Chief Technological Officer at Vantegral Consulting

Vantegral Consulting is well-positioned to provide innovative and consultative solutions for human, entrepreneurial, and technological advancement and development. Our Human Capacity Development solutions include Recruitment and Talent Acquisition Services, Training and Development Programs, Outsourcing and Support, and Executive Search.

We take a human-centered and evidence-driven approach to understand the challenges and opportunities in our sectors, and we proffer bespoke solutions carefully designed to meet the ever-evolving needs of already established businesses and teething start-ups. This enables us to support our clients to achieve their aims for transformation, culture change and Human Capacity Development within organisations and communities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Technological Officer

Location: Lagos Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Industry: Infotech

Role Purpose

• The Chief Technological Officer would oversee MCL’s technical solutioning, pre‑sales architecture, and technology strategy across Communication & Connectivity, Data Centre Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Managed Services.
• The role ensures MCL delivers compelling, competitive, and technically sound solutions that win business, deepen OEM partnerships, and enable successful project execution
• This leader manages the Solutions Architects, Pre‑Sales Engineers, and Technical Practice Leads, ensuring strong collaboration with Sales, Delivery, and OEM partners.

Key Responsibilities
Technology Strategy & Solution Leadership:

• Define MCL’s solution strategy and technology roadmap across networking, data centre, cybersecurity, and managed services.
• Develop and maintain reusable solution architectures, reference designs, and standardised bill-of-materials.
• Ensure solutions are aligned with OEM best practices, industry standards, and customer requirements.
• Guide adoption of cloud, hybrid architectures, automation, SASE, and modern security frameworks.

Sales Engineering & Pre‑Sales Leadership:

• Lead the pre‑sales function, ensuring high-quality technical proposals, solution designs, and SOWs.
• Partner with Sales to qualify opportunities, shape customer requirements, and position MCL competitively.
• Provide senior technical representation in customer meetings, workshops, and executive briefings.
• Oversee technical bid responses, RFP submissions, and solution costing.

OEM & Partner Management:

• Own strategic relationships with key OEMs (Cisco, Fortinet, VMware, Ribbon, etc.).
• Drive partner competency attainment, joint go‑to‑market initiatives, and technical enablement.
• Manage escalation paths with OEMs for solution design, support, and certification requirements.

Delivery Alignment & Solution Assurance:

• Work closely with Delivery Leads to ensure solutions are implementable, scalable, and cost-effective.
• Provide solution assurance during project kickoff and major milestones.
• Support resolution of complex technical issues that impact customer satisfaction or project outcomes.
• Ensure smooth handover from pre‑sales to delivery teams.

People Leadership & Capability Development:

• Lead and develop the Solutions Architecture and Pre‑Sales Engineering teams.
• Build technical capability through structured learning paths, certifications, and OEM training.
• Set performance goals, coach team members, and build succession pipelines.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer-centricity.

Governance, Documentation & Quality:

• Maintain solution documentation, architecture standards, and technical governance processes.
• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and OEM requirements.
• Improve quality of proposals, designs, and customer-facing technical materials.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 12+ years’ experience in enterprise technology (networking, data centre, cybersecurity).
• 5+ years in pre‑sales, solutions architecture, or technical leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading technical teams (solutions architects, pre‑sales engineers, or practice leads).
• Strong background designing enterprise network, DC, and security solutions.
• Demonstrated success engaging C-level stakeholders and supporting complex sales cycles.
• Experience working with major OEMs (Cisco, Fortinet, VMware, etc.).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Relevant certifications strongly preferred: CCNP/CCIE, NSE, VCP, AWS/Azure, ITIL, CISSP.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in managed services solutioning and ITSM frameworks.
• Exposure to automation tools (Terraform, Ansible), observability platforms, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience developing repeatable offerings or productised solutions.
• Familiarity with telco, large enterprise, or data centre transformation projects.

Core Competencies:

• Strong commercial and customer-facing presence.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Strategic thinker with strong execution discipline.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Team builder with a coaching mindset.
• Calm, structured, and analytical under pressure.

Salary
N1,500,000 - N2,000,000 monthly.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: nehemiah.osahon@vantegral.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.