MTN Nigeria Fresh Employment Opportunity 15th January, 2016

MTN Nigeria – The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand
that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.


MTN Nigeria is recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Product Development Manager (Mobile Finance Services and Digital)

Location: Nigeria

Job Descriptions 

• Work with other Product Managers, Market Segment managers, Pricing, Research, Sales and Customer Operations to take postpaid products from concept through internal approvals, development, quality assurance, testing, training, regulatory support, and launch.
• Use relevant metrics and measures to routinely monitor progress against targets and take appropriate managerial action to ensure targets are met or exceeded.
• Fully integrate quality management processes and their effective deployment on a day-to-day basis.
• Provide performance data to support management decision-making and maintain in-life products and services.
• Make input to, and implement strategic framework support, enhancement or termination of existing products.
• Manage MTN product/ service suite through post-launch life-cycle.
• Help define and set the strategy for the teams and ensure there is a robust mechanism for tracking and measuring success.
• Drive and create new business opportunities for MTN by creating new customer offerings and sourcing 3PP partner solutions
• Promote knowledge sharing and solution re-use across the innovation teams
• Conducting product audits/reviews, customer use analysis, competitive analysis of matching products, and feedback into product enhancement.
• Co-ordinate successful launch and demonstration of applications/services and VAS, and participating in key sales situations and events for these services.
• Identify training requirements of team members, develop program to address knowledge gaps and to enrich knowledge repository within the department.
• Review performance of individual team members and complete appraisals in accordance with the employee performance appraisal procedures and time schedules.

Experience & Training


Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years working experience which includes:
• At least one of the following further experience would be  a strong advantage:
• Previous experience directly leading a commercial SBU in a digital or financial services environment
• A significant exposure to Software design and development or VAS Engineering experience building interfaces and integrating 3rd party services within the MTNN environment
• One of CIMA, CFA, CIM, Financial Risk qualifications or experience desirable
• Commercial legal competence and contract risk management
• Extensive Business Intelligence (Insights, predictive analytics and Big Data) experience within MTNN

Training:

• Relevant courses and skills

Minimum qualification

• BA, BSc, BTech or HND

Job Condition:

• Normal MTNN working conditions

Job Title: Senior Manager, Business Analysis and Planning

Location: Nigeria


Job Description     

• Extract value from what we already have through divisional focused commercial activities such as: divisional business optimisation projects, contracts review and negotiation, capital/budget efficiency activities within division, etc.
• Innovation – identifying and taking advantage of new business opportunities, e.g., through stimulating new business opportunities, divisional products launched, division product/process innovation, structural changes within division, etc.
• Maintain leadership in the ICT/Digital industry by influencing state/local legislations & policies, participating in local level industry think-tanks, building & extending national B-2-B and similar relationships, etc.
• Enhance/expand MTN’s role in the larger national and ecosystem through participation as a thought leader, executing local CSR projects, involvement in local industry non-ICT policy & think-tank activities etc.
• Divisional people leadership activities: coaching, staff development and motivation through intra staff coaching, employee networks mentorship/support, own division employee engagement projects, faculty roles, inter/intra talent mentorship, etc.
• Generic activities necessary for positive business outcomes such as: supporting recruitment, thought leadership as internal (interview/disciplinary) panel member, influencing next level leaders (e.g., at BPR) etc.
• Provide advice in the formulation and development of Business Intelligence framework, policies and guidelines and ensure compliance of operations with MTN policies and procedures.
• Contribute to the development Business Intelligence strategies and initiatives to meet targets in alignment with the division /MTN corporate strategy and in response to events or changes impacting departmental activities.
• Assess resource requirements for the department, propose budget and actively monitor the approved budget, ensuring it is used in accordance with MTN expenditure regulations.
• Research and understand best practice in tariff planning and strategy and review MTNN tariff/pricing strategy on all commercial /retail tariffs and interconnected tariff regimes and ensure quality in accordance with best practice /MTN standards.
• Review the budget process and ensure that quality drivers/assumptions for business plans and the business rules are correctly applied to the process and the forecasting scenarios; and improve continually the forecasting strategy and methodology for MTNN.
• Carry out quality assurance on business plans and pricing analysis in alignment with MTN business planning methodology and pricing strategy.
• Coordinate/Liaise with departments within Marketing and MTNN on feasibility of any new or modified product or promotion and or activity that requires a financial assessment, to fully understand the impact on MTNN’s business plan.
• Manage the monitoring of product / promotion / activity to ensure that it adheres to MTNN’s business plan and provide feedback to senior management as requested.
• Assure integrity of financial modeling projects and review the feasibility assumptions used versus actual behavior in market after launch of product, promotion or activity.
• Review business processes within the department for effectiveness and efficiency in services, identify areas for improvement and execute action plans to eliminate process dysfunction.
• Interact with regulatory authorities (e.g. NCC) to ensure all aspects of the telecoms industry in Nigeria are properly understood and build relationships with other telecommunications networks to ensure that MTNN is on the forefront on its tariff strategy.

Job Condition

• Normal MTNN working conditions
• May be required to work extended hours

Experience & Training     
Experience:

• 10 years working experience which includes:
  • Manager track record of 5 years or more; with at least 3 years in relevant sector/ industry
  • Worked across diverse cultures and geographies advantageous
  • 3 years business planning experience in the telecoms environment or FMCG
• Experience in hands-on accounting and financial forecasting

Training:

• Forecasting principles.
• International Accounting Standards.
• OFA
• Telecoms market – Basic Telecoms Fundamentals

Minimum Qualification

• B.Sc, BA, BTech, BEd or HND

Job Title: Digital Communication Analyst

Location: Nigeria

Job Description     

• Liaise with relevant departments and units to ensure seamless use of digital media.
• Develop work implementation plan, ensuring it is in alignment with the business strategy of the segment.
• Monitor projects and ensure they are delivered to budget and on time.
• Manage relationship with Finance and ensure funds are available for projects in line with budget.
• Work with individual units (corporate communications, consumer marketing, product marketing, business intelligence, customer relations etc) to build brand strength, ensuring a consistent positive brand visibility online.
• Monitor and evaluate relevant media agencies, incorporating revenue generation schemes in DIGITAL and other media campaigns.
• Manage company expectations and standards for property owners.

Job Condition:

• Normal MTNN working conditions
• May be required to work extended hours
• Travel at short notice

Experience & Training    

• At least 4 years work experience in Marketing/Advertising
• At least 2 years experience in New Media/Digital/Content Management
• Marketing experience, either on the client’s side or the agency’s side.
• Specialist in emerging marketing techniques, with a clear understanding of online advertising platform and relevant performance metrics for each digital platform

How to Apply



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Deadline  28th January, 2016.