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ITEX Integrated Services Limited

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ITEX Integrated Services Limited • Lagos • 0
Full Time BA/BSc/HND
Posted Dec 22, 2025
Product Management&nbsp

Job Description

Role Overview

The Head of Technology / Engineering is a senior leadership role responsible for defining and executing ITEX’s technology strategy, leading large-scale engineering teams, and ensuring the delivery of robust, secure, and scalable payment systems. This role will work closely with Executive Leadership, Product, Risk & Compliance, and Business teams to support ITEX’s growth objectives and regulatory obligations within the payments ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Strategy & Leadership

  • Define and execute ITEX’s overall technology and engineering strategy in alignment with business objectives.
  • Serve as a core member of the senior leadership team, providing strategic input on product direction, scalability, and innovation.
  • Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, architecture standards, and emerging technologies relevant to the payments space.

Engineering & Delivery Excellence

  • Lead, mentor, and manage multi-disciplinary engineering teams (backend, frontend, infrastructure, DevOps, QA, security).
  • Ensure timely, high-quality delivery of mission-critical payment platforms, APIs, and integrations.
  • Establish and enforce software development lifecycle (SDLC), DevOps, CI/CD, and release management best practices.

Payments Platform & Architecture

  • Oversee the design, development, and optimisation of high-availability, high-throughput transaction processing systems.
  • Ensure platform scalability, resilience, performance, and fault tolerance across all products and services.
  • Make key architectural decisions around cloud, microservices, APIs, data management, and system integrations.

Security, Risk & Compliance

  • Ensure systems comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., PCI-DSS, data protection, payment regulations).
  • Work closely with Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams to manage technology risks and security controls.
  • Champion a strong culture of security-by-design and data protection across engineering teams.

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner closely with Product, Operations, Finance, and Commercial teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
  • Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
  • Support external technical engagements with partners, vendors, and regulators where required.

Talent Development & Culture

  • Build, retain, and develop high-performing engineering teams within a fast-paced FinTech environment.
  • Drive a culture of accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
  • Support succession planning and leadership development within the technology function.

Required Experience & Qualifications

  • 7–10+ years of progressive experience
     in software engineering and technology leadership roles.
  • Minimum of 5 years leading large engineering teams
     in a 
    vibrant payments, FinTech, or financial services environment
    .
  • Proven experience building and scaling payment platforms, transaction processing systems, or financial APIs.
  • Strong background in system architecture, cloud infrastructure, and modern software development frameworks.
  • Demonstrated success in managing complex, high-availability systems in regulated environments.
  • Experience working with cross-functional leadership teams and influencing at executive level.

Technical & Leadership Competencies

  • Deep understanding of payment systems, transaction flows, settlement, and integrations.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, DevOps practices, and scalable architectures.
  • Excellent people leadership, coaching, and performance management skills.
  • Strategic thinker with strong execution capability in fast-growth environments.
  • High level of integrity, ownership, and accountability.

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