Position Overview

Vice President of Technology

The Vice President (VP) of Technology will be responsible for translating company defined priorities into a coherent technology strategy and roadmap and leading the end-to-end technology required for a successful business led, technology enabled digital transformation. They will have responsibility to develop, integrate and maintain end-to-end systems architecture roadmaps and standards, ensuring the effective delivery of the Digital/Technology strategy in line with leading industry best practice and overall company standards.

The VP of Technology will work closely with Executive Management and key stakeholders and serve as a leader within the organization, as an innovator and ambassador for digital products, being able to effectively communicate and bridge between product development teams and Executive Members to ensure a relevant and coherent project portfolio that comes together to deliver genuine top and bottom line results. They will be accountable for leading the technology selection, systems, integration, cloud and data architecture required and ensuring a positive ROI on technology investments.

The VP of Technology will be responsible for the management of existing corporate infrastructure through internal and external teams, and the transition required to deliver the Digital vision. They will be responsible for future builds and iterations of our deployed products, upkeep and management of Information Security, the integrity of coding frameworks for multiple platforms and, ultimately, the convergence of the technologies into a fully integrated Digital offering.

The successful candidate must be up to date with top digital trends in the industry and how these can be leveraged and translated into business value. Agile, information security management, network, systems architecture design and delivery, big data, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and experience in building scalable products in multiple platforms (iOS, Android, Web) are critical competencies; as well as soft leadership skills such as building and managing diverse teams, the ability to communicate effectively across diverse stakeholders, teamwork, problem solving, and empowerment. The ideal candidate will be driven, never satisfied with the status-quo, hungry for results and ready to roll up their sleeves to achieve desired outcomes. In short, we’re looking for a ‘servant-leader’ whose measure of success will be equally measured through collaboration and the creation of high performing (internal and external) teams as well as the delivery of results aligned to the corporate strategy.