Chief Technical Officer

Chief Technical Officer
About Us:
We are focusing on bringing broadband internet to Africa using TD-LTE technology. In order to manage these operations we will establish a small, highly qualified team of engineers and technicians in each market to oversee all the technical development and operations of the radio network, the core network and the IT systems to run the business. The technical team will work closely with the commercial and finance teams in the market. The technical team will be lead by the Chief Technical Officer (CTO).

Job Summary:
The CTO will report to the local Managing Director with a dotted line to the Global Chief Technology Officer. The CTO will have responsibility to plan, implement and deploy the national broadband network in concert with the needs of the marketing plan and in co-ordination with the corporate team. In conjunction with the local Managing Director, the CTO will ensure the networks are built cost effectively and with the quality that matches our strategic plans. The CTO will contribute to the development of business plans and will ensure the systems and organization is in place in the national market to grow the business effectively and efficiently.  It is anticipated that the CTO will have the minimal number of direct reports to get the job done, while ensuring quality service is delivered to the customers, and to the company wide IT users. The CTO will ensure vendor relations are maintained with a short and long term view of the interests of the company, and that technology issue resolutions are quickly addressed.

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