Chief Technology Officer - Payment Solutions

The Company

The Role

Role and Responsibilities

• Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals
• Providing executive leadership and strategic planning in technology solution development, prioritising technology initiatives and coordinating the evaluation, development, and integration of future technologies into products and services
• Create the IT strategy to meet B2B client acquisition through SaaS/ecommerce technology.
• Leading the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software solutions conjunction with the Product Management team, lead multiple technology and new product development projects utilising cutting edge technology
• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of our software solution.

The Person

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science is essential from a leading institute, MBA or other relevant graduate degree is a plus
• Previous experience as a CTO or CIO in a SaaS/ecommerce organisation with payment solutions is essential
• 10-15 years experience in a software development leadership role in a large-scale ecommerce environment
• Development and implementation of innovative technology systems, including web and mobile enabled applications - Blockchain and AI is essential
• Experience of managing outsourcing/integration of technology services is essential
• Extensive design and development of ecommerce-marketplaces software applications life cycles from concept, architecture design, infrastructure, development, QA to deployment
• Extensive product development experience of web and mobile apps
• Experience of working with CRM systems that integrate payment gateways, shopping carts, merchant accounts, affiliate tracking systems, email campaigns, video emails, SMS messaging, autoresponders, commission calculation engines and 3rd part commission payment software
• Full stack experience – multiple languages and frameworks, architecture – AWS and IBM services