Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Ringo Telecommunications Limited

Ringo Telecommunications Limited is one of the leading Telecommunications companies in Nigeria, located at Ikeja, Lagos, and is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Location: Ikeja, Lagos

Job Description

• The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is responsible for driving the company’s technology vision, strategy, and execution.
• This includes overseeing platform architecture, infrastructure, service delivery, and product innovation to ensure scalable and secure solutions across telecom and VAS domains.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the company’s technology roadmap aligned with business goals.
• Lead technology transformation initiatives including cloud migration, automation, and
• platform modernization.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to enhance product offerings and operational
• efficiency.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to support long-term planning and innovation.
• Oversee infrastructure security, scalability, uptime, and performance optimization.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory and compliance standards for telecom and data privacy.
• Direct product engineering teams to build robust and user-centric VAS and digital
• solutions.
• Drive API integrations, partner connectivity, and real-time service delivery systems.
• Establish standards for agile development, DevOps, and CI/CD processes.
• Build, lead, and mentor high-performing engineering, infrastructure, and security teams.
• Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Manage relationships with telecom operators, cloud service providers, and VAS vendors
• Negotiate technical SLAs and monitor vendor performance

Requirements

• Bachelor’s / Master’s in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in technology leadership roles, ideally in technology, VAS, or digital services.
• Proven experience in managing large-scale telecom technology/VAS platforms and digital product environments.
• Strong understanding of telecom technologies, VAS delivery models, mobile billing
• (DCB), and content platforms.
• Hands-on experience with architecture design, cybersecurity, cloud services (AWS,
• Google Cloud, Azure etc), and scalable backend systems.
• Excellent leadership, strategic thinking, and communication skills. Preferred Skills:
• Exposure to multi-country deployments or partnerships with global telecom operators.
• Experience with subscription-based digital services, OTT integrations, or fintech/payments within telecom.
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance in telecom/data etc.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: career@ringo.com.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the email.