Application Configuration Lead Full Time

Our client is seeking an experienced Application Configuration Lead to take ownership of complex application configuration and support consistent, high-quality delivery across the configuration team. This role is suited to a mid-to-senior professional with strong enterprise application configuration, business analysis and stakeholder engagement experience.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead the delivery of complex application configuration across workflows, fields, templates, permissions, integrations, APIs, job feeds and analytics.
• Analyse business requirements and translate them into practical configuration specifications.
• Produce clear implementation documentation aligned with business and system requirements.
• Establish and enforce configuration standards, best practices, reusable templates and quality controls.
• Review configuration completed by team members to ensure accuracy, security, maintainability and alignment with platform standards.
• Act as the escalation point for complex configuration, solution-design and troubleshooting matters.
• Support functional, end-to-end and user acceptance testing.
• Manage and develop configuration team members while promoting consistent delivery practices.
• Identify recurring requirements, configuration limitations and opportunities for product improvement.

Requirements
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in enterprise application configuration, SaaS implementation or a related role.
• Strong hands-on experience configuring complex business applications, including workflows, fields, templates, roles and permissions.
• Proven business analysis experience, with the ability to translate requirements into effective system solutions.
• Experience producing configuration and implementation documentation.
• Experience working with integrations, APIs, data feeds or interconnected enterprise systems.
• Experience establishing configuration standards and reviewing the quality of work delivered by others.
• Strong testing, troubleshooting and systems-thinking capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to coach and influence colleagues without relying on formal management authority.
• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent practical experience.

Should you meet the requirements for this position, please email your CV to it.vacancy@stand-outstaffing.co.za. You can also contact us on 031 350 4019 or alternatively you can visit our website https://stand-outstaffing.co.za
Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 4 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.