Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Aldelia Group

Aldelia Group is a world leader in Permanent and Contract Staffing and Payroll Solutions services, a specialist Oil & Gas, Manpower and Project Services consultancy operating extensively in Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia, Africa and South America with Offices in London, Dubai, Brazil, Iraq, Kurdistan, Singapore and Nigeria, our major Oil Exploration and Production companies including ENI, Shell, TOTAL, Petrobras and Odebrecht.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time

About the Job

• The CIO oversees the organization’s technology-related strategies and initiatives such as online platform development and optimization, new market entry.
• Plans for the company's technology needs and implement any tech-related development and solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities
As the CIO, you will be required to do the following:

• Establishing the organization's technical vision and lead all aspects of technological development, including strategic direction and future growth.
• Developing and maintaining overall framework of IT policies, standards and strategies that will empower business and people to deliver on their commitments to the strategy and budgets
• Setting up IT guidelines in structural management for the entire IT infrastructure which involves computers, peripheral devices, and telecommunications, servers and internet.
• Directing the development and execution of a firm-wide cybersecurity program that protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization's information and systems meeting regulatory, governmental, partner, and organization’s expectations.
• Ensure that the organization's technical problems are resolved in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Identifying technology trends and evolving social behavior that may support or impede the success of the business.
• Supervising vetting and procurement of all technology related outsourced services.
• Establishing and fostering a mature IT team culture via a policy driven approach with documented and repeatable processes, reward for innovative and repeated success, and a team approach to new initiatives and issue resolution
• Working to drive technology goals for the organization's trading systems and ensuring effective and collaborative processes within trading including continuous improvements of trading
• Managing and driving the organization's cloud strategy
• Maintaining knowledge of current and emerging information technologies, and voice and data communications
• Improving and driving SAGE and other application projects from IT
• Defining IT Policies to meet business objectives. Periodically monitor and review IT Policies to align with business objectives.
• Assessing IT risks and alerting stakeholders to take informed business decisions.
• Periodically connecting with Line Managers to understand and fulfill their function level challenges, dependent on IT Function
• Doing everything else as directed by your line manager

Requirements

• B.Sc / M.Sc in Information Technology or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Information Technology, 4 of which are managerial and strategic
• Experience in online platform development and payment, automation of business solutions
• Proven track record of cybersecurity oversight and program development
• Keen business acumen and proven executive management abilities base on prior experience.
• Hands-on IT experience within the last 5 years
• IT Infrastructure experience within the last 5 years
• Ability to think and act strategically and proactively

Application Closing Date
26th February, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online