Chief Executive Officer at an Indigenous Software Company - PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria - Our client, an indigenous Software company that provides software solutions for the financial services industry, is currently recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Executive Officer

Reference Number: 130-PEO01168
Location: Nigeria
Department: People & Change Nigeria
Job Type: Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

• Definition / execution of business strategies to ensure that the organization and relevant products achieve market fit, growth, profitability, and segment dominance
• Oversight of the product development process to ensure high quality and maintain compelling value to customers
• Oversight of all operational and business activities to ensure that they produce desired results and are consistent with the organization’s strategy and business goals.
• Ensuring that the organization/product maintains a favorable brand image and reputation amongst relevant stakeholders
• Establishment and management of strategic relationships with key customers, partners and stakeholders.
• Maintenance of deep knowledge of dynamics and trends associated with the organization’s market segments
• Ensuring that the periodic financial and strategic goals of the organization as well as the performance expectations of the various teams within are achieved.
• Involvement in the definition, reporting, and review of financial and non-financial goals
• Reporting of progress on financial and other strategic non-financial goals during executive management and board meetings
• Coordination of leadership development and mentoring activities across the organization
• Ensuring the sourcing, development and retention of a high-performance team
• Ensuring the motivation, cohesiveness, and alignment of the organization’s team members
• Coordination of the organizations efforts to implement, adhere to, and continually improve upon defined standard operating procedures.
• Formulation of policies and standard operating procedures in line with the holding company’s strategy and business goals.
• Adequate assessment and response during crisis situations to mitigate negative impacts and restore operations and reputation to normalcy
• Active engagement in the achievement of goals & objectives in line with the Holding company’s vision, mission and values relevant to the candidate’s responsibilities, which may be amended from time to time.

Requirements
Education:

• B.Sc in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.
• MBA or related M.Sc from an internationally recognized institution

Experience:

• At least 10 years related work experience including experience in one or more of the following areas; management consulting, private equity, venture capital, Banking and technology.
• Candidate must have achieved one or more of the following or higher career milestones; manager, senior manager, engagement manager, vice president, c-level startup executive
• Candidate should have good knowledge of software development life cycle, payment, banking, IT infrastructure, IT management, finance, and product management.
• Proven entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial accomplishments with an industry reputation for successful execution and sound business acumen
• Strong capabilities in strategy formulation, relationship management, sales, team building, product development, execution planning/management, business planning, financial modeling and budgeting.

Personal:

• Candidate should be between 30 and 40 years of age
• Candidate must have strong interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to build rapport across various stakeholders including the team, clients, partners, and investors
• Candidate must be highly proficient in problem solving, analytical thinking, and communication
• Candidate must exhibit self-confidence and authenticity while having high personal ambitions and strong work ethic.

Application Closing Date
26th November, 2020.