Head, Information Technology at PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC)

Reference Number: 130-PEO00922
Location: Lagos
Department: People & Change Nigeria
Job type: Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be reporting to the Chief Financial Officer.
• The purpose of the role is to help drive business performance by leveraging technology as a competitive advantage and looking for ways to utilise technology advancements to connect with our customers / consumers, develop new business models, automate processes, leverage data to provide insights, and reduce costs.
• This role needs to be a trusted advisor to the management team.
• Additionally, this role will champion and lead new agile ways of working across the entire business unit IT landscape.
• A critical component of the role will be to attract and develop the digital talent needed to drive the organisation forward.

Other responsibilities are as follows:

• Shape and drive how technology can enable the strategic priorities of UAC businesses.
• Demonstrated ability and proven experience to lead digital initiatives and ways of working.
• Manage the matrix of resources across the team, including virtual project teams, and 3rd party service providers.
• Be a master communicator. Ensuring that business leaders are well informed about how IT can drive their business, any major risk areas, implementation plans, financial impacts etc.
• Drive the adoption of global solutions into the Market, providing relevant feedback to Platform teams to ensure Fit for Purpose solutions
• Ensure that optimal risk profile of projects and programmes based on business needs.
• Manage new demand for change across the UAC businesses.
• Ensure effective decommissioning and life cycle management of all local and Business Managed Applications, ensuring the applications are maintained in a supported state.
• Attract and develop talent across IT team to be able to work in an agile, collaborative and digital way.
• Be an active team player across the IT leadership team driving common ways of working and leveraging on group resources.
• Financial stewardship and management of the Group’s IT budget.
• Coordinates the acceptance, approval and prioritization of development project requests as well as existing system change requirements.
• Formulates and deploys short and long term strategic direction and road map for SAP application systems.
• Develops information technology business plan, effectively manage operational budget with cost prudence.

Requirements, Qualification & Experience
Qualification:

• An advanced degree in Information Technology or relevant Master’s degree an added advantage
• HND or BSc. in Computer Science/System/Electrical/Electronic Engineering/Applied Physics or related discipline, and relevant professional qualifications e.g. ITIL, CCNP, MCP, PMP or CCNA

Experience:

• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in Information Technology, of which ten (10) years must be in a senior management role
• Experience in the FMCG Industry an added advantage.

Skills & Competencies:

• Ability to actively communicate, inspire and motivate all levels of staff
• Ability to think and act strategically and proactively
• Knowledge of information Technology disciplines, including large scale project management, development, software acquisition, computing, contract management, and asset management

Knowledge Requirements:

• A track record of introducing new business models, concepts and technology to drive business performance
• General management skills - ideally cross functionality (Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing & Sales, R&D, Infrastructure, Information Security, Data and Analytics)
• A demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-project / programme and stakeholders across a large organization
• Strong financial management and stewardship
• Ability to inspire and motivate a high performing team to deliver value using agile methodology.
• Ability to determine sourcing strategy (Insource vs Outsource) and manage vendor relationships
• Strong external network which can be used to accelerate initiatives within the organisation.