It is oriented towards the set of knowledge and skills necessary in technology management.

Has technical competencies, “soft” skills to interact empathically with the entire organization to find solutions to problems, thus demonstrating leadership.

It is presented as the opportunity for company administrators and managers to identify the knowledge that must be acquired or the skills that must be developed in order to optimize the use of technology effectively.

Vision of the position

Ensure that the product is a reliable, robust platform, that it meets the needs of the market and that it is always at the technological forefront, to always be in the competitive line of daily advances.

Functions

The technology manager is responsible for the following tasks:

• Direct the technology team based on the strategic guidelines of the organization and thus ensure that the capacity, structure and knowledge of technologies are adopted by the work teams.
• Ensure that the strategic and particular objectives are met, that the human resources structure is consistent with what is requested.
• Ensure that the architectures are meeting the needs of the organization and manage the related costs.
• Align and organize the objectives through product leaders, following up on customer needs, evaluating the efficiency and competitiveness of the platform.
• Maintain strategic alliances with other hardware providers to optimize product activity.

Job skills

• Knowledge for project management: formulates, plans, directs and controls projects, especially focused on technological projects; in addition to knowledge about the different financing and control methods that have been designed for this purpose.
• Techniques for the assimilation of technologies: know the technology, discriminate between its limitations and advantages, apply the one that best suits the needs of the organization.
• Knowledge for the negotiation of technologies: analyzes and evaluates the different technological alternatives to be applied in the organization and decides which of them is the most appropriate.
• Technological creation and innovation: identifies new applications and uses of the knowledge developed by the company in technological projects or in efforts aimed at obtaining new opportunities.
• Administrative skills: performs competitively in technology management and leads all its activities, in addition to the set of human qualities that allow it to be ethical, fair and responsible in its management.

Teams he leads

• Development
• Implementation
• Maintenance
• BI

Administrative functions

• Team Committee: Once a week
• IT Committee: once a month
• Product Committee: once a month

Communication

Channels used:

• WhatsApp
• Slack
• Google Meet meetings

People:

• CTO
• Product Owner
• Architect Technology
• Cell Leaders
• project managers
• Operational leaders of each country
• Commercials of each country

How much did you learn?

In the following link you will see questions related to what was explained above.

Technology Manager Quiz This form is in Spanish, if you require translation you must submit the request at the following link: https://soporte-ti.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/14/group/83/create/868