The job holder will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Job Purpose
This role reports to the Group CEO and will lead the digital transformation agenda of the company and champion new growth initiatives leveraging on innovation.
Key responsibilities:
Drive self-disruption of existing businesses to ensure that the company continuously creates new revenue streams to guarantee long term sustainability;
Promote the adoption and utilization of digital technologies and tools to drive continuous customer acquisition and operational efficiency to support commercialisation;
Drive collaboration across the organization for development and scaling up of new businesses to create alternative and/or incremental revenue streams;
Provide market intelligence on competition and monitor developments to spot trends in innovation;
Lead the identification of investment opportunities, prospective strategic partnerships, collaborations and mergers and acquisitions;
Prepare business cases to support investment in new ventures;
Promote and nurture creativity and innovative thinking across all areas of the company;
Continuous evaluation of existing and new products to drive improvement;
Develop policies to guide strategic collaborations, partnerships, and/or acquisitions of business ventures to ensure that all new projects are in line with the company’s mission and consistent with the company’s brand;
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Attributes
A Bachelor’s degree and/or Master’s degree in a relevant field (Engineering, Business, Technology);
Demonstrable experience in research and development, project execution and strategy in the digital innovation space;
Demonstrable commercial acumen, business knowledge, understanding of a variety of business practices, and familiarity with contemporary digital media organizations;
Demonstrated ability of building and/or contributing to a dynamic culture of innovation and continuous improvement;
Must have excellent interpersonal and ability to persuasively sell ideas;
Good understanding of the evolving regulatory environment for set up and operation of business ventures in the digital space.
If you meet the above criteria, please apply by uploading your CV on LinkedIn on or before Friday 24th July, 2020. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Apply via :
www.linkedin.com
