Orange Jobs . Development Manager

Prepaid Products and Services Development Manager Job at Orange Telkom, Kenya
Region: Nairobi
Reporting to: Head of Products and Services Development
Range: R2L
Department: Marketing & Strategy

Development Manager Job Role Purpose:

Deliver the prepaid products & services roadmap in line with the business objectives, budget constraints and marketing planning of the year.

Fuel innovation by keeping in touch with the market trends. Act as an end to end project manager.

Key Duties and Responsibilities.

Interface between Marketing and ITN teams

Act as a facilitator between product managers and technical teams

Provide guidance to product managers, especially in the specification phase

Support and provide directions to the technical team throughout the product development

Prepaid P&S development roadmap and innovation

Define and maintain the Prepaid P&S development roadmap

Identify, evaluate and recommend new technologies and solutions supporting the Marketing strategy

Understand the market (industry, customer and competition) to develop and manage opportunities to grow

Prepaid products and services revenues

Provide techno-commercial guidance to company management on innovative services

Prepare budget forecast for CAPEX and OPEX requirements.

Achievement of set Monthly, Quarterly, Semi Annually or Annual Marketing targets, especially in terms of project delivery

Manage Prepaid Products & Services development

Accountable in specifying, developing & launching Prepaid products & services

Coordinate and facilitate project approval, RFQ, Vendor selection and product development up until the commercial launch of services

Provide regular reporting on project progress in terms of Cost, Quality, Functionality, Delay

Design

Production and presentation of opportunity studies for new products: market and revenues assessment, customer needs and value proposition, high-level product description.

Production and presentation of marketing requirements / product specification with detailed functional description and customer journey as well as a full business plan

Implementation

Support ITN in the early identification of bugs and prioritization of correction depending on severity

Report any deviation to the project plans (in terms of cost, quality, functionality, delay)

Validation

Ensure technical tests are performed

Perform functional and end users tests

Ensure Business process tests are performed

Coordinate FUT

Commercial launch

Academic / Professional Qualifications

Bachelors Degree or an advanced Diploma in a Engineering related field

Ideally with complementary education and experience in Marketing and knowledge in IT domain

Experience in project management and CRM & Billing systems

Experience in vendor management, vendor selection and negotiation.
Competencies for Development Manager Jobs in Kenya

Commitment, diligence and dedication.

Honesty and Integrity

Superior analytical skills and Intuitive mind.

Thorough and Assertive

Attention to detail

Team player

Good computer skills (SAGE/Excel/PowerPoint/Word/

This position is opened to Kenyan citizens only.

If you fit the required profile, please apply highlighting how your qualifications, experience and career aspirations match the requirements for this position.

Application should be sent by latest 1st May 2015, please provide an updated Curriculum Vitae (CV) including details of your current telephone contacts and names of three referees.

Apply through recruitment@orange-tkl.co.ke and quote the job title in the subject field.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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