Job Description

To lead and manage the Business Technology and Architecture function by defining and driving the Bank’s IT strategy and enterprise architecture in alignment with business objectives. The role is accountable for shaping technology direction, overseeing emerging technologies, and managing the IT Project Management Office to enable innovative services and support the Bank’s strategic goals.

Hello Future Head of Business Technology and Architecture,

Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables. We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of people that make it happen.

As part of our talent team at FNB Private Bank and Wealth Management, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious. Now’s the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change.

Are you someone who can:

• Provides industry related expertise and understands the potential impact of global trends on the organisation.
• Encourages innovation to ensure continued effectiveness.
• Manages the Company's IT strategy, architecture, roadmap and business cases within governed processes ensuring their currency and relevancy to changes in business strategy in response to regulatory, market and key technology developments.
• Provides guidance where required on architecture options, next generation solutions/services and the impact thereof.
• Ensures the portfolio of change, driven through prioritized business and IT change requirements, is optimized to provide business value.
• Ensures the portfolio of change can be delivered through suppliers of application, infrastructure, data and security frameworks including IT impact assessment and cost management of business change.
• Works closely with the leaders to embed the frameworks for architecture and technical quality assurance and ensure they are adhered to.
• Partners with IT and Business leaders to evolve business capabilities through innovative yet pragmatic IT architectures.
• Plans financial requirements for division.
• Plans systems and technology requirements and enablers for area of responsibility.
• Develops measurement metrics to evaluate business performance and behaviour across area of responsibility using benchmarked methodologies.
• Benchmarks internal practices against industry standards to establish best practices.
• Plans, secures and controls the annual budgets for area of responsibility.
• Builds and maintains effective relationships with stakeholders.
• Drives customer excellence through the effective interaction with internal and external customers aligned to the strategy.
• Identifies and participates in planned activities that are appropriate for own development.
• Implements performance management across the area of responsibility.
• Participates in planned activities that are appropriate for own and staff development in area of responsibility.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Have an NQF level 7 or similar qualification
• Have 15 years of experience in a business tech & architect role
• Have 5 years' experience in a leadership role

You will have access to:

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Challenging Working
• Opportunities to innovate

We can be a match if you are:

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it

Are you interested to take the step? We look forward to engaging with you further. Apply now!

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Important Closing Date Note

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

19/06/26