Head of IT at The Confederation of African Football (CAF)

Location: Cairo, Egypt (Headquaters)

Ready to lead a new era in African football?

• You believe you have the educational background and professional experience to elevate the organization to the highest international standards? CAF is looking to recruit a Head of IT.

Responsibilities

• Steer the implementation of the full landscape of IT services and solutions for CAF competitions and events.
• Partner with business stakeholders, ensure alignment of the IT strategy with the business needs and facilitate its delivery.
• Establish relationships and create synergies.
• Provide direct management for CAF’s IT organization, as well as plan and develop the annual IT budget and ensure consistency with overall strategic objectives.
• Ensure adequate quality of IT services delivered to CAF in all IT areas, including IT Strategy, IT Governance, Business Relationship Management/Demand Management, Events IT, Infrastructure and Operations, Applications Development and Support, Information Security, etc.

Requirements (Profile)

• Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent.
• 10+ years overall IT experience in an international company or organization.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken); fluency in another official CAF language (French or Arabic) is an asset.
• Good understanding of the SAP Architecture and Landscape. S/4 Hana knowledge preferred.
• Very good understanding of business processes in the areas of Finance, Procurement, and Human Resources.
• Functional knowledge (hands on) in the area of SAP FICO is highly preferred.
• Experience in organising and managing an SAP support model (operations). 
• Capable of adapting to different environments, flexible, patient, and resilient.
• Proactive and solution oriented.
• Strong sense of accountability, responsibility, problem solving as well as high integrity.
• Good organizational skills and ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines.

We Offer

• An interesting and varied job in an exciting and innovative international organization.
• Attractive employment conditions.
• The opportunity to be part of a highly committed international team.
• Quality social security coverage.
• An excellent pension schemes.