Chief Technology Officer

1. Qualification

Strong leadership experience in managing large development teams (50+ people).

Proven track record of setting up and scaling offshore IT teams.

Experience in people management, talent retention, and ability to recruit and retain top talent in the offshore location.

Experience in setting up and optimizing IT processes for efficiency and scalability.

Deep understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), DevOps, cloud technologies, and security best practices.

Experience with modern architectures, microservices, CI/CD pipelines, and agile methodologies.

Outstanding knowledge of various IT systems

Familiarity with technology stack such as C#, .NET, JAVA, networking, security.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills to coordinate with the main office IT team.

Ability to manage stakeholder expectations and drive effective collaboration.

Experience working in distributed teams and managing time zone differences.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to handle operational challenges.

Ability to quickly address technical, HR, and infrastructure issues.

2. Duties and responsibilities:

Develop strategies for our COE IT department

Implement new strategies and optimize existing strategies

Hire new key roles for IT department

Plan together with HODs and oversee IT departments projects

Work closely with IT Director and HOD’s in main office

Set IT department’s KPIs and Measure KPIs on a regular basis

Review and approve department purchases based on department budgets