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Chief Technology Officer Job at M-Forte
M-Forte
Job Description
Our client in the fintech industry is a fast-growing, innovation-driven organization operating at the intersection of technology, financial inclusion, and digital transformation. The organization seeks to strengthen its core technology leadership and delivery capability by filling the following key role: Chief Technology Officer (CTO), This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the design, scaling, and resilience of mission-critical fintech platforms in a dynamic and high-impact environment.
Role Summary
The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) will be in charge of all company technology and technological resources. As CTO, you will establish company technology vision, strategies, and plans for growth. You will supervise the system and quality assurance processes and focus on maintaining and improving all technological issues in the company.
The CTO will also manage the research and development team to find innovative ways to improve offerings. Once a new solution is identified, the CTO will work with the engineers and developers to expand product and/or service offerings.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
- Setting the company’s technical vision and leading technological development
- Developing strategic plans and setting timelines for evaluation, development, and deployment of all technical, web, and mobile services
- Identifying opportunities for web and mobile services as well as Identifying company web user needs
- Ensuring technology standards and best practices are met
- Monitoring web analytics and making recommendations that align with business goals
- Supervising quality assurance processes, integration, and system tests
- Establishing software development process and setting objectives for the process
- Monitoring performance profiling tools and procedures
- Maintaining network security with the IT team
- Developing and implementing disaster and emergency recovery plans
- Defining company standards for systems, equipment, and software
- Sharing technological visions, opportunities, and risks company-wide
- Studying current and new industry trends, technologies, and software development
Managing and Leading Team
- Work as the Team Lead
- Lead in software architecture and design and supervise the workflow of the IT department
- Lead the software development team in software quality assurance and analysis.
- Lead the systems security by ensuring that systems and applications are kept secure (Ensure security of data, network access and backup systems)
- Lead project manager for IT projects
- Manage IT team by recruiting, training and coaching employees, communicating job expectations and appraising their performance. Develop and use KPI’s for all IT staff
- Communicate business needs to the IT team and the reverse
Processes
- Plan, organize, control and evaluate IT and electronic data operations
- Design, develop, implement and coordinate systems, policies and procedures
- Identify problematic areas and implement strategic solutions in time
- Audit systems and assess their outcomes
- Ensure that the company’s technological needs are met both in the short and long term
- Work with the systems admin and ensuring systems uptime
- Ensure Security of the Company’s infrastructure
- Align the company’s technology resources with the organization’s short- and long-term goals
- Serve on the executive committee to align technology goals to other departmental and organizational objectives
- Collaborate with department heads, marketing, production, and operations as an advisor of all technologies involved with the company
- Ensure the company’s technological processes and service comply with all requirements, laws, and regulations
Budget
- Manage IT budget and ensure cost effectiveness
- Ensuring deadlines are met and within proposed budget
- Customer Engagement and support
- Evaluate client needs and recommend software solutions
- Act in alignment with user needs and system functionality to contribute to organizational policy
- Identify Customer needs
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated resume and a cover letter detailing their relevant experience and qualifications to applications@m-forte.co.ug by Friday 20th February 2026. Clearly state the title of the role you are applying for in the subject line of your email. Please note that only those applicants shortlisted for their respective positions shall be contacted and as such, if you have not heard from us in a month of your application, please consider it unsuccessful.
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