Chief Technology Officer at Don Quester Consulting

Qualifications

• B.Sc in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or any related field with MBA or Master’s Degree in Information Technology or a technology-related discipline preferred.
• 8 to 10 years’ experience in a software development role, information technology role, or similar field with 5 years proven work experience as a CTO or similar leadership role
• Applicant should have Professional certifications such as Project management certifications such as CompTIA Project+ or PMI Agile, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), COBIT 5 Foundation Certification, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Six Sigma Certification or any other related.
• Applicant must be vast across the different IT verticals – infrastructure, security, application, network and must have a combination of business analysis and project management skills.
• Applicant must understand business strategy, alignment and implementation and the African IT market demands.
• Applicant must be curious, an astute leader, a team player among other good qualities of ensuring an effective collaboration in an organization.

Job Competency Requirements:

• Ability to research on existing technologies and emerging technologies to uncover opportunities and create leading-edge and implementable IT business solutions.
• Ability to lead the strategy for technology platforms, partnerships and external relationships and represent the technological agenda in staff meetings and when making hiring decisions
• Ability to Identify, compare, select and implement technology solutions to meet current and future needs and oversee all system design and changes in IT systems
• Ability to develop, track and control the development of annual operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing and operations
• Ability to manage and optimize infrastructure assets to satisfy internal financial targets and track, analyze and monitor technology performance metrics
• Ability to create overall technology standards and practices, ensure adherence, and consolidate our technology platforms and create plans for each
• Ability to keep abreast of new trends and best practices in the technology landscape and work closely with Marketing, Business Development and Operations to define and deliver new products and enhancements.