Chief Technology Officer (Fintech industry)

An exciting CTO job has just become available at a fast-growing fintech company.

About the CTO Role:

As a CTO, you will lead, direct, and manage the IT Division and provide leadership and direction by developing and articulating a clear vision of technology uses and benefits.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain the technology plan working collaboratively with business stockholders
• Plans, directs, coordinates, and implements new and existing technology, systems, and applications for continuous support to business. Oversees and guides the information technology infrastructure to maximise efficiency, productivity
• Ensure the delivery of quality technology and support through effective needs assessment, and system design, and selection and implementation processes. Interacts with internal and external customers to define needs, evaluate operations, and enact improvements and enhancements
• Oversees the development, design, implementation, and conversion to new applications, environments, and software
• Develops, maintains, and evaluates policies, procedures, standards, capacity, and infrastructure required to provide flexible and cost-effective information technology services that support quality
• Establish priorities in conjunction with company planning and budgeting priorities
• Develops and maintains system recovery plan in the event of power failure, damage to system, etc.
• Directs and facilitate correction of any system failures, including root cause analysis
• Provides managerial direction for the full development, implementation, and refinement of all systems
• Reviews and approves systems, applications, and security specifications and standards
• Implements and maintain a high quality, open architecture, service-based information technology infrastructure, and inform the staff of its availability and capabilities
• Secure use of PII within all company systems and applications

To succeed in this role, you must have good experience working for international companies.

Key Requirements:

• Master’s degree in computer science or related field (MBA preferred)
• Seven years working in a technological role
• Five years of managerial experience
• Computer applications, operating systems, hardware, telecommunications mainframe, micro, and complex LAN/WAN network infrastructure, operating systems, systems management and relational database systems implementation and operation
• AWS Cloud services
• Development/implementation of operating policies, procedures and objectives for information technology
• Systems design and development process, including requirements analysis, feasibility studies, software design, programming, pilot testing, installation, evaluation and operational management
• Familiar with ITIL and ISO standards
• Systems security controls, permissions and interoperability standards to ensure security and integrity of data and consistency in computer software applications
• Needs assessment methods and project management practices
• System design, selection and implementation
• Strategies for developing, implementing and maintaining technology master plans
• Methods for gathering and presenting general, statistical and technical data
• Methods and techniques for the development of presentations, contract negotiations business correspondence, and information distribution; research and reporting methods, techniques, and procedures
• Change management principles and practices
• Budget development and expenditure tracking
• Modern office practices, methods, and computer equipment and applications related to the work
• Organisational and management practices of as applied to the analysis and evaluation of projects, programs, policies, procedures, developing department metrics and operational needs
• Principles and practices of administration, effective supervision and training
• Advanced technological skillset and a demonstrated history with technology
• Exceptional team management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to delegate efficiently
• Extensive industry knowledge with an eye towards the future
• English language written and verbal

This company needs no introduction and is well known in its industry.

If you are driven, determined and want to take the next step in your career, this is the role for you. Great career progression opportunities await the right person in this exciting CTO job.

Apply today or call me to discuss this new opportunity.

Due to the high volume of applications we are experiencing, our team will only be in touch with you if your application is shortlisted.