Group IT Manager

About the role

Jaza Energy is scaling its solar‑powered energy service across Sub‑Saharan Africa and needs a senior IT leader to own company‑wide IT operations, security, and device lifecycle. The role starts hands‑on, establishing reliable workplace tooling and support, then evolves to build security governance and IT controls as the business grows.

Key responsibilities

• Formulate and audit company‑wide IT, data‑protection and cybersecurity policies to meet global and local regulations (e.g., GDPR, African data laws).
• Standardise the global IT stack, define hardware baselines, software requirements and manage the business application inventory.
• Design and implement information‑security frameworks (NIST or ISO 27001), IAM, MFA, backup, disaster‑recovery and incident‑response processes.
• Lead vendor strategy, negotiate hardware and SaaS contracts, and maintain the group IT asset register.
• Supervise In‑Country IT Officers, design first‑line support workflows and ticketing procedures.

Required profile

• 5+ years managing IT in a fast‑growing, multi‑country organisation.
• Proven experience delivering large‑scale software roll‑outs and writing IT policies from scratch.
• Knowledge of African data‑protection laws and security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001).
• Strong vendor‑negotiation, stakeholder‑management and cross‑border network‑solution skills.

Required skills

• Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Multi‑Factor Authentication (MFA).
• Security frameworks: NIST CSF, ISO 27001.
• Enterprise collaboration tools (e.g., Slack) and ERP/HRIS systems.
• Backup, disaster‑recovery and IT general controls.
• IT asset management and vendor procurement.