Key Accountabilities
- Implement and periodically monitor IT strategy
- Implement annual Strategic Roadmap, based on short-term priorities and long-term aspirations
- Conduct impact assessment on the business plan
- Conduct competitive analysis of the DU IT strategy vs the local, regional and global competition
- Monitor and report on key industry and technical IT trends and how these can apply to DU
- Manage interfaces between various internal entities within the organization in delivering the IT Strategy and ensuring alignment with the other business functions
- Define, own, and continuously evolve the enterprise architecture vision, framework, and roadmap.
- Lead the Enterprise Architecture team across Business, Operational and Enterprise Support Systems
- Maintain governance processes, reference architectures, and standards to guide solution design and technology decisionmaking.
- Work closely with the other technology teams in Infrastructure, Operations and AI to ensure the IT strategy and Enterprise architecture is compliant across these functions
Qualifications
Qualifications, Experience And Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Management/Computer Science/Information Technology.
Experience
- 15+ years of experience in the IT, or Technology fields in Telecom industry.
- Previous experience in the development and execution of IT or Technology strategy in a large enterprise
- Good understanding of OSS/BSS/ESS systems in Telecom.
- Good understanding of AI (analytical and generative)
- Deep expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks (e,g TOGAF).
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms and modern application architectures.
- Knowledge across networking, security, data architecture, integration, and DevOps
Skills
- Experience of dealing with customers, specialists, and service providers.
- Strong leadership qualities while also being a team player.
- Good conflict training, analytical skills, problem-solving skills, and organizational skills.
- Be customer service-minded and focus on solution providing.
- Ability to respond positively to working in a pressured environment.
- Ability to lead and collaborate effectively with crossfunctional teams, fostering a culture of trust
