Software Development Manager
Kick-start your career in the online gaming world and experience the very latest in technology and innovation. This role is responsible for reporting on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management. The Software Development Manager provides status reporting of team activities against the program plan or schedule. They keep the product owner informed of task accomplishment, issues and status. The Software Development Manager helps build standards and best practice within the team. They ensure that architectural guidelines are made visible and followed; and that deployed solutions operate according to architectural specifications by the teams. This role is accountable for adopting and implementing new technologies as introduced by the Architecture team.
- KPI setting with their team.
- Manage the allocation of duties.
- Conduct the appraisals of team members.
- Assist with career development.
- Ensure the most effective use of resources and monitor productivity levels of the team.
- Source and coordinate proper training and certifications needed for their team to complete their duties to the highest quality.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to developers and the implementation team on the software development life cycle.
- Ensure all projects are tracked and delivered upon customer expectations and within required timelines.
- Oversee project requirement gathering, technical specs, and Statement of Work development.
- Help ensure briefs detailing business requirements introduced by the Product Owner is clear and of high quality.
- Act as Scrum Master and assist teams with coaching support during regular Agile/Scrum training efforts.
- Enforce the agile work process.
- Educate team members and stakeholders in all facets of Agile/ Scrum.
- Work together with product owners, architects and system owners to deliver high quality products.
- Integrate software components into a fully functional software system.
- Cross organizational boundaries (brands, divisions) to collaborate with other technology teams to solve complex, integrated problems.
- Ensure teams are collaborating closely with customers and understands their requirements.
- Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management.
- Provide status reporting of team activities against the program plan or schedule.
- Keep the product owner informed of task accomplishment, issues and status.
- Help build standards and best practice within the team.
- Ensure that architectural guidelines are made visible and followed.
- Ensure that deployed solutions operate according to architectural specifications by the teams.
- Adopt and implement new technologies as introduced by the Architecture team.
- Experience with process methodologies enables them to enforce the agile work process.
- This position requires trust and honesty it has access to customers financial details - therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted.
- The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore, a qualification verification check will be done.
- The perfect place to work, play and grow!
Betway Africa is the African arm of Betway, the sports-betting and online-casino brand owned by Super Group (SGHC), a holding company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Operating since 2006, it delivers sports betting and casino products - including the Jackpot City, Lucky Nugget and Ruby Fortune brands - across markets such as South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique. The division employs more than 1,000 people, with offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town. It covers functions spanning marketing, technology, finance and customer care for Betway's African operations.
