Chief Technological Officer at Moneta Technologies

At Moneta Technologies, we are building Nigeria’s foremost payment aggregator, a series of solutions that helps Nigerian businesses, enterprises and government agencies take payment and scale. With the deployment of end-to-end payment, we are empowering businesses and governments to make and process their payment.

Job Title: Chief Technological Officer

Location: Abuja (FCT)

Employment Type: Full Time

Job Summary

• The CTO will be in charge of all company technologies and technological resources.
• The Chief Technological Officer will establish Company Technology mission, vision and plans of growth.
• They will supervise the system and quality assurance processes.
• The CTO will focus on maintaining and improving all company technological issues. This role reports to the Managing Partner.

Responsibilities

• Serve on the executive committee to align technology goals to other departmental and organizational objectives;
• Study current and new industry treads, technologies and software developments.
• Create and implement technology strategies;
• Manage relationships with Partners, vendors and government;
• Build quality assurance and data protection processes;
• Supervise work flow of the IT Department;
• Represent the company at conferences and networking events
• Monitor KPIs and Engineering budgets to assess technological performance;
• Use stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology;
• Develop and maintain disaster and emergency recovery plans;
• Present reports on the company’s technology status, goals and progress;
• Select and manage employees or outsourced vendors who will implement applications;
• As a member of senior management, establish a customer service and support process; establish a process to integrate customer service and support with the software engineering process to support resolution of customer issues and improve usability;
• Works in a consultative fashion with other department heads, such as Marketing, Finance, Compliance as an advisor of technologies that may improve their efficiency and effectiveness;
• Identify what technologies can be used to improve the company’s products and services;
• Studying information processing systems to evaluate the effectiveness and make recommendations for improvements.
• Define the development stack, technical roadmap and IT framework in collaboration with Product Managers;
• Assist in recruiting, managing and mentoring a top-class and motivated development team;
• Create a high performance, innovative, collaborative, continuous learning and improving technology culture;
• Develop and direct safeguards to reduce the risk of outside breaches, fraud and compliance;
• Identify competitive advantages and technological trends for the benefit of the company.

Requirements

• B.Sc. Computer Science, Information technology or related field; Master’s degree is an added advantage
• Previous experience in a similar role as an Engineering manager or CTO;
• 8 to 10 years experience in Software Engineering, with at least 5 years in a Managerial/supervisory role;
• Must have completed the compulsory NYSC program;
• Experience of building large backend solutions / Architect;
• Experience in building web and mobile applications;
• Indebt understanding of the industry and technology relative to industry.
• Commercial awareness partnered with a strategic mindset Project and product management know-how;
• Excellent leadership, team building and managerial skill.
• Ability to discern user requirements and develop specifications.
• Customer-obsessed product focus: You take pride in building an elegant and beautiful product;
• Energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive;
• A team leader who can positively and proactively drive both strategic and tactical initiatives;
• Problem solver: You excel at understanding and solving complex problems.

Application Closing Date
24th July, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@moneta.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the email.