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Location
Cape Town, Western Cape
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
R 70 000 - R 72 000 per month
Posted
07 Sept 2026
Closes
22 Oct 2026
Jobs in Manufacturing
Application Configuration Lead
Role Overview
An experienced Application Configuration Lead is required to take ownership of complex application configuration, solution design, and quality assurance. The role translates business requirements into robust configurations while guiding and developing a configuration team in a hybrid working model.
Responsibilities
- Configure complex business applications, including workflows, fields, templates, roles, and permissions.
- Translate business requirements into effective system solutions and document the resulting configuration.
- Work with integrations, APIs, data feeds, and interconnected enterprise systems.
- Establish configuration standards and review the quality and consistency of other configuration work.
- Test, troubleshoot, investigate defects, and apply systems-thinking to configuration issues.
- Guide configuration-team delivery and coach colleagues without formal management authority.
- Support quality assurance and stakeholder engagement through the configuration lifecycle.
Requirements
- At least five years' experience in enterprise application configuration, SaaS implementation, or a related role.
- Strong hands-on experience with workflows, fields, templates, roles, permissions, and complex business applications.
- Business analysis experience and the ability to translate requirements into system solutions.
- Experience with integrations, APIs, data feeds, or interconnected enterprise systems.
- Strong testing, troubleshooting, written, verbal, and stakeholder-engagement skills.
- Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent practical experience.