ICT Management
• Lead ICT department including people and process not limited to PC, User, Network, Servers , Assets and Cyber Security and communication (Etisalat)
• Lead ERP, CRM, Zoho, Zuper, Eprocurement and HRMS with supplier for Project Management.
• Ensure that policies and procedure relating to ICT Operations (Procurement and Helpdesk) and Infrastructure, R&D and Cyber Security compliance are updated and up to date with ISO requirements.
Department Management
• Lead in the developer hiring process, conduct interviews and support team to train new developers
• Providing software development guidance to the team and ensuring they adhere to development standards
• Keeping abreast of new software technologies
• Ensure the delivery of the software is bug-free and compliance with the quality
• Make sure all the product development project plans are updated
• Liaising with suppliers and 3rd parties to make sure the supply chain process is running smoothly
• Lead R&D Department, their scope, work load, team, time management, and respective project deliverables timely.
• Lead source code and database management, published services with its cyber security requirements.
• Develop, Support, and execute business strategies to achieve HITEK R&D
• Lead Artificial Intelligence R&D for business use case across HITEK applications
• Organise and lead business (departmental & product-based) and customer meeting for scope of work and development activities
• Gather and evaluate user feedback and then modify products for better usability
• Collaborate and take a lead with systems analysts, engineers, and programmers to design solution as per contract from RFP, support required applications
• Liaison between Business Development Team, Sales Manager & Departmental heads and HITEK Consultant for R&D and Sales estimations
• Data Analysis / Data analytics.
General Management
• Build long-term, trusting relationships with shareholders, business partners and authorities
• Developing and implementing business plans to improve cost efficiency.
• Weekly & Daily Meetings with the team, stakeholders
• Determine and suggest as part of the proposal contractual solution performance standards and hardware configurations based on client specifications, budget, security needs, and other parameters
• Ensure Invoicing & Payments process inline and on-time
• Ensure regular team holidays, not conflicts with same skills and product peers, not impact any solution development and customer implementation
• Supporting team in case of any support required, providing leadership to the team.
• Always approachable and open to suggestions from team members.
• Maintaining working knowledge of the business sector.
• Updating and enforcing company policies.
• Building employee engagement.
• Performing performance metrics / perform indicators and Strategic goals.
· Interest and Knowledge in Artificial Intelligence
· Experience in optimizing the business processes
Education/Qualification
• Bachelor’s or Masters’ degree in computer science or similar.
• Infrastructure, Network, and security certification is a must
Experience (experience required for the job)
• Minimum 5 years experience working in a managerial role or similar background.
• Understanding of technical customer / centric solutions.
• Understanding of network, infrastructure, cyber security, programming frameworks, source code management and AI
• Good English communication is a must.