Chief Technical Officer – CTO (Smart/Electronic Cards Business) at Stresert Services Limited

Job summary

This role will be responsible for setting the strategy and making executive technology decisions on behalf of the organization, including managing a technology budget and making the necessary investments to align the organization with its vision for technological needs. The role will require a passionate, business-oriented technology leader who can provide strategic leadership and management in the design and development of significant technical initiatives that support strategic business programs and facilitate revenue growth.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level leadership to development projects that improve the
• functionality, reliability, scalability, and security of the company's applications and systems.
• Develop objectives and strategies for implementing innovative solutions while optimizing existing systems, applications, and information.
• Designing and leading the implementation of strategy for technology while ensuring the implementation and enforcement of technology standards across the organization.
• Drive a software development lifecycle process and in-house developed webbased applications Leading the development of skills and knowledge across the team.
• Supervise all functional technology areas, including software design and development, enterprise architecture, quality assurance and testing, production operations, technical support, network, and information security management.
• Provide input to annual budget exercises and manage organizational spending to set budgets on technological needs.
• Plan and manage the IT environment, company's WAN, IP telephone changes etc.
• Research, select, implement, and maintain IT solutions integrated with various data sources.
• Ensure software integration into company systems meets functional requirements, system compliance and interface specifications.
• Coordinate all operations activity, including integrating systems, roll out, and enhance the helpdesk.
• Organize the administration and maintenance of Computer Systems
• Interacts with internal clients on all levels to resolve IT-related issues and provides answers promptly.
• Builds and maintains client relationships and purchases hardware and software products and other IT supplies.
• Seeks to leverage IT trends to create business value consistent with the company's requirements and expectations.
• Oversees the purchase and maintenance of internal hardware infrastructure for the company’s staff, such as Servers and laptops, and oversees the organization's information security, disaster recovery, and business continuity efforts.
• Responsible for translating sales proposals from the Business Development Unit into technical realities.
• Manage and develop infrastructure for significant web and e-commerce properties, delivering continual performance improvement.
• Uses basic knowledge of general financial and accounting principles to understand and communicate how decisions affect the project's bottom line.
•  Effect all other self-initiated or delegated assignments by direct supervisor or Managing director.

Requirements

• Minimum of B.S.c in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering or other relevant field.
• Minimum of 10+ years’ experience in design and development, high-level technical competence
• Deep knowledge of MS .NET, C#, SQL Server, Web services and related technologies.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Problem-solving skills
• Good oral and written communication skills
•  Excellent knowledge of relevant information and software systems
• Execution Effectiveness
• Strategic Thinking
•  On-the-Job IT Training skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams in the organization.
•  Communication (oral and written)
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Relationship management skills and the ability to influence without responsibility.
• Innovation and Creativity