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Kampala, Uganda

Full-time

Deadline:

22 Apr 2024

About the Organisation

Letshego Holdings Ltd (“Letshego Group”) is a truly African multinational organisation, headquartered and listed in Botswana and focused on delivering inclusive finance solutions to underserved populations across its 11 sub-Saharan Africa footprint. With a staff complement of over 3,000 – including both direct and indirect sales agents – Letshego supports over five million customers across Africa. Letshego is synonymous with leveraging innovation and technology to improve the lives of individuals who have limited access to traditional financial services.

In September 2020 Letshego launched its five-year Transformational Strategy, accelerating the Group towards its vision to be a world-class retail financial services organisation, improving the lives of mass and middle-market individuals as well as small business owners and micro and small entrepreneurs.

This year, Letshego celebrates 25 years of supporting regional communities.

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Job Title

Head Of Technology - Re advertised job at Letshego Uganda Limited

Job Description

As the head of technology, you will lead the design and implementation of the company's digital strategy that meets the company's business needs and delivers return on investment. You will be expected to contribute to benefits realization of effective and efficient IT operations, service delivery and digital products development and release.

As a Team Leader, you will offer functional support and management of the Technology, Digital staff and other related resources to drive efficiency and the digitalization agenda. You will also lead a cross-functional team that includes Product Owners, Designers, engineers, external vendors and service providers to co-develop the digital products.

Duties and Responsibilities

Collaborate with the in country senior leadership team and group team to identify ways IT enabled services can support the company in achieving its business and financial goals.
Lead the design, delivery and continuous enhancement of high-quality IT enabled services and software solution.
Lead the Technology and Digital Solutions team.
Ensure compliance with government laws and regulations that apply to IT enabled services and systems.
Liaise with other teams within and outside the Digital and Technology unit. to negotiate timelines, deliverables nd dependencies
Collaborate closely with Product Owners and other team members to identify and socialize products and delivery risks.
Mentor and coach junior Technology and Digital staff on the best practices
Collaborate closely on defining the appropriate solutions architecture for digital product solutions
Manage the IT expenditure to drive efficiency and Resource Optimization

Qualifications and Competencies

Leadership and team building
Problem solving
Change management
Strategic thinking and planning
Excellent presentation and communication skills
Excellent Project management

Technical Skills

Understanding of a CI-CD process, containerization, and virtualization related technologies
Excellent programming skills in at least 2 modern programming languages/frameworks (1 B/E and 1 F/E), such as Node.JS, Java, Kotlin, Swift, Kotlin multiplatform, ReactJs, or others
Excellent knowledge of SQL and one common database technology, such as Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, CouchDB,
Infrastructure knowledge including RESTful APIs, Single Sign On, LDAP, Search Technologies (Kong, GraphQL, Swagger, Elasticsearch, Kibana, authO)
Knowledge of pair programming, continuous integration and test-driven development
Familiarity with the concepts and pattern choices for Micro services is a must
Working knowledge and experience in API designs, as well as, standards and governance processes
Working knowledge of micro services oriented architecture, event-driven architecture, software-oriented architecture and other modern architectural paradigms
Knowledge of building highly scalable applications in a cloud-based environment and architecting for a cloud hybrid approach is essential

Experience and qualification

Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunications or relevant area
At least 8 years' relevant experience leading business software solutions and technology in a busy enterprise environment
At least 3 years of supervisory experience in a technology role

How to Apply

APPLICATION FOR THIS POSITION MUST BE DONE ONLINE:
Qualified persons should submit applications (CV with cover letter and copies of Academic Qualifications) to the Head of People and Culture, Letshego Uganda Limited on Plot 9, Wampewo Avenue Kololo or send email to UG.HRrecruitment@letshego.com