Chief Technology Officer - Micro Finance Institution

Chief Technology Officer | Leading MFI | Delhi NCR

Industry - Banking / Financial Services / Broking

Category - IT & Systems

Job Type - Permanent

 Description - The role is to lead and drive all aspects of technology (CTO) of a leading MFI in the country: Application Development, Digital journey, infrastructure, IT Governance and Security. Looking for 15+ years of experienced individual with technology leadership experience in MFIs or Small Finance Banks

Client Details : 

Our client is a leading Micro Finance Institution, focussed on serving the rural segment of the country, promoting financial inclusion. They follow the joint liability group (JLG) model of microfinance, and have a book size of 4800 Cr+

Job Description : 

- Define the technology strategy, budget and roadmap of the organization, keeping in mind the present/ future requirements of the business

- Ensure the best technology, applications and infrastructure for the institution

- Lead the digital journey of the organization, working towards digitizing the different processes and systems and following a business and customer centric approach

- In-house application development: Drive and Lead a skilled technology team of developers, architects and testers, to build in-house applications, using the microservices architecture, latest technology stack along with the use of emerging technologies

- System design, Technical Architecture & Performance related

- Enterprise & application architect

- Infrastructure setup

- Network setup

- DR/DB/BCP Related aspect of IT

- IT Governance & Policy framework

- Regulatory compliance & Governance

- System reliability & scalability perspective

- Application risk and controls

- IT budgeting and costing

- DC Security and related aspects

- Set up the IT Security Framework and ensure end-to-end adherence and implementation of the same

- Security Architecture & Design

- Cyber Security

- Infrastructure Security

- Access Management

- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning

- Project Management

- Lead critical group wide IT projects and support the end to end project management life cycle

- Collaborate with business/ relevant IT COEs to prepare business case for the project and obtain project clearance

- Research & Innovation to ensure utilisation of the best technology potential for the business

- People Management

- Drive a performance driven culture - Set goals, review performance and provide feedback so as to ensure a motivated and committed team

- Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance

Profile : 

- B.E/B.Tech/MS in Computer Science from a top tier institute

- At least 15+ years of overall experience, with significant technology leadership experience

- Exposure in areas of Cloud based Technological suites, Cyber Security, Risk & Compliance, Blockchain, Big Data & Analytics, AI, Robotic process Automation & Machine learning etc.Financial services industry exposure is a must have requirement, and experience of working with NBFCs/SFB's businesses will be added advantage

- Prior track record of planning, leading and implementing IT & digital transformation in large organization

- Experience managing multiple senior stakeholder

- Excellent leadership and communications skills

Job Offer

- Senior leadership role