Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Technology
Ikeja, Lagos State
September 15, 2025
Full Time

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Job Description


Ringo Telecommunications Limited is one of the leading Telecommunications companies in Nigeria, located at Ikeja, Lagos, and is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Location: Ikeja,Lagos

Job Description

  • The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is responsible for driving the company’s technology vision, strategy, and execution.
  • This includes overseeing platform architecture, infrastructure, service delivery, and product innovation to ensure scalable and secure solutions across telecom and VAS domains.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the company’s technology roadmap aligned with business goals.
  • Lead technology transformation initiatives including cloud migration, automation, and
  • platform modernization.
  • Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to enhance product offerings and operational
  • efficiency.
  • Collaborate with executive leadership to support long-term planning and innovation.
  • Oversee infrastructure security, scalability, uptime, and performance optimization.
  • Ensure adherence to regulatory and compliance standards for telecom and data privacy.
  • Direct product engineering teams to build robust and user-centric VAS and digital
  • solutions.
  • Drive API integrations, partner connectivity, and real-time service delivery systems.
  • Establish standards for agile development, DevOps, and CI/CD processes.
  • Build, lead, and mentor high-performing engineering, infrastructure, and security teams.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous learning.
  • Manage relationships with telecom operators, cloud service providers, and VAS vendors
  • Negotiate technical SLAs and monitor vendor performance

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s / Master’s in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Engineering, or related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in technology leadership roles, ideally in technology, VAS, or digital services.
  • Proven experience in managing large-scale telecom technology/VAS platforms and digital product environments.
  • Strong understanding of telecom technologies, VAS delivery models, mobile billing
  • (DCB), and content platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with architecture design, cybersecurity, cloud services (AWS,
  • Google Cloud, Azure etc), and scalable backend systems.
  • Excellent leadership, strategic thinking, and communication skills. Preferred Skills:
  • Exposure to multi-country deployments or partnerships with global telecom operators.
  • Experience with subscription-based digital services, OTT integrations, or fintech/payments within telecom.
  • Familiarity with regulatory compliance in telecom/data etc.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: career@ringo.com.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

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