Chief Technology Officer at Tracom

Responsibilities

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is responsible for overseeing all technical aspects of the company.  He/she works with Executive Management to grow the company through the use of technological resources. For effective performance of the duties under the role, the job holder needs to work closely with the CIO, PMO & SMO.

• Establish the company’s technical vision and leads all aspects of the company’s technological development.
• Provides the company’s strategic direction, development and future growth in relation to projects.
• Works in a consultative fashion with other department heads, such as, Production, PMO, and operations as an advisor of technologies that may improve their efficiency and effectiveness.
• Provide leadership to department heads in a fashion that supports the company’s culture, mission and values.
• Conducts research and case studies on leading edge technologies and makes determinations on the probability of implementation.
• Acts as a good steward of Companies resources and ensures control of departmental budgets.
• Evaluates new technology and makes recommendations on technological solutions
• Consistently evaluates technical efficiency and makes changes as necessary
• Makes presentations to board of directors and chief executive officer in relation to products and projects.
• Set up/Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance
• Coordinates, controls prioritization after a need assessment has been done.
• Supports HR in recruitment, training, development and performance management of the team
• Any other duty that may be assigned by the management from time to time
• Plays a direct supervisory role over the developers. Should be constantly abreast of the progress of the developers.
• Is responsible for allocating work and review of the work done to and by the developers.
• Appointed checker of documentation from the CIO office – TSD and FSD.
• Plays a role as part of approval team for the documents produced by the QA
• 3^rd line support – Further diagnosis and analysis of the incident report forwarded by the CIO office
• Work with PMO for the effort estimation
• Monitor and control development timelines and negotiate time lines where necessary.
• Collaborate with CIO in research and development on new technologies, trends and innovations
• Responsible for development of proof of concepts and demos.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/IT or its equivalent
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar position
• Demonstrated excellence in programming using updated methodologies
• Interpersonal skills with ability to motivate teams
• Results oriented with attention to details
• Demonstrated critical and strategic thinking