Chief Technology Officer

Role Summary The Chief Technology Officer is responsible for defining and executing the Raast Payments Pakistan’s technology vision and lead enterprise architecture, product design and development, quality assurance, automation and technology partnerships to deliver resilient, customer-centric digital payment solutions.

 Key Responsibilities:

Key responsibilities of the incumbent will include, but not limited to, the following: Lead and govern IT strategic and operational planning to support RPP’s business objectives, digital financial services agenda, and SBP regulatory requirements. Drive new product and feature development by translating business needs into secure, scalable, and secure-by-design technology solutions. Establish and govern enterprise architecture to ensure system interoperability, high availability, future scalability, and alignment with international best practices. Oversee quality assurance frameworks, testing strategies, and release management to ensure reliability, performance, and compliance of all technology deployments. Define and implement infrastructure and cloud strategy (where applicable), including capacity planning, performance optimization, and cost-effective scaling of mission-critical systems. Drive CI/CD automation, DevOps practices, and sandboxing environments to support rapid innovation, participant testing, and controlled production releases. Develop and maintain technical standards, guidelines, and documentation for internal teams and ecosystem participants in coordination with SBP policies. Oversee vendor selection, contract management, and performance of technology partners, ensuring delivery against SLAs and regulatory expectations. Provide strategic oversight and governance of IT operations in coordination with operations and security teams to ensure 24x7 availability and incident readiness Perform any additional tasks assigned by senior management as needed.

 Eligibility Criteria:

Category	Mandatory Criteria	Preferable Criteria
Education	16 years of education (Bachelors/Masters) from HEC recognized institutions or from a reputable foreign university in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecom Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Business Administration or related discipline.	Additional post-graduate degrees will be preferred. Relevant professional certifications will be an added advantage.
Age	Maximum 56 years, as on date of advertisement.	-
Experience	Minimum 12 years of progressive experience in technology related roles with at least 5 years in a senior executive or leadership capacity preferably within financial services, digital payments, or fintech sectors.	Preference will be given to candidates possessing hands-on experience with large-scale IT platforms and managing multi-vendor ecosystems and large technology budgets.

 Compensation:

Competitive market based compensation package backed by attractive salary and well-rounded benefits structure as per Organization's rules.

 Term of Appointment:

The initial appointment will be for a term of three (3) years, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and mutual agreement. The appointment may, however, be terminated earlier in accordance with the terms and conditions of the employment contract.

 Application Procedure:

Interested candidates meeting the above-stated eligibility criteria may submit their applications online on https://career.sbp.org.pk/login. Last date of application submission is June 01, 2026. Applications, which are not in accordance with defined requirements in the advertisement, will not be entertained. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Females, candidates from minorities, transgender persons and persons with disability are encouraged to apply.

Any candidate who misinforms, attempts to influence the recruitment process in any manner, tries to obtain support for his/her candidature by inappropriate means or tampers with evidence of his/her age, educational and other certificates, shall be disqualified from the current and any future recruitment process at RPP (Pvt.) Ltd. even if the candidate is otherwise eligible. Candidates who fail to provide the required information or documents or do not meet the specified criteria as per advertisement shall be disqualified from the current drive.