Number of openings:  1

Description

The job holder oversees the organization’s technology-related strategies and initiatives. Plans for the company’s technological needs and addresses any tech-related problems.

Helps the company move forward with advances in technology and methods of processing and managing information. Serves as a leader and innovator for the company’s information technology department.

Responsibilities

• Align IT objectives and programs to enterprise objectives and strategies.
• Define metrics based on overall business objective.
• Report performance status
• Coordinate overall technology budget.
• Establish strategic service provider partnership.
• Align IT risk management with the enterprise.
• Optimize and design enterprise processes.
• Define and adjust IT standards and technologies.
• Shift decisions to enterprise operations
• Coordinate security and compliance audit
• Optimize cost of services through a mix of internal and external sources
• Coordinate IT processes across the enterprise
• Define standards and architecture.
• Manage all IT Projects
• Manage application portfolio.
• Plan and manage Strategic IT initiative.
• Align IT risk management with IT productive objectives.
• Acquire Software/Hardware
• Select, manage and control IT service providers.
• Control overall technology budget
• Oversees the development and testing of new programs developed.
• Ensures the company’s data remains secure.
• Oversee all cyber security threats and safeguard against them on an organization wide scale.
• Ensure tech systems and procedures lead to outcomes in line with business goals.
• Developing customer service platforms
• Establish IT policies, strategies, and standard operating procedures.
• Develop and approve technology futures and budgets.
• Adopt new technologies while ensuring low or no risks to the company.
• Developing IT strategies that dovetail with the business’s growth.
• Manage IT and development team personnel.
• Approve vendor negotiations and IT architecture.
• Create business value through technology.
• Establish regular maintenance.

Requirements

• Degree in IT or related field
• A postgraduate degree or professional certification in a business-related course is a plus.
• Must have 8-10 years’ working experience in IT services industry.
• Candidates must demonstrate outstanding Business Transformation Process
• Strong attention to detail and excellent communication and people skills.