Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Ringo Telecoms Limited

Job Description

• The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is responsible for driving the company’s technology vision, strategy, and execution.
• This includes overseeing platform architecture, infrastructure, service delivery, and product innovation to ensure scalable and secure solutions across telecom and VAS domains.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the company’s technology roadmap aligned with business goals.
• Lead technology transformation initiatives including cloud migration, automation, and
• platform modernization.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to enhance product offerings and operational
• efficiency.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to support long-term planning and innovation.
• Oversee infrastructure security, scalability, uptime, and performance optimization.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory and compliance standards for telecom and data privacy.
• Direct product engineering teams to build robust and user-centric VAS and digital
• solutions.
• Drive API integrations, partner connectivity, and real-time service delivery systems.
• Establish standards for agile development, DevOps, and CI/CD processes.
• Build, lead, and mentor high-performing engineering, infrastructure, and security teams.
• Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Manage relationships with telecom operators, cloud service providers, and VAS vendors
• Negotiate technical SLAs and monitor vendor performance

Requirements

• Bachelor’s / Master’s in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in technology leadership roles, ideally in technology, VAS, or digital services.
• Proven experience in managing large-scale telecom technology/VAS platforms and digital product environments.
• Strong understanding of telecom technologies, VAS delivery models, mobile billing
• (DCB), and content platforms.
• Hands-on experience with architecture design, cybersecurity, cloud services (AWS,
• Google Cloud, Azure etc), and scalable backend systems.
• Excellent leadership, strategic thinking, and communication skills. Preferred Skills:
• Exposure to multi-country deployments or partnerships with global telecom operators.
• Experience with subscription-based digital services, OTT integrations, or fintech/payments within telecom.
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance in telecom/data etc.