Chief Technology Officer (IT/OT) Millicom

Provide strategic direction and operationalleadership for TIGO technology services including applications andinfrastructure.

This position is responsible for the countrytechnology roadmap, with relevant focus on development of any technologyproduct or service strategic goals to align with the business objectives andpriorities. In addition, this individual will be responsible for delivery ofproduct and services required to meet the business objectives and service levelcommitments defined according to strategic plan. This person will develop andmaintain high levels of internal and external client satisfaction.

SERVICE

• Responsible foroverseeing the day-to-day operations of the Technology department
• Understand thebusiness and not just the technology aspects of it. Translate operational andbusiness unit needs into an integrated, cohesive and cost effective service orproduct, building a solution by participating end-to-end in the design,development, test and deployment phases.
• Prepare, deliverand execute a yearly detailed end-to-end Quality of Experience Plan toguarantee not only maximum availability of network and applications, but withan optimum performance.
• Accountabilitydelivering product and services according to defined time plan and commitments
• Prioritize highestimpact projects with senior management to support delivery of critical projectson time, on scope and on budget. These efforts include using a PMO Methodologyand Program Management Infrastructure
• Study, understandand include new and innovative technologies and processes, increasing speed tomarket and decision making capability to the business

PROFITABILITY

• Develop, track,and control the country technology annual operating and capital budgets.
• Accomplish allCAPEX commitments, tracking implementation on a regularly basis.
• Constantly controland optimize OPEX by preparing and executing a annual actionable cost savingsplan as part of the budget. Perform a monthly tracking of the plan

RISK MANAGEMENT

• Develops andmaintains policies and procedures to assure proper documentation andcommunication of necessary controls.
• Providesleadership role in the design and implementation of security procedures andprocesses in computer and communication hardware, operating system software,application software and productivity tools.
• Manages thedevelopment and implementation of global security policy, standards, guidelinesand procedures to ensure ongoing maintenance of security and dataintegrity.
• Develops andmaintains the technology Disaster Recovery Plan.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in telecommunications and/or information technology, engineer, business management or related field, master is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience, including 5 years in managing and directing the technology department (IT/OT) for a medium/large public or private sector organization.
• Solid technical understanding of wireless network technologies, transmission of data overwireless networks, understanding of data communications technologies, including routers, gateways and switches. Private network and static IP.
• Experience and knowledge of VAS platforms; RF management and network planning.
• Substantial Information Technology experience across multiple platforms (windows, Unix,database engines, middleware servers, etc.) and development methodologies(internal, outsourced, software factory, etc.)
• Understanding of software architecture design (client/server, SOA, web 2.0, etc.)
• Proven experience of software development, Internet technologies and programming. Fully aware of development life cycle components (application design, testing, quality andstress test, versioning)
• Highly capable to design, implement and execute Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for all provided services.
• Ability to produce accurate and timely information in a high dynamic work environment.
• Job Location: Paraguay, Asunción.

Company Description

Millicom provides affordable, widely accessible and readily available prepaid cellular telephony services to 32 million customers in 16 emerging markets in Latin America, Africa and Asia, where the basic telephone service is often inadequate and where economic development and rising personal income levels are creating increasing demand for communication services. In 2009, Millicom will start commercial operations in Rwanda, its 17th market. Millicom's proven prepaid, mass market distribution and affordability strategy have enabled it to continue to pursue high growth while delivering some of the best margins of the industry. Millicom's shares are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol MICC and on Nasdaq:OMX (Stockholmsbörsen) under the symbol MIC.

Additional Information

Posted:

March 9, 2012

Type:

Full-time

Experience:

Executive

Functions:

Management, Information Technology, Engineering

Industries:

Telecommunications

Job ID:

2684827

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