Nigeria IT Infrastructure Leader Job at General Electric (GE)

Job Title: Nigeria IT Infrastructure Leader

Job No: 1716635
Business: GE Global Growth & Operations
Business Segment: Global Growth & Operations - Africa
Location: Ikoyi - Lagos, Nigeria

Role Summary/Purpose:

• The IT Infrastructure leader will have Strategic & Operational responsibilities for the definition & delivery of IT services with particular focus on Nigeria & West Africa.
• He will serve as key IT liaison/single point of contact to functional & business leaders in Nigeria, work collaboratively with the wider GE IT functions to deliver world-class IT operations & end user support.
• He will capture IT infrastructure needs, direct & manage all aspects of planning & delivery of technology solutions

Essential Responsibilities:    
Country IT Strategy

• Lead the definition and execution of technology strategy for GE multi-modal facilities in Nigeria and West Africa, in alignment with GE’s global infrastructure teams’ directions
• Understand GE growth plans in Nigeria and other West Africa countries
• Develop cultural understanding in depth understanding of IT regulatory framework
• Develop in depth relationships with IT suppliers/providers
• Keep up to date with changes to service offerings, technical capabilities and regulatory changes
• Identify opportunities to share best practices and reuse solutions from other regions, GE businesses and external businesses
• Communicate and educate regional business leaders on IT solutions, capabilities and costs
• Lead the definition and execution of technology strategy for GE in Nigeria and West Africa, in alignment with systems/application needs, GE global infrastructure teams’ directions and with Global Growth and Operations business plans
• Provide visible leadership with GE businesses in Nigeria to define the appropriate technology roadmap to meet regional business needs
• Anticipate and react to major technology changes, leveraging global and regional capabilities to ensure competitiveness of GE in Africa
• IT Operations
• Develop deep relationships with GIS service provider team, and GIS in-country suppliers/vendors
• Responsible for managing Incident / Problem / Change relating to GIS services in the region
• Manage the delivery of GIS infrastructure solutions
• Become the GIS technical expert for regional solution
• Manage budgets and contracts associated with program(s) or initiative(s)
• Support, advise, assist, guide and resolve infrastructure problems for client leaders and users
• Work as a business partner with client leaders and users to evaluate / improve business processes with cost effective infrastructure solutions
• Lead and or support other SSA IT initiatives as identified by regional CIO

Qualifications/Requirements:    

• Demonstrated existing knowledge of IT capabilities and demonstrated experience of providing IT solutions in Africa
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or Computer Science
• Prior experience with process quality methodology or infrastructure technologies (compute, database, network, etc.)
• Strong program management skills including project initiation, scoping, resourcing, scheduling, budgeting, risk management and communication
• Ability to deliver compliance requirements and to excel in a global matrix organization
• Ability to learn complex systems and business processes and define requirements for solutions

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:    
Desired Characteristics:    

• Demonstrated program management skills including project initiation, scoping, resorting, scheduling, budgeting, risk management and communication
• Experience delivering world class IT Operations and support, including Held Desk and End User support services.
• Awareness of and ability to deliver to compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage remote partners/vendors, vendor quality and output.
• Demonstrated ability to excel in a global matrix organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to interface and influence at all levels in the organization.
• Strong leadership skills and Team player
• Analytic, creative and business focused problem solver.
• Understanding of IT technologies and how to apply them.
• Ability to make key decision in a quickly and sometimes with limited information

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online

Application Closing Date: 28th March, 2013

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