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POST TITLE: Manager - Projects SIT Bus Systems
JOB CODE: 7004
JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Support the strategy and the implementation of the approved External/Customer related systems and solutions roadmap,
- Develop, Manage and Drive Third Party Relationships (including establishing terms of engagement with third party vendors),
- Project & Program Management,
- Manage the Ideas definition document,
- Manage ISV and third party relationships:- Vendor management,
- Manage Technical deliverables of mobile commerce initiative.
REQUIRED SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & FUNCTIONAL / TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- Bachelors in Engineering or Computer science,
- Project Management qualification will be an advantage,
- Understanding of GSM network, SMSC, GPRS, XML, MMSC, Value Added Services,
- 3 - 5 years Telecom Business Solution experience.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE (Type of experience and minimum number of years)
- 3+ years of Managing Telecom Business Solutions,
- 2+ years of Project management experience,
- 2+ years of relevant experience in Telecom and/or IT,
- 1-2 years in handling a product category.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS (Behavioral etc.)
- Good report writing skills,
- Team engagement,
- Negotiation skills,
- Extremely detail oriented,
- Confident,
- Self-starter,
- Logical Reasoning with ability to negotiate with an outsourcing partner to commence business solutions.
TO APPLY:
POST TITLE: Manager - KYC (Know your Customer)
JOB PURPOSE:
To plan and achieve KYC (Know Your Customer) objectives as laid down by the business and the regulator. Implement the state-of-art Technology, lay down processes mapping to business policies, support and manage the Operations.
FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS:
- Compliance to SCM, Finance processes,
- Customer satisfaction index,
- Adherence to Capex/Opex budgets,
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: - Support the strategy and the implementation of the approved KYC Systems roadmap,
- Engage internal business units, S1 partner/3rd party ISV in the phases of innovation, analysis and proposals,
- To drive/support the business units to arrive at appropriate decision points,
- Capacity planning,
- Ensure the entire solution is well documented (processes, policies & procedures) and updated at all times,
- Liaise with the supporting teams for effective service delivery.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT: - Effective liaison with all stakeholders to obtain alignment and commitment to implementation of the Projects related to KYC,
- Track Business Systems Transformation projects and implementation in alignment with budgeted costs and delivery time frames,
- Prepare timely and accurate data entries for all submissions as required,
- Ensure management and control of project changes from scope, deviations from specifications, costs, scheduling and timely contingency planning,
- Responsible for managing all prospective and new relationships.
MANAGE ISV & THIRD PARTY RELATIONSHIPS: Vendor management - Provide input in proposal process identifications ensuring business compliances as required,
- Liaise with all Airtel vendors to ensure deliverables are met within the necessary requirements and business standards,
- Ensure SCM involvement in the process of potential engagements that would be useful in driving VAS and data,
- Liaise with the Legal function to ensure collaborative and contractual obligations are managed efficiently closing deals with signing of necessary paperwork (MOUs; contracts; SLAs; NDAs; etc.) including proper documentation hand-over and sign offs.
MANAGE TECHNICAL DELIVERABLES OF THE KYC INITIATIVE: - Provide end to end support on technical integration the KYC systems (Billing System, Provisioning, SMSC, DWH etc..)
REQUIRED SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & FUNCTIONAL / TECHNICAL SKILLS: - Bachelors in Engineering or Computer science,
- Project Management qualification will be an advantage,
- Understanding of GSM network, SMSC, Billing Systems, SoA, Dataware house/MIS systems, Architecting & Solutioning.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE (Type of experience and minimum number of years) - 5+ years of Managing Telecom Business Solutions in Telecom/IT environment,
- 2+ years of Project management experience.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS (Behavioural etc.) - Ability to innovate and deliver value to business at multiple levels will play an important role,
- Ability to manage large scale with a very wide geographical scope across Africa (35 countries by 2015),
- Ability to manage an outsourcing partner to deliver business solutions.
TO APPLY
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30th September, 2011.
