Responsible for creating, revising and maintaining the IT strategic & operational plans and implementation to support the IT services and functions. May also participate in projects to define and implement IT strategic plans and systems for customers.
Responsible for all strategic and operational IT activities in areas of project management, vendor management, architecting, solutioning, designing, developing, quality assurance, testing, user education and operational maintenance and renewals.
Provides overall managerial leadership and technical expertise to team members including managing budget, work plan, project commitments and resources.
Lead and manage multiple teams in the delivery of applications, network and security infrastructure services through effective planning, management and deployment of resources
Lead the planning, development and implementation of business continuity plans for all environments working with business units and office of IT.
Lead the technology innovation, implementation and maintenance of technical showcases and experimental workspaces.
Ensure that infrastructure and systems are constantly monitored and/or maintained to provide the highest level of availability with a satisfactory performance to the business.
Manage vendors to gather, analyse user requirements, conceptualise into solutions and realign proposals to meet users\' needs.
Qualifications
Degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent, with at least 10 years of experience in leading IT applications, infrastructure and operations teams for a mid to large-sized organization.
Professional certification in Project Management, Enterprise Architecture, ITIL and cyber security would be advantageous.
Good working knowledge of various IT technologies, development platforms, ERP, SalesForce and K2 software as well as network, server and database management.
Proven ability to lead multiple teams, partner with management to deliver business outcomes.
Proven ability to direct resources, plan project activities, financial budgets and experience in Project Management best practices.
Strong interest and working knowledge in educational technology would be advantageous.
Strong people and process management skills with result oriented track record.