Technical Product Owner - Temenos T24 Core Banking

A leading financial services organisation is seeking an experienced Technical Product Owner to drive the end-to-end technical delivery of their Temenos Core Banking platform across regional markets. Reporting to the Regional Chief Information Officer, this role oversees technical product ownership across T24, Credit, Card & Payments, and ATM/POS integrations.

The successful candidate will lead a multidisciplinary team and vendor partners to deliver platform configuration, multi-country rollouts, integration architecture, and release management. This position is vital to establishing straight-through processing and ensuring system resilience across international subsidiaries.

Working hours are standard full-time corporate hours, Monday to Friday, with flexibility required to support multi-country release schedules and enterprise disaster recovery exercises.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee end-to-end technical product ownership for the Temenos T24 core banking platform, including system architecture, configuration, upgrades, and regional deployments.
  
• Lead asset management for the core banking capability, holding final authority on target-state architecture versus technical debt decisions aligned with corporate growth.
  
• Define, maintain, and execute the technology maturation strategy and roadmap to meet operational and business requirements.
  
• Drive platform integration and straight-through processing between the core banking engine and surrounding business systems.
  
• Manage consolidated portfolio backlogs, sprint planning, and technical delivery schedules in collaboration with internal engineering teams and third-party vendors.
  
• Build, mentor, and direct a high-performing technical team, driving capability development and modern skill acquisition.
  
• Ensure application health, operational stability, high availability, performance, data lineage, and compliance across all operating entities.
  
• Oversee financial management of the asset portfolio, managing Total Cost of Ownership and delivering commitments within agreed budgets.
  
• Direct disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution across all assigned core banking technical assets.
  
• Establish risk, governance, and IT Service Management practices to support cloud readiness, componentisation, and automated delivery pipelines.
  

Requirements

• Advanced Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree (NQF Level 7 or higher).
  
• Minimum of 11 years’ professional experience within complex IT environments.
  
• 6 to 7 years of formal leadership or management experience.
  
• At least 1 year of experience leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver technical capabilities in a large enterprise environment.
  
• Proven background in Temenos T24 core banking architecture, configuration, and multi-country rollouts.
  
• Demonstrated expertise in project delivery, IT governance, risk management, and vendor oversight.
  
• Strong commercial acumen and financial management experience managing Total Cost of Ownership.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, B.Com Informatics, or Engineering degree.
  
• Professional certifications in TOGAF, Leading SAFe, or Project Management (PMI/PMP, PRINCE2).
  

Required Software Skills:

• Temenos T24 Core Banking Platform
  
• FlexCube (or equivalent core banking integrations)
  
• JIRA
  
• Confluence
  
  

Benefits

• Opportunity to lead a flagship core technology transformation across international markets.
  
• High-visibility role reporting directly to regional executive leadership.
  
• Structured professional development within a large-scale corporate enterprise.
  
• Competitive executive-level remuneration package.