a large scale within a complex and dynamic environment
  • Driving and embedding data understanding, buy-in and culture.
  • Experience and ability of using influencing and partnerships to achieve results.
• Proven track record of delivering on complex data projects
• Change management principles, practices, tools and methods
• Proven track record of business relationship management, especially at a senior/executive level
• Data Product Life Cycle
• Agile principles and methodology
• Understanding of end-to-end data environments, including Data Governance & Management, Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence and Data Science

Ideal:

• Experience preferably gained in a financial environment
• Experience of digitization and the use of digital technologies to provide value –producing opportunities.
• Practical experience in applying Agile way of working methodologies
• Knowledge of data and analytics within the banking or finance industry

Skills required:

• Leadership skills
• Interpersonal and relationship management
• Presentation and Communication skills
• Influencing skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Stakeholder Management
• Change management
• Creativity and innovation

General:

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us after 30 days you may consider your application unsuccessful
• In keeping with our client’s employment equity requirements, only South African citizens will be considered.
• Please include your current salary and salary expectations.

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