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Chief Technology Officer

The Chief Technology Officer oversees all technical aspects of the organization and partners with key stakeholders within the business to evaluate new IT opportunities and use them as an enabler for growth. He/She approves the deployment of new technologies to enhance or develop new services and products offerings. He devises and implements long-term strategies focused on both current and new technology that can help an organization go to market more effectively and in turn increase revenue through technological enhancements. He is an inspiring leader with a futuristic mind-set with an ability to drive innovative enhancements in the organization. He is able to foresee connections across diverse areas and influence key stakeholder decisions.

Skills and Competencies

Technical Skills & Competencies

Budgeting
Proficiency Level
"Endorse organizational financial and treasury management policies, systems, budgets and plans"
6
Business Agility
Proficiency Level
"Establish policies that enable adaptability and foster a culture of business agility in the organization"
6
Business Continuity
Proficiency Level
"Define the optimal business continuity strategy and objectives for business continuity and contingency plans"
6
Business Risk Management
Proficiency Level
"Anticipate emerging threats and potential risks, and define the overarching risk management strategy for the business"
6
Change Management
Proficiency Level
"Establish the organization's change management strategy, define key success indicators, and inspire shared commitment to the change "
6

Generic Skills & Competencies

Leadership
Proficiency Level
Lead by example at organisational level. Inspire, motivate and guide others to adopt a point of view, make changes or take action. Cultivate an open, cooperative and collaborative learning culture for the organization.
Advanced
Developing People
Proficiency Level
Provide mentorship to help others to develop their professional and personal development to improve performance and further their careers.
Advanced
Service Orientation
Proficiency Level
Model, lead, train and motivate staff with a focus on sustaining a culture that encourages commitment to service excellence and high performance.
Advanced
Transdisciplinary Thinking
Proficiency Level
Synthesize knowledge and insights across disciplinary boundaries to aid strategic decisions and foster cooperation within and outside of the organization.
Advanced
Communication
Proficiency Level
"Negotiate with others to address issues and achieve mutual consensus."
Advanced

Critical Work Functions and Key Tasks

Establish technology strategy

• Develop enterprise wide digital strategy 
• Develop a technology roadmap to align to the organisation’s overall strategy and growth plans
• Influence strategic decisions on future business initiatives related to technology 
• Provide leadership in identifying, assessing and managing technology needs within an organisation 
• Advise senior leadership on business opportunities arising from technology developments 

Develop technology solutions

• Provide leadership in the design and development of major technical initiatives 
• Guide the final decisions on the feasibility of use of a technology solution for business implementation

Manage portfolio of technology solutions

• Govern the integration of all solutions to ensure smooth and efficient flow of information within the organisation
• Set objectives for IT investments, projects, services and activities to meet current and future business needs 

Enable innovation to improve organisation's goal

• Act as a Technology Evangelist to explore and adopt appropriate technology 
• Foster an environment conducive to innovation and technological change 
• Set the direction for research as well as a framework for measuring innovation research outcomes 
• Evaluate new approaches to redesign IT systems or optimise performance, quality and speed of services and/or products 

Manage stakeholders

• Build strategic relationships and alliances with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Manage internal and external stakeholders expectations
• Inspire stakeholders to pursue the organisation's technology vision
• Drive the organisation's technology alignment with business needs

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