Manager: Digital Solutions (Engineering & System)

Responsibilities

• Deliver robust, scalable, and optimised enterprise systems that enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and establish a strong foundation for digital transformation and continuous innovation.
• Deliver system optimisation, enterprise integrations, automation, and digital initiatives.
• Plan and prioritise roadmaps to ensure alignment with organisational needs.
• Execute and oversee project management to drive effective initiative delivery.
• Safeguard stability, compliance, and continuity through proactive risk management.
• Validate technical integrity and reliability through rigorous quality assurance.
• Provide management reporting to maintain visibility of progress and risks.
• Manage financial invoices and budgets to ensure responsible resource allocation.
• Embed scalability into systems and integrations to support growth and evolving requirements.
• Measure delivery outcomes and ROI to confirm that technology investments deliver long-term business value.
• Apply system data, performance metrics, and analytics to guide optimisation and continuous improvement decisions.
• Oversee the operational performance of enterprise systems, integrations, and automation environments to ensure stability, scalability, and compliance.
• Manage incidents, upgrades, releases, and changes to production systems to ensure reliability.
• Use system performance data and analytics to guide improvements.
• Provide leadership and direction to the team.
• Develop technical expertise, ensure knowledge transfer, and promote a culture of problem-solving, innovation, and accountability.
• Promote continuous improvement by evaluating system performance, adopting best practices, and integrating new technologies.
• Encourage professional development in digital optimisation trends and technologies.
• Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure enterprise systems and integrations support organisational priorities.
• Collaborate with vendors and partners to deliver sustainable, scalable solutions.
• Manage external vendor contracts, licences and SLA adherence.
• Ensure enterprise systems, integrations, and automation initiatives comply with organisational policies, standards, and regulations.
• Create and maintain technical policies and standards governing system design, integration, and optimisation.
• Manage risks related to system security, resilience, and business continuity.
• Develop structured approaches to knowledge sharing across systems engineering and automation initiatives.
• Document technical expertise and operational practices for reuse.
• Ensure proper code check-ins, version control, and retention of documentation to support system stability and long-term maintainability, while strengthening intellectual property for future use.
• Ensure successful adoption of system enhancements and integrations through structured change management.
• Align delivery with user readiness, training, and support to minimise disruption.
• Apply recognised change management methodologies to ensure structured and effective adoption.
• Lead organisational change by driving adoption of scalable, data-informed technologies.
• Demonstrate vision and strategic thinking, accountability, and the ability to balance innovation with risk.
• Champion innovation in automation and enterprise architecture.
• Build cross-functional alignment to deliver stability and growth.
• Develop technical expertise pipelines and succession readiness.
• Promote responsible use of technology with a focus on sustainability and resilience.
• Promote data-driven decision making in system optimisation.
• Demonstrate transparent and persuasive communication, adapt to varying audiences, and practice active listening.
• Make timely, accountable decisions, empower teams to take ownership, and build cohesion through collaboration.
• Motivate resilience and encourage innovation and structured problem-solving.
• Apply best practice frameworks to guide systems engineering and integration.
• Align to architectural standards for stability and scalability.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 or Equivalent (Essential)
• Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field (Essential)
• Postgraduate qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field (Advantageous)
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT, of which 3 years must have been in a managerial role (Essential)
• Experience with systems architecture, integration, and automation (Essential)
• Aviation experience (Advantageous)

Personal Attributes

• Professional
• Immaculate time keeping
• High integrity
• Willingness to lead, take charge of situations, offer opinions and directions to others
• Self-motivated, with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement
• Passionate
• Confident

Application Guideline

• Email applications will not be accepted.
• Preference will be given to members of under-represented designated groups.
• Should no feedback be provided within two (2) weeks from the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

FlySafair Reserves The Right

• Not to proceed with this vacancy.
• To appoint the selected candidates based on its operational requirements.

Closing date

22 May 2026