General Manager IT OT application Delivery

Listing reference: eskom_000785
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 29 October 2025
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Others: IT and Telecommunication
Location: Sunninghill
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
Position/Task Grade: EEE. Department: IT OT Application Delivery. Business Unit: Application Delivery. Location: Megawatt Park-Sunninghill. Reporting to Chief Technology and Information Officer, the General Manager IT OT application Delivery will be responsible for providing strategic direction, leadership and planning the efficient, secure and reliable delivery of all Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) applications across the organisation. Provide strategic planning, implementation of advanced technologies and collaborate with key stakeholders to enhance application performance and user experience, direct application systems modifications, upgrades and improvements based upon features and functional requests, emanating from business units across the organisation.
Job description

·       Skills and Competencies Required:

·       Behavioral:

o   Integrity

o   Honesty

o   Trustworthiness

o   Professionalism

o   Accountability

 

·       Leadership:

o   General management and expertise

o   Build effective relationships and deliver on expectations

o   Coaching and mentoring

o   Promote teamwork

o   Ignite passion

 

·       Knowledge:

o   Business relationship

o   Stakeholder management

o   General IT and technical understanding

o   System development life cycle (SDLC)

o   Agile/Scrum development techniques

o   Pre-prod, Operation System Acceptance (OSA) User System Acceptance (USA) release modules

o   Testing competency

o   Programming languages

o   Source and object code

 

·       Skills:

o   Strong financial and negotiation

o   Business acumen

o   Risk analysis

o   Strategical thinking

o   Decision making

o   Project and contract management

o   Analytical thinking

o   Strong communication

o   Networking

o   Critical thinking

o   Problem solving

o   Negotiation

 

·       Key Responsibilities

·       Develop and communicate a clear strategic vision for application delivery across the organisation.

·       Optimise application delivery performance and availability.

·       Allocate resources across applications.

·       Manage all IT and OT applications.

·       Manage all IT and OT applications development.

·       Manage all IT and OT applications migrations.

·       Manage all IT and OT applications maintenance.

·       Manage all IT and OT applications upgrades.

·       Manage all IT and OT applications service level agreements (SLA’s)

Minimum requirements

Qualification(s): 

o  B Degree in Information Technology/ Computer Science / Engineering/ Business Administration/ Business               Management at NQF7 with 360 credits or a

o  B Tech in Information Technology/ Computer Science / Engineering/ Business Administration/ Business         Management at NQF7 with 360 credits or

o   Advanced Diploma in Information Technology/ Computer Science / Engineering/ Business Administration/      Business Management at NQF7 with 360 credits

 

 Related Minimum Experience: 

o   10 Year’s extensive experience in application development and support across large organisations with IT and OT applications.

 

Eskom is committed to being an employer of choice, one that inspires highly talented employees to join and stay, and it continues to attract and retain the best talent to achieve organisational goals.

“Eskom is committed to equality, employment equity, and diversity. In accordance with the employment equity plan of Eskom and its employment equity goals and targets, preference may be given, but is not limited, to candidates from under-represented designated groups.  Eskom reserves the right not to make an appointment to the posts as advertised.  Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply for positions.”

“If you have not been contacted within 28 days after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.”

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