Head of Digital Enablement & Business Technology
| Remuneration: | cost-to-company |
| Location: | Johannesburg |
| Job level: | Mid/Senior |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Company: | THE SKILLS MINE |
Job description
Requirements:- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, business information systems, digital transformation, or a related field.
- Postgraduate qualification (Honours, master's, MBA, or equivalent) would be advantageous.
- Extensive experience in digital transformation, business technology, IT strategy, or business process improvement.
- Experience working with enterprise systems, data analytics, and reporting platforms.
- Experience managing stakeholder relationships across multiple business functions.
- Experience within higher education, education technology, or large service-oriented organisations would be beneficial.
- Translate institutional strategy into a prioritized digital enablement roadmap.
- Align digital initiatives with student recruitment, retention, academic delivery, compliance, and operational efficiency goals.
- Ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value.
- Establish and monitor value metrics for digital initiatives.
- Ensure effective utilization of student information ysstems (SIMS) and teaching and learning platforms.
- Improve digital integration across the student lifecycle, including enrolment, academic progression, assessments, graduation, and alumni engagement.
- Lead workflow automation and process improvement initiatives.
- Improve system integration, interoperability, and data pipelines.
- Act as the primary liaison between business units and technology teams.
- Collaborate with academic, student services, finance, HR, marketing, and IT stakeholders.
Requirements
- Data analysis
- Digital strategy
- Risk management
- Stakeholder management
- Systems integration
- Team management
Posted on 12 Jun 13:05, Closing date 12 Jul