Head of Information Technology at a Largest Integrated Law Firm

Full Time Jobs

Lagos Nigeria

Posted 3 years ago

Deloitte is the largest private professional services network in the world. Everyday, approximately 286,200 professionals in more than 150 countries demonstrate their commitment to making an impact that matters. Our West Africa practice serves multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and the public sector across Nigeria and Ghana.

JOB TITLE: Head of Information Technology

JOB LOCATION: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full time
Department: Information Technology

Key Responsibilities

Developing and executing an IT road map based on the overall strategy of the firm
Provide vision and leadership to IT team through the development and maintenance of appropriate IT structure that supports the needs of the organisation as well as the management and supervision of the team.
Direct, plan and oversee the implementation of major Technological and/or Digital initiatives
Provide guidance and oversight to infrastructure best practice configuration and structures
Developing, executing and managing a process of IT security, IT controls and monitoring security risks as well as overseeing measures to manage such risks
Develop a business architecture strategy based on a situational awareness of various scenarios and motivations and apply a structured business architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views of the firm
Lead and coordinate the projects that relate to the architecture of all software solutions and work with the different departmental heads/consultants as appropriate in this respect
Lead strategic and operational planning for the firm’s Data Management practices, focusing on meeting business needs and requirements through data functions
Identify opportunities for the firm to further leverage data and improve its economic, competitive, and operating positioning
Enable and support business operations to improve cost effectiveness, service quality and technology enablement
Lead IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals by fostering innovation, prioritizing IT initiatives, and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT systems across the firm
Must work towards developing an integrated view of the firm’s data and systems using a repeatable approach, cohesive framework, and available industry standard techniques
Ensure continuous delivery of IT services through oversight of service levels with end users and monitoring of IT systems performance
Any other responsibilities that are allocated from time to time in view of the IT needs and requirements

Job Requirements
Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in Information Technology or related field
Relevant professional certification in IT service; IT standards & Governance, Security & Cloud Technologies – Corbit Standards; ERP systems such as Microsoft; and Business Analytics Tools

Minimum Experience:

Minimum of 12 years’ proven experience in Information Technology Management

Skills, Competencies / Requirements:

Network connectivity & Security
Server & Computer Administration
Data Centre Management
Data Management – Databases, Data Warehousing & Analytics, Document Management Systems
Cloud & Digital Technologies
Enterprise Architecture
Service Management – Technology Service Management and Delivery
IT Strategy
IT Project Management – Technical Project Management & Communications
IT standards & Governance – Cobit Standards, ISO27001, Policies & Standards
Business Continuity Planning – Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Management
Leading and motivating diverse high performing IT teams
Deploying organisations-wide technology transformation initiatives both successful and failed
Championing Digital Change within an organisation
Budgeting and Technology Finance Management
Cost-Saving Technology initiatives
Vendor Management & SLA Management
Working well across departmental domains in an organisation
Communicating effectively to C Level