Position: Chief Technology Officer
Company: AsiaFinance Group
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

•	You have a deep technology background AND are strongly business oriented. 

•	You are an effective manager who will work directly with the development and management teams and drive the development process. 

•	You are a strategic thinker who will make executive technology decisions on behalf of the company and sell technology strategies to the CEO and the Board. 

•	You will manage the technology budget and make investments that align technology needs and roadmap with the company's vision. 

•	You are an effective communicator and highly knowledgeable in all important aspects of technological development. In short, you combine the best of two worlds: technical skills and business acumen.


Detailed Requirements

Essential hard skills: 

•	Bachelor’s degree in technology, ideally higher university degree and/or MBA
•	8 years working in development or technical role, reaching advanced level of technical skills
•	5 years in management roles
•	Full-stack experience: mobile, web, front-, middle- and backend, cloud development-especially with Java/J2EE, MySQL, and AWS
•	A principled understanding of and strong experience in Agile methodologies
•	Extensive industry knowledge with a constant eye on the future
•	Experience in Lean and/or Design Thinking methodologies would be a plus
•	Finance sector experience would be a plus

Soft & management skills: 

•	Exceptional cross-discipline, cross-culture, remote- and in-person team management skills
•	Not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom and commonly held assumptions
•	Ability to delegate effectively
•	Out of the box thinking
•	Results-driven
•	Hugely customer-oriented-customer-first thinking
•	Flexibility
•	Adaptability

Responsibilities:

•	You would be responsible for all systems and IT infrastructure, which includes loan issuance and collection, telephony, CRM, ERP, scoring, AWS, payment gateways and other external services
•	Taking in-house all IT systems and their development with proven economic efficiency
•	Building efficient systems’ architecture to meet company growth and expansion plans into new countries and additional products
•	Securing continuity and high efficiency of business operations
•	Compiling, developing, and managing IT budget



Work conditions:

•	Western corporate culture and work environment that provides many opportunities for professional and personal development
•	Young and friendly team with very frequent interactions
•	Exciting international environment in rapid growth phase
•	Competitive (USD-fixed) remuneration package