Chief Information Officer (CIO) Job in Kenya

Exciting

Career Opportunity in Information Technology – ICT
 

HFC is

the leading provider of integrated property finance and banking

solutions. 

The

organization is seeking a talented, dynamic, self – driven and results oriented

professional who is committed to performance excellence in the following

position:
 

Chief

Information Officer (CIO)
 

The

CIO will report to the Managing Director- HFC and will be responsible for the

development and implementation of ICT Strategic plans, policies, high

availability of enterprise applications and infrastructure, reporting and

insights to accomplish the Group’s corporate goals and objectives.
 

• Lead
  
  ICT strategic and operational planning to achieve Group goals by
  
  encouraging innovation, prioritizing ICT initiatives and coordinating the
  
  evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT systems.


• Establish
  
  and direct the ICT strategic and tactical goals, policies and procedures
  
  for the Group.


• Manage
  
  mission critical enterprise applications at 99.9% uptime through a
  
  combination of skilled technical resources, proactive monitoring, capacity
  
  management and vendor engagement.


• Design,
  
  establish, and maintain a high availability network infrastructure for
  
  local and wide area connectivity and remote access that provides proactive
  
  notification.


• Ensure
  
  existing equipment and applications are leveraged and optimised to
  
  increase the return on investment and to enable the Group to achieve its
  
  strategy.


• Ensure
  
  channels are managed in accordance with customer service value proposition
  
  as critical to service delivery. Channel’s will include but not limited to
  
  mobile app, internet banking, KITS etc.


• Work
  
  with the appropriate staff internally and externally to ensure that the
  
  applications and infrastructure in place remain secure.


• Actively
  
  engage Heads of Departments to ensure configuration and change management
  
  initiatives that are to be reviewed and approved are well planned out and
  
  have no or very limited negative customer impact.


• Develop
  
  a plan for global service delivery certification to include ISO 20,000 and
  
  27,001 



• Lead
  
  and manage ICT staff in delivery of their objectives and oversee their
  
  development by establishing a clear career path through training,
  
  certifications, coaching and mentoring within an optimal ICT structure.


• Develop,
  
  track, and control the information technology annual operating and capital
  
  budgets.


• Develop
  
  and execute a working Group-wide disaster recovery and business continuity
  
  plan and ensure the same is tested appropriately.


• Identify
  
  opportunities for the appropriate and cost-effective investment of
  
  financial resources in IT systems and resources.


• Participate
  
  in vendor contract negotiations for all new ICT equipment and software
  
  purchased for the Group.


• Review
  
  hardware and software acquisition and maintenance contracts and pursue
  
  master agreements to capitalize on economies of scale.


• Ensure
  
  continuous delivery of IT services through oversight of service level
  
  agreements with end users and monitoring of IT systems performance.

Expected Minimum Qualifications
 

• Degree
  
  in Information Technology and/or Advanced degree in Information Technology.


• Certifications
  
  in Project Management, Database Management, Networks and Information
  
  Security.

• 10
  
  years’ experience in managing and supporting technology services in a busy
  
  ICT environment with thorough knowledge of banking operations with at
  
  least 3 years in a senior management role.

Technical and General Competencies:

• Service
  
  delivery certifications to include ITIL, ISO etc


• Developed
  
  and implemented IT strategy that has a positive and direct impact on the
  
  corporate strategy


• A
  
  track record of engaging and building trust with key stakeholders to
  
  include vendors and partners to ensure timely delivery of projects and
  
  adherence of SLAs


• Social
  
  and digital knowledge/capabilities and innovation.


• Results
  
  oriented with excellent interpersonal skills.


• Demonstrate
  
  an understanding and appreciation for all aspects of ICT through
  
  progressive involvement in the application of ICT to business processes.


• Proven
  
  ability to quickly grasp business risks and make sound decisions.


• Sound
  
  understanding of portfolio, programme and project management and a track
  
  record of delivering and enabling large-scale complex change programmes.

If qualified and interested, please send your application to

Human.Resources@hfgroup.co.ke

Please note that applications should be received on or before 13th May 2016