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Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

IT Strategy & Business Partnership (30%)

• Develop and execute the company’s corporate IT strategy aligned with business objectives, growth plans, and IPO milestones.

• Act as a strategic partner to senior leadership, translating business needs into practical and scalable IT solutions.

• Anticipate future requirements and proactively design systems to support expansion, geographic scale, and increasing regulatory scrutiny.

Build & Operate Corporate IT from Scratch (30%)

• Establish the corporate IT function, including tools, processes, policies, and operating standards.

• Select, implement, and manage enterprise systems such as:

• ERP / finance systems

• HR, payroll, and people systems

• Collaboration and productivity platforms

• Identity, access management, and device management

• Define and document IT policies, procedures, and SOPs suitable for a public‑company environment.

Infrastructure, Cloud & End‑User Computing (10%)

• Own and manage IT infrastructure including cloud environments, servers, networks, endpoints, and backups.

• Ensure reliable, secure, and cost‑effective IT operations for all employees, including remote or distributed teams.

• Establish disaster recovery, business continuity, and system resilience practices.

Cybersecurity & Risk (10%)

• Design and implement cybersecurity policies covering data protection, access controls, incident response, and monitoring.

• Reduce technology and information‑security risk by embedding controls into systems and processes from day one.

IPO & Audit Readiness (10%)

• Ensure IT controls are aligned with internal control frameworks required for IPO readiness and ongoing public‑company compliance.

• Partner with Finance, Legal, and external auditors to support IT audits and assurance activities.

• Prepare the company’s IT environment for IPO requirements, including control documentation, audit trails, and system governance.

• Support due diligence processes by ensuring transparency, documentation, and reliability of IT systems.

• Continuously strengthen IT processes to meet increasing regulatory and governance expectations post‑IPO.

Team Building & Vendor Management (10%)

• Initially operate as a hands‑on contributor while recruiting, mentoring, and scaling an internal IT team over time.

• Manage and negotiate with external vendors, system integrators, MSPs, and security providers.

• Establish a sustainable operating model that balances internal capability with outsourced expertise.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field (required).

• Experience: Minimum 8–12 years of IT experience with at least 3–5 years in a leadership role. Startup and project-based industry experience preferred. Pre-IPO or public company exposure is a strong plus.

• Certifications/Licenses: candidates with CISA/CISSP/ITIL highly preferred.

• Technical Skills: Strong generalist knowledge across ERP implementation, cybersecurity frameworks, IT infrastructure and cloud platforms, etc.

• Traits & Behaviours:

• Genuine Proactiveness & Sense of Ownership- You have a passion for "driving business by IT." You identify problems on your own and proactively leverage resources to solve them.

• Builder mindset – comfortable starting from scratch and designing systems based on real business needs;

• Hands‑on and pragmatic – balances execution with long‑term thinking.