IT Strategy and Governance Manager at Asset & Resource Management Holding Company (ARM HoldCo)

Asset & Resource Management Holding Company - Established in 1994 as an asset management firm, ARM offers wealth creation opportunities through a unique blend of traditional asset management and alternative investment services. We enable businesses to thrive, and help our clients to maximize their returns and realise their most important goals.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: IT Strategy and Governance Manager

Location: Lagos
Department: Information Technology

Job Description

• The IT Strategy and Governance Manager will define and lead the implementation of the IT governance using the appropriate frameworks, and support the CIO to create, maintain and monitor the IT strategy including the IT roadmap, with input from the IT leadership team, to deliver on the organization’s strategy.
• The role holder will champion innovative practices within IT, lead governance and business management activities for the IT function in line with the IT strategy and overall architecture, and where required, ensuring adherence to any legislation and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the successful completion of all work assigned to the unit.
• Support the CIO to create, maintain and monitor the IT strategy including the IT roadmap, with input from the IT Leadership team, to deliver on the ARMP strategy.
• Develop and manage the design of the Enterprise Architecture ensuring that business, information, solutions, infrastructure, and digital architectures are integrated and in line with the IT Strategy, governance frameworks, and where required, adhere to any legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the development of innovative fact-based and achievable IT strategies and operating models to enable business strategies.
• Champion innovative practices within IT.
• Lead governance and business management activities for the IT function in line with the IT Strategy, and overall architecture, and where required, ensuring adherence to any legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee finance, risk and vendor management activities to provide agile and responsive reporting and insights and best practice to support the business in making informed decisions in the delivery of IT.
• Oversee IT governance and communications to maintain a reliable IT division with a good reputation.
• Oversee training and resourcing to develop an IT division that has people with the right skills, in the right place at the right time.
• Define and lead the implementation of the IT governance using the appropriate frameworks.

Requirements

• Minimum of a First Degree or its equivalent in a Business / IT related discipline
• Professional certifications such as CGEIT, COBIT5 and/or TOGAF 9 would be advantageous
• 8+ years of experience in strategy, planning or architecture in a financial services industry.
• Substantial experience in strategic planning.
• Experience in application development lifecycle, project management methodology, business and systems analysis, IT governance and information security.
• Profound experience in the assessment of IT value and optimization of IT investments, IT strategy planning.
• Extensive experience in developing strategic systems architecture plans, and establishing and maintaining IT governance and standards.
• Creative mind with strong analytical and conceptual skills to develop and present new ideas, approaches, and solutions.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to tailor communication to technical, business, and management audiences.

Application Closing Date
10th May, 2022.