General Manager - IT Delivery and Solution Architect.DataCo

The General Manager: IT Delivery & Solution Architect (DataCo) will be accountable for achieving strategic leadership, solution architecture, delivery management, team management and development, and governance and compliance objectives.

Requirements

• Establish and execute a technology roadmap aligned with DataCo's monetisation strategy and product portfolio
• Drive integration with Group Technology, ensuring alignment of infrastructure standards, security frameworks, and DevOps practices
• Foster agile delivery practices, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and modern DevOps culture across squads
• Design, deliver, and maintain scalable architectures to support high-volume telco data processing and external data products
• Provide technology input into commercial and product engagements, ensuring feasibility, scalability, and alignment to client SLAs
• Collaborate with product and business teams to define, estimate, and deliver technical capabilities for DataCo's external offerings
• Lead and manage DataCo's IT Delivery Squads responsible for cloud infrastructure, APIs, data pipelines, geospatial data processing, and analytics platform delivery
• Oversee software development lifecycle (SDLC) for all data monetisation platforms and ensure timely, high-quality delivery
• Implement and monitor cloud cost optimisation (FinOps), performance engineering, and infrastructure resilience initiatives
• Measure and report on delivery velocity, system uptime, and client delivery KPIs to the Executive: DataCo
• Mentor and develop Solution Architects, IT Delivery Managers, and Engineering Leads to enhance delivery maturity
• Ensure robust data governance, API security, and regulatory compliance in collaboration with Legal, Privacy, and InfoSec teams