Job Description

1. Build the Tech vision and strategy: CTO must work with the CEO and other executives to develop a technology strategy for eGov. This involves goal-setting, discussing options, and analyzing risks. The technology strategy must align with eGov’s overall business objectives and mission. Constantly look at business objectives and changing landscape and provide options to execute on strategy

2. Set design principles, create reference architectures and make key tech choices: The CTO will define the key architectural principles and reference architecture that helps the mission to deliver on its strategy and plans. In making these choices he/she will need to balance the needs of multiple stakeholders –  citizens, communities, governments and market actors. He/she will also be responsible for keeping up to date with emerging technologies and make the choices on tech building blocks

3. Facilitate creation and adoption of key standards: The CTO needs to work with domain counterparts in creating and/or adopting necessary standards in the respective domains and evangelise their use. He/She will also drive adoption of these standards internally and within the ecosystem.

4. Provide leadership for innovation and re-imagination: The CTO will be responsible for R&D function that will evaluate new technologies and approaches that help drive platform innovation towards achieving mission goals. He/she will also play a key role in applying the platform thinking approach  to solving complex problems in new domains.

5. Design and evangelise the tech governance at eGov and for the ecosystem: Working with Product Mgmt, Engg and Implementation to create interlock between tech and the business strategy. Ensure that key principles and standards are being adhered to not just within eGov but also across the open digital ecosystem. This will include setting up governance processes, quality frameworks, guidelines etc.

• Set up governance process both within eGov and with the ecosystem actors


• Responsible for build quality, security and data protection processes


• Drive contribution from the ecosystem into DIGIT, and set up governance processes to seamlessly integrate external contributions into the DIGIT releases


• Be the chief “tech guru” to help solve hard problems

6. Evangelise and advocate open digital platforms: Provide a face for eGov’s theory of change of  leveraging public digital goods to solve complex societal challenges at scale. This is done by representing eGov in speaking opportunities, participating in govt committees, blogs, etc. In addition building coalitions with govt entities, multilaterals like world bank, market players to advocate the importance of open platforms and open digital ecosystems.

7. Attract and mentor tech talent: CTO will mentor the top tech talent within the organisation. In addition he/she will leverage their networks to attract talent, organise hackathons and related tech events to get volunteers and ethical hackers to contribute to  the mission.