Aug 11, 2018
Reference Number: 130-PEO00917 Department: People & Change Nigeria Job Type: Permanent Roles & Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. This individual will be responsible for developing, maintaining and managing organization-wide technology and technical resources with an oversight of all stages of research, planning, development, testing and deployment.
Other responsibilities include:
Effectively analyzes the current organization structure of the technology department and aligns the technical staff/resources to meet the immediate and long-term needs of the organization.
Develops and maintains the overall framework of IT policies, standards and strategies that will empower business and people to deliver on their commitments to strategy and budgets
Defines priorities, objectives and targets that underpins what contributes to the delivery of value to the business aligned with best practices and standards
Develops state of the art transformational solutions that enables our customers to achieve best-in-class performance, reliability, and privacy, while adhering to industry standard
Optimizes and manages the technology infrastructure and network (including efficient internet and intranet functionality) in a manner that delivers high stability and efficiency with sufficient resilience and yet managing costs effectively
Provides IT governance; oversee delivery and security of IT infrastructure; monitor key performance indicators related to the security of the organization’s IT systems
Ensures total quality management through uniform processes and procedures
Provides the vision and strategy for managing data as an asset
Ensures business continuity plan are put in place with appropriate Disaster Recovery plans. Regularly test for readiness for unforeseen and unexpected events which affects business continuity.
Maintains competitive advantage over peers in the Fintech and Financial switching industry by leveraging the digital ecosystem and trends in technology
Identifies emerging information technologies to be assimilated, integrated and introduced within the organization
Provides clear and concise communication between the information technology department and the entire organization
Any other technology responsibility as identified by the Executive management, Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors
Requirements
B.Sc / M.Sc / MBA degree with a passion for working in a face paced Fintech environment
Minimum of 15 years’ experience in IT field with 5 years in a product company, 7 years in an executive-level position, out of which 5 years would have been in the banking / financial sector
Proven experience directing strategic design, acquisition, management, and implementation of enterprise-wide technology infrastructure, services and applications
Exposure to Mobile payments, Mobile money, APIs, EFT, Financial Information Systems and Payment technologies would be an added advantage.
Deep and broad experience with designing and building extensible, declarative metadata-driven application platforms with frameworks for data access, user interface, business rules, security, integration, etc
Firsthand knowledge in supervising development of software solutions
Vast understanding in emerging software development frameworks and practices, e.g. Java, Native Mobile (Android, iOS) Swift, React, Node, JavaScript, Angular, DevOps practices such as Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Microservices, Infrastructure as Code, Monitoring and Logging, Communication and Collaboration techniques for software developers and Cloud services
Exposure to Core Banking Solutions, Mobile Digital banking, Networking and Server administration
Project management skills and management of development, maintenance and support teams
Up -to -date with the current (and future) levels of IT security, threats, vulnerabilities that could impact the company’s digital and financial assets
Is capable of monitoring and analyzing technology and trends that improve services and performance, innovative and creative.
Excellent leadership abilities and a proven track record of overseeing multiple functions or departments through subordinate managers.
Ability to act as an industry and solution thought leader in both customer and large industry conference settings.
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