IT Manager – Hillcrest
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IT Manager – Hillcrest, Durban
The IT Manager plays a crucial role in shaping the organisation’s IT landscape for global expansion while prioritising cybersecurity.
With the VP Analytics, they lead strategic planning, manage IT resources, and ensure seamless operations across the expanding international footprint.
This role involves orchestrating network and system enhancements, bolstering cybersecurity measures, and driving compliance and governance initiatives.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams, the IT Manager aligns technology strategies with the company’s global growth objectives, safeguarding data, and systems against evolving threats to ensure a secure, efficient, and scalable IT environment.
- Strategic Planning
- Budgeting and Resource Allocation
- Team Leadership
- Infrastructure Management
- Project Management
- Vendor and Stakeholder Management
- Troubleshooting and Support
- Technology Evaluation
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
- Training and Development
- Documentation and Reporting
Requirements
- Tertiary Qualification in IT / IT Management / Project Management
- Supplementary courses favourable
- Engineering background favourable
- Programming languages, such as SQL, JavaScript, R and Python, C#
- Project management experience.
- Experience in implementing security measures and risk management.
- Vendor selection, negotiation, and management experience.
- Strategic planning and business acumen.
- Change management experience.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- High result orientation, entrepreneurial spirit
- Excellent communication and presentation skills (verbal and written)
- High proficiency in English language
- Familiarity with a range of relevant technologies and platforms,
- Google Workspace and Google Cloud preferable
- Leadership and supervisory experience.