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Description:

Job Purpose

The Applications Development Manager will be responsible for investigating business solutions, identifying, and evaluating options for improving business systems, design, develop, and implement IT Business Solutions and ensuring the effective use of information systems in meeting the needs of the organization.

Summary of Key Responsibilities:

• Analyse and synthesize business requirements and convert the requirements to IT business solutions.
• Develop or recommend solutions using a variety of techniques to meet the requirements of business.
• Collaborate closely with Business Analysts to implement requirements and provide necessary guidance to testers during QA process.
• Produce clearly documented code to facilitate solution maintenance. 
• Successfully produce error (bug) free IT Business Solutions
• Review and validate each deliverable in the detailed system design document with unit testing to ensure that each component of the system executes properly without bugs.
• Document all discovered and reported bugs.
• Identify and recommend platforms for application deployment.
• Ensure applications are deployed as per System Architecture and best practice
• Collaborate with Group IT to develop applications that align with the Group/organization’s goals, as well as customer needs.
• Manage relationships with service providers.
• In collaboration with IT Security, conduct regular security checks and provide solutions to security threats, viruses, or errors that might hinder the performance of applications.
• Perform necessary bug fixes, updates and upgrades on applications in line with application lifecycles and change management
• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and process improvements.
• Develop and implement new technologies and processes

Required Skills and Competencies

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Excellent Leadership Skills
• Good Time Management Skills
• Attention to detail
• Excellent Negotiating Skills
• Resourcefulness
• Team Player
• Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines 
• Excellent Problem Skills 

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