Alfred & Victoria Associates is one of Nigeria’s leading ICT solution based company. Our company offers a wide range of services which are in high demand of today’s emerging market.
Overview of the Role
- CTO/Head, Software Development is accountable for development and delivery of viable software products and integration services for the company based on the approved technology vision and product roadmap; in collaboration with the Innovation Lead, Project Manager, Product Manager and other stakeholders, while meeting the expectations of the target market, customers and business stakeholders.
- The position of Head, Software Development entails planning, directing, and coordinating all activities associated with creating, acquiring and implementing software solutions across multiple customer segments or target markets.
- As the CTO, you will research, review, and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing software development technologies, frameworks and tools; to develop a blueprint for enhancing them based on emerging trend and best practice.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Planning:
- Provide strategic vision, plan and roadmap for all software development and integration activities.
- Participate in the strategic decisions about technology, definition, and implementation of software solutions.
Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration:
- Collaborate with product innovation stakeholders in conceptualizing, scoping, estimating and prioritizing the development of new software programs and application services.
- Collaborate with project sponsor, project manager and other stakeholders to determine project scope and vision.
- Work effectively with the innovation lead, product manager/owner, business analyst, project manager and other stakeholders to ensure project delivery against agreed priorities, within timeline and budget.
Technology Leadership & Innovation:
- Research the external environment, and where appropriate identify and recommend technologies, tools and external partners for the delivery of best in class and viable products.
- Establish standards for software development and integration with respect to best practices.
- Understand the use cases (and/or user stories) in order to oversee the design of the architecture for the products to be built.
- Develop and continuously review system architecture while applying best practices that are consistent with and supportive of our product strategy and roadmap.
- Ensure solution and service delivery are consistent with agile processes across the teams.
- Implement mechanisms to monitor, manage and provide progress on all software development.
- Be accountable for the on-time and quality delivery of software development projects.
- Enable and support a culture of engineering excellence, collaboration, team, execution, and
- continuous improvement.
- To keep up to date and brief the management on the latest software development technologies and methodologies for potential leverage.
Software Development & DevOps:
- Oversee all aspects of the product development lifecycle, including product definition, usability testing, UI/UX, backlog management, documentation, release planning, project schedule management and DevOps.
- Help define “gold standard” for technologies, tools, libraries, frameworks, and/or coding
- techniques that enable and streamline secure software development.
- Write and maintain clean, maintainable, reusable, well-tested, secure and future-proof codes.
- Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
Team and Capacity Building:
- Build and manage a technical team with the right blend of skills and experience required to optimally deliver on our technology strategy and product development roadmap.
- Establish an effective training plan and mentoring for each team member towards their professional development and our strategic requirements.
- Communicate the technology vision and product roadmap with the development team and collaborate to ensure top-quality execution.
- Collaborate and keep the team adequately engaged, challenged and motivated for optimal productivity and high staff retention.
Reporting and Communication:
- Consistently articulate the company’s technological vision, opportunities, achievement and
- challenges to the team and stakeholders.
- Provide clear and concise communication regarding feature development status to the
- management team.
- Responsible for your team’s work planning against objectives set in agreement with the Executive.
- Management. Your work plans must be based on clearly defined and measurable work packages.
- Collaborate with the HR lead to set and track KPIs for quarterly, bi-annual and annual appraisal of your team.
- Prepare and share your team’s weekly reports and periodic performance reviews as at when due.
Business Development:
- To participate in management meetings and contribute regularly to discussions regarding customer acquisition, client engagements, revenue generation, process improvements and strategic initiatives.
- To support business development and pre-sale activities with technical inputs as might be required for technical proposal, demos, trainings, application support services etc.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related field is required. Advanced Degrees (e.g., MBA, MSc, or Ph.D.) can be beneficial.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in a senior technology leadership role, preferably as a CTO or VP of Technology.
- Proven track record of successfully managing large-scale technology projects and leading technology teams.
- Deep knowledge of software development, system architecture, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and data management.
- Strong leadership and team management abilities, with experience in mentoring and developing technical talent.
- Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive innovation and change.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts to a diverse audience.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with executive leadership, stakeholders, and external partners.
- Understanding of how technology drives business value and supports strategic goals.
- Experience with budgeting, financial planning, and cost management related to technology investments.
- Visionary thinking and a proactive approach to identifying and leveraging new technologies.
- Adaptability and resilience in navigating fast-paced and evolving environments.
- Lead, mentor, and manage the technology team, including software developers, engineers, IT staff, and other technical professionals.
Personal Attributes:
- Leadership and mentorship
- Visionary thinking
- Technical expertise
- Business acumen
- Team building
- Project management
- Ethical judgement
- Customer orientation.
Work Conditions:
- Occasional evening and weekend work to meet deadlines.
- Physically able to participate in sessions, presentations, and meetings.
- Some travel may be required for the purpose of offsite client/partner engagements and/or project support.
Method of Application
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