Contec Global Group - Business Head

Head - Business - IT

PREFERENCE:

- Candidate having experience in IT Secured Technologies (Biometric, Face Recognition, etc) will be preferred.

Base Location: Africa

OBJECTIVES OF THIS ROLE:

- Lead the project team to ensure maximum performance, by providing purpose, direction, and motivation.

- Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation.

- Drive the government technology platforms in coordination with the technical team.

- Candidates will be the technical and operational interface with the Government, Corporate business line.

- He should understand Project requirements and lead technical consulting and support to define the solution in line with the technical teams.

- Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget.

- Analyze project status and, when necessary, revise the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met

- Establish and maintain relationships with relevant client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes

- Candidate will organize technical lobbying/influence through customer/partners technical meetings, workshops, and solutions presentation.

- Candidate will participate actively in the development of technical business for new solutions or services.

- Candidate may handle the logging and updating of 'Opportunities' data to feed the Master Plan, including workload, milestones, and financials.

- Candidate will be responsible for the "Engagement Review" to ensure a clear transfer of responsibility to the Delivery teams (including Project Management, Customer Service, Controlling)

- He will ensure that all required solution management activities related to the Project.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Candidate should have experience in Government liaisning.

- Strong technical background in software development, software architecture, knowledge in IT architecture and solutions such as: Authentication, Signature with PKI), Biometrics is considered as a strong plus.

- Establish and maintain processes for managing scope during the project lifecycle, setting quality and performance standards and assessing risks.

- Develop and maintain partnerships with third-party resources, including vendors and researchers.

- Assign and monitor resources to ensure project efficiency and maximize deliverables.

- Report project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels and escalate issues, as necessary, according to project work plan.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

- Professional certification such as PMP or PRINCE2

- Experience in developing platforms for internal processes

- Experience in coaching project team members to strengthen their abilities and skill sets.

- Must be Fluent in English