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Chief technology officer
The chief technology officer decides what the company builds, what it buys and what it retires. They carry technology strategy, budget, teams, and the product's ability to carry the growth it is promised.
Deciding what the company builds
The build-or-buy arbitration returns every quarter, and it commits years: building gives control and costs teams, buying gives speed and creates dependency. The chief technology officer decides on explicit criteria. They then organise teams so the decision holds, defend a budget before the executive committee, and keep responsibility for security and for the capacity to absorb growth.
- Arbitrate build versus buy on explicit criteria
- Organise engineering teams and define their perimeter
- Defend a technology budget before an executive committee
- Guarantee security and the system's capacity to absorb growth
Companies that open this directorship
- Digital platforms and regional software vendors
- Digital financial services and payment operators
- Digital services companies running client projects
- Traditional groups creating an in-house technology division
- Startups moving from product to scale
Duration, credits, hours: the facts
The hours shown are taught hours, led by an instructor and set in the timetable. Personal study comes on top of them under the catalogue rule: twenty-five hours of total work per credit. Both figures are given together so that the real workload reads clearly on a first visit.
- qualification level
- 7
- months of programme
- 9
- taught hours
- 700 h
- credits
- 70
- competency blocks
- 5
Expert and executive
Led by an instructor.
1 credit = 25 h of work, 10 of them taught.
Framework of the « Chief Technology Officer » qualification, code TP64.
What the qualification actually contains
Here is the framework exactly as filed, with the taught hours of each block. A candidate sees what they will learn; an employer sees what the holder can do on arrival. One document serves both readings, which closes the usual gap between a brochure and a job description.
- 01
Technical strategy and roadmap
Vision, structuring choices, debt, platform, build-versus-buy — 190 taught hours.
- 02
Organisation and talent
Team structure, hiring, retention, engineering culture — 180 taught hours.
- 03
Budget, suppliers and risk
Technical budget, contracts, dependency, security, continuity — 180 taught hours.
- 04
Alignment with product and leadership
Translating strategy into technology, roadmap, executive committee, board — 100 taught hours.
- 05
Executive conduct
Committing to a multi-year technical path, owning a failure — 50 taught hours.
Towards technical leadership
Entry into this occupation runs through one or more of these programmes. They combine: a short certificate opens the door, a longer programme consolidates the position a few years later. The fees shown match the real billing unit — per year for a long programme, one-off for a short format.
| Programme | Duration | Credits | Taught hours | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science programme — Bac+3 level · Bachelor's degree | 3 years | 180 | 1800 h | 5 400 000 GNF per year |
| Digital Transformation Certificate · Professional certification | 6 months | 18 | 180 h | 3 600 000 GNF in total |
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