Senior Specialist - ICT Segment Managemen at MTN Nigeria

Reports To: Senior Manager - SME Segment Management

Division: Enterprise Business

Mission:

• Drive business growth and revenue within the enterprise segment through the development and implementation of impactful Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions. 
• Develop and execute focused ICT segment strategies by establishing strong strategic partnerships, overseeing lifecycle management, and fostering a culture of solution innovation to consistently deliver on revenue targets and expand our market footprint.

Description:

• Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of a solution; explore architectural alternatives, aid team in identifying technologies and making architectural decisions. 
• Participate in release preparation and planning to determine the necessary architectural improvements according to the architecture roadmap.
• Act as the application(s) functional expert by providing expertise in the business process supported by the application(s) 
• Provide detailed definition on how the applications will support business requirements. 
• Conduct impact analysis of business requirements on the system. 
• Work with Application Technical Architects in defining software/hardware requirements and in planning and delivering architecture. 
• Serve as process expert/coach for the team's owned standard deliverables - optimize for the supported clients.
• Participate in release preparation and planning to determine the necessary architectural improvements according to the architecture roadmap.
• Designing and enforcing architectural standards
• Synchronize architectural solution and resolve architectural differences and interdependencies with different stakeholders 
• Ensure success in achieving key ICT segment business objectives by leading, influencing broad cross-functional teams in collaborative team environment, within and other business units and partner teams, coordinating the right resources to get the job done.

Education:

• First degree in IT/Engineering or related discipline
• Fluent in English

Experience:

6 - 13 years’ experience which includes:

• 6 years of Telecom/communication industry experience, particularly in relation with Cloud, Cybersecurity and/or IoT space
• Prior product management and/or segment management experience
• Experience with the following licenses will be highly valuable:
• AWS -- CLOUD PRACTITIONER
• Azure -- MICROSOFT C. AZURE FUNDAMENTALS
• Google Cloud, Huawei, SAP, Cisco, Cisco Meraki, Aruba, Nokia Nuage Network, Juniper and TI Management
• Analytical skills: ability to analyze both quantitative and qualitative information.
• Innovative attitude: ability to find creative solutions to customer needs.
• Communication skills: empathy and active listening skills; and the ability to express and convey ideas to customers, peers and others within the organization.
• Presentation leadership skills: ability to develop business, technical and commercial documentation and deliver/communicate it to a high-level audience.