Group Head, IT at FITC

 Summary
Our Client is a major card and e-payment service provider with footprints in Nigeria and outside Nigeria. It leads innovation in electronic payments, with major businesses in switching, processing, acquiring and payment infrastructure and aspires to dominate the African Market. Due to ongoing transformation to dominate the African market, vacancy exist to fill the Group Head, IT position

Full Description

The Group Head IT must be business-oriented and will be responsible for providing strategic leadership for the Group’s Technology Function in the development and delivery of value-driven technology solutions to support the Group Operations. Will Champion the effective use of and allocation of innovative IT systems in the Group by identifying opportunities IT can be utilised to increase productivity and efficiency across departments and business units.

Technical Requirements
Enterprise architecture, software design, disaster recovery, information security, business continuity, quality assurance and testing, operations and technical support, network and systems administration, IT systems maintenance, deployment and upgrade.

Educational Qualifications

• The ideal candidate should possess a First degree in IT or related course; minimum of 15 years’ experience of which 5 must have been at senior management position.
• Experience in e-payment suites/infrastructure, information security vulnerabilities, software development, and managing IT Function preferably of an e-commerce environment.
• In-depth understanding of the industry is required. Experience in innovative technology systems, including web and mobile enabled applications is essential.

Behavioural Requirements
Be a dynamic and innovative business-driven IT leader; exceptionally self-motivated; strong interpersonal skills to engage peers, senior management team and external stakeholders; excellent communication skills as well as proven ability to motivate in a team-oriented and collaborative environment