Application Configuration Lead

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 ***email_hidden*** . You can also contact us on View phone number on za.workus.org or alternatively you can visit our website

Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 4 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.