CTO - Chief Technology Officer

Robert Half

UAE

Ref: HP341-255

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

My client is an industry leading investment company with a global presence - Headquarters in Abu Dhabi with offices in Europe and Asia. They are looking for a Chief Technology Officer who will work directly with their CEO overseeing all aspects of the firm's technology operations.

The CTO will provide leadership to the companys' technology efforts and spearhead product delivery and implementation. The successful candidate will be technologically capable, highly motivated, and experienced in developing team members to their fullest potential. He/she must have a proven background leading, managing and holding accountable large teams with diverse skill sets. Beyond the day to day management of the technology unit, this role will also include strategic planning, increasing productivity and optimisation, cost reduction and special projects.

Specific Responsibilities

* Provide infrastructure architecture and strategy leadership across multiple projects and teams to drive the definition and realisation of the global technology strategy, as well as define innovative forward-looking solutions.
* Leverage experience and strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with all stakeholders; guide the team through technology challenges while driving towards target architecture.
* Build complex, highly scalable and low latency applications.
* Lead technical requirements gathering sessions and produce technical requirements and design documents.
* Ensure tight collaboration across various programs and functions to drive strategic initiatives, including understanding of the alignment between the technology strategy and various technology road maps, both internal and external/vendor.
* Manage the technical delivery of integrations, security and application customization.
* Provide hands on expert level assistance to developers for technical issues.
* Suggest alternative technical solutions to meet client requirements efficiently, and/or with greater re-usability, and/or longer life.
* Promote and coordinate technical knowledge harvesting within the organization. Define, communicate and enforce design/coding standards.
* Identify reusable code required for our code library and ensure the high-quality creation of the code.
* Track and identify new technologies to solve business problems.
* Manage global IT resource allocation, goal setting and performance measurements.
* Effectively cultivate a culture of teamwork and innovation among the staff.

Requirements

Requirements

* PhD or Masters in Computer Science or related field.
* 10+ years of solid experience managing global IT teams.
* Experience between infrastructure and application development in a financial services environment is a MUST.
* Prior experience scaling existing technology and achieving an ultra-low latency environment.
* Experience with Agile development methodology.
* Strong client management skills: solution development, presenting, estimating, managing expectations, reporting, etc.
* Strong development team management experience: mentoring, hiring, prioritizing, scheduling and staff development.
* Strong department leadership skills: strategic planning, goal setting, processes development, and budgeting.
* Good judgement and the ability to handle stressful situations.

Location: Abu Dhabi
Salary: Competitive Compensation & Benefits and Generous Bonus Program
Start Date: ASAP

My client offers offer's a competitive compensation and generous bonus program, an excellent family health benefits package, flights and relocation assistance. Contact for a confidential conversation regarding this opportunity.

About the Company

Founded in 1948, Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI) is the world\'s first and largest specialized staffing firm and a member of the S&P 500 index. We are a global leader in professional staffing and consulting services and the parent company of Protiviti, a leading independent internal audit and business and technology risk consulting firm. For 2006, Robert Half International reported revenues of $4 billion and now has staffing and consulting operations in more than 400 locations worldwide.

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