Head Of IT Development

Job description / Role

- Providing leadership to IT systems, prioritizing projects and ensuring commitments are met while providing high quality and cost effective systems that meet customers' expectations.
- Directing all initiatives for corporate IT systems and ensuring that employee remains focused on customer expectations and satisfaction.
- Directing and managing employees, including hiring as per organization chart, performance management and assessment, development, mentoring, training and resources / employees budgeting.
- Plan and formulate cost efficient budget for the IT Development function.
- Review and validate all network and business support systems investments in line with the budget and minor deviations outside the budget.
- Identify and implement strategies for reducing costs on technical assets (operating expenditure).
- Evaluate and select the IT tools that the development team will utilize in software development processes.
- Project manages all initiatives according to planned time, budget and quality parameters.
- Work towards achieving the business plan of the function within budget.
- Monitor the service offerings of the company and ensure services are in line with customer requirements.
- Interact with sales & marketing function to understand customer requirements.
- Lead the team to provide ongoing insights and proactive advice to internal customers regarding technical aspects related to their technologies, processes and equipments.
- Design and develop technology/ innovation ventures.
- Ensure all business processes are aligned and automated so that manual work around are minimized.
- Design and implement disaster recovery plan and business continuity plan.
- Periodically monitor customer complaint/ query resolution processes and service levels of the team.
- Provide support and input into the annual financial plan and budgeting process.
- Design and approve training course selection and participation for all IT Development positions in line with the budget in agreement with the Group CIO.
- Develop talent within the team by providing consistent direction and support to achieve stretch targets, take leadership positions and maintain high motivation levels within the team.
- Act as a key resource and liaison to other functional areas of the Companys business, building productive cross-functional relationships.
- Work closely with business stakeholders and senior management to represent estimated completion of software development requests.
- Monitor industry trends and identifies best practices in software standards technologies and standards management

Requirements

The job holder has to have a minimum of 10 years experience in a management/leadership position within a technical function of which 5 years should be in designing and implementing network related systems and architecture.

- Should also have experience in the projects and planning functions.
- Masters Degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or related field.

Other skills required:
- Strong analytical and logical problem solving skills.
- Strong interpersonal communication and relational skills, good organizational and project management skills; sound judgment; initiative; flexibility; detail-oriented
- Internet/intranets.

About the Company

Networkers is a global recruitment consultancy helping unite job-seekers and hiring companies across the technology industry. Since Networkers was established in 2000, the business has grown considerably and we have consistently proven our ability to connect the right people with the right roles in the right businesses around the world. What makes us unique is our ability to offer a local service on a global scale. From our 14 offices spanning across four continents, we are able to recruit in more than 130 countries.