Chief Technical Officer Jobs at Afrimax Uganda Limited

Job Title: Chief Technical Officer

Employer: Afrimax Uganda Limited

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 10th Oct 2013

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Protecting license and partnerships by responsible development and operation of the network
• Help the local organization recruit and hire local engineering and technical staff
• Train and support technical staff with network planning and implementation issues
• Oversee the design and operation of the network and IT systems to ensure optimal quality of service including capacity planning for the various nodes within the networks.
• Ensure network growth is tied to capacity needs, and coverage is tied to requirements as defined by marketing inputs
• Maintain cost control
• Manage personnel in the technical team
• Work closely with the local Managing Director and CFO and take responsibility for the technical Capex & Opex Budgets for rollout and operations
• Maintain a strategy for Vendor Management taking responsibility for ongoing relationships with equipment suppliers, ensuring both company and Vendor contract agreement commitments are met
• Make sure the local organization is effectively securing necessary sites and implementing the needed civil works in a cost effective manner and in a timely way
• Oversee all interfaces to other networks, through local staff organization
• Ensure the Information Technology systems, such as NOC, OSS, Billing and Customer Care systems are planned, implemented and operationally effective.
• Provide leadership, support and guidance to all local engineering and technical organizations to ensure that the team can deliver on their stated objectives through ongoing assessment, coaching and development

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Capability to communicate well verbally and in written form
• At least four (4) years as a technology lead in a wireless operation
• Experience in managing people in environment
• Ability to travel internationally
• Program management experience with multiple projects over $ 1 million in value
• Knowledge of wireless, IP, VoIP technologies and IT systems
• Recruiting experience
• Training experience
• Ability to explain technical issues to non-technically oriented co-workers and others
• Ability to work in both hands on and on a high level strategy level

How to Apply:

Please follow the instructions as stated below as failure to do so could lead to disqualification.

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