Chief Technology Officer, myZoi Venture - SC Ventures

Job Description

*About myZoimyZoi is an exciting fintech start-up aiming to promote financial inclusion globally. Our vision is to provide a level playing field to the unbanked and the underbanked in accessing essential financial services in an affordable, convenient, and transparent fashion. We are looking for smart, ambitious, and purpose driven individuals to join us in this journey. This is an opportunity to join myZoi as a Chief Technology Officer. The role will be based in the UAE.Key Responsibilities

• Oversee, coordinate and facilitate internal and external (vendor) engagements to progress projects from idea to visible delivery
• Deliver project plans, work breakdown structures, requirement specifications, vendor quotations and work scope proposals
• Lead conversations to ensure common understanding on the scope and roles of participants
• Organize and motivate team members in discussions of initial planning, regular follow-ups and through to completion of projects
• Coordinate and facilitate workshops with vendor engagements, technical specialists, contracted consultants, and bank internal peers
• Engage with technical, engineering and solution architecture subject matter experts
• Develop a comprehensive activity and resource plan by identifying tasks, assigning accountability and tracking progress against agreed deliverables at a granular level
• Manage high-level milestones and consolidate project schedules
• Analyse and manage project risk, and track consolidated issue logs
• Control and manage timelines with clear candid communication of any challenges
• Consolidate cost estimates from team members and develop project budgets
• Facilitate RFPs and vendor engagements involving proposals and statements of work
• Efficiently report to line manager and stakeholders on tasks, progress, and critical path
• Produce documentation, dashboards, and RAG status reports
• Consolidate project status from sub-projects into a larger program report

Required Competencies

• A proven track record of successfully implementing software or web development projects, or operational excellence with a minimum 2 years of experience serving in a scrum master role leading cross-functional teams
• Must be experienced working in a fast-paced environment, while ensuring timely delivery of the team in alignment with the project management office
• Demonstrated ability to apply best practices to optimizing resources, scheduling time constraint peers & coordinating logistics
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Must be self-motivated, proactive and able to work well handling multiple concurrent projects to manage competing demands
• Strong judgment, with the ability to make quick, yet sound decisions and follow-through
• Creative approach to problem-solving, with a strong customer focus and commitment to deliver
• Team-player attitude, with strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish high-trust professional relationships quickly
• Practical experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and software delivery in waterfall and agile development teams

Subject matter knowledge and experience

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Economics or Business
• Project Management Professional (PMP) professional accreditation
• Relevant Agile training and certifications a plus
• Experience leading multiple (2+) projects concurrently, with direct responsibility for tracking & reporting on key metrics
• Combined 8+ years experience in the capacity of project manager, delivery manager, technical lead or developer
• Familiarity with software architecture of monolithic, distributed and micro-services patterns is a plus
• Experience in financial services is a plus

Skills and characteristics

• Imaginative and creative approach to how we do work
• Curiosity about new technologies, workflows, and products
• Ability to see things from multiple perspectives, as well as ask the question why continuously
• Tireless work ethic and enthusiasm to execute and get things done

About Standard Chartered We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. Its about showing how you embody our valued behaviours - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good. Were committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base.,

Keyskills :
project managementdeliveryerpmarketingsoftware developmentsoftware development life cyclestrong interpersonal skillslife cyclescrum masterproject riskproject plansstatements of work sow