The HOE is the leader of the engineering department and is therefore mandated with the responsibility of leading the department in all its technical aspects as well as driving the vision, design, strategy, and implementation of our core IT Infrastructure and Software production in order to meet the high standards product development guidelines that our organization requires. The Head of Engineering department is supposed to be well experienced in the many areas that computing technology encompasses and be able to manage people as well as innovate. HOE is required to take responsibility for product development, deployment, supportability and stability as part of the overall quality engineering that is needed to maintain production-business alignment goals.

Responsibilities of the Head of Engineering:

Supervision and Leadership: 

• The Head of Engineering plays a leadership role in the engineering department where he seeks excellence in all engineering disciplines inclusive of data processing, quality assurance, application development, analytics, machine learning, algorithms, and data warehousing
• The Head of Engineering manages the day-to-day activities of the engineering teams as well as the management and execution of site/software development projects against delivery commitments and project plans. The Head of Engineering is also in charge of the management of the department’s staffing, resources, and mentoring, and maintaining a best-in-class engineering department
  
• He takes the lead with a profound understanding of new and relevant technologies for the purpose of realizing efficiency. He ensures the optimal application of engineering resources in order to meet product development and consumer requirements and ensures the implementation of agile processes that support site/software development processes

Strategic Planning: 

• The Head of Engineering also plays a leading engineering role within the department where he is tasked with the planning, management, execution and implementation of site/software projects, inclusive of the day-to-day project management, scope management, issue and risk management, as well as regular status reporting.
• In this capacity, the Head of Engineering develops strategic plans with regard to the technical development of sites/software and establishes the business’s technical vision that guides all aspects of technological development. He also oversees the strategic deployment of the departmental resources leading to optimal resource allocation and the smooth and successful development of sites/software.
• The Head of Engineering, at this capacity is responsible for the overall system development life-cycle.

Collaboration and organization: 

• The role of the Head of Engineering is also a highly collaborative one. The Head of Engineering will work closely with senior engineering teams in the management and development of strategic planning. He will also work closely with the user experience teams in designing, developing, and deploying technologies that will lead to increased consumer satisfaction.
• Knowledgeable and eager to learn: The Head of Engineering stays abreast of leading and cutting-edge technologies and industry best practices. He absorbs relevant and suitable technology based on the projected benefits to the engineering development departments.

Other Duties: 

• The Head of Engineering performs similar duties as he deems necessary for the proper execution of his duties and duties as delegated by the Director of Engineering, CTO and other executive directors.

Note: 

• A focus in business (entrepreneurial mindset) is preferred but not required
  

Applying Procedure

Interested and qualified candidates are also requested to submit their applications to: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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