Chief Digital Business Officer

SUMMARY:
One of the Top Telco operators in Africa is seeking a Chief Digital Business Officer to help launch their Fintech line of business.

POSITION INFO:

One of the Top Telco operators in Africa is seeking a Chief Digital Business Officer to help launch and manage all strategic and business aspects of their new Fintech/Ecommerce/Digital Business initiatives by bringing in skills of Business leadership as well as technology innovations with in-depth understanding of consumer behaviours.

Client Details

Confidential

Description

The Chief Digital Business Officer will have the following responsibilities:

• Customer:
• Build a framework for analysing Fintech/Ecommerce/Digital Business opportunities enabling development and managing Fintech/Ecommerce go to market strategies
• Provide out of the box, strategic thought leadership on how to evaluate and continually improve delivery for Fintech/Ecommerce/Digital Business customers and enablement partners in the ecosystem and then drive implementation of the recommendations
• Drive a "customer centric" focus in goals, strategy, evaluation of success, process design
• Business:
• Perform in depth analysis (e.g. market-sizing, competitive landscape mapping, channel assessment, segmentation, financial performance) to generate business insights for Fintech/Ecommerce/Digital Business initiatives
• Develop high quality business plans for Fintech/Ecommerce/Digital Business initiatives by ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objectives
• Drive revenue and take complete ownership of Fintech P&L
• Formulate business Strategy, turn-around policies and fast track execution of Fintech/Ecommerce/Digital Business objectives
• Oversee all Fintech/Ecommerce/Digital Business operations and business activities by ensuring desired results and working with the other business leaders
• Develop a deep understanding of the market, client trends and competitive activities and develop market intelligence and strategy materials for decision making in Fintech/Ecommerce/Digital Business initiatives
• Support market assessment and business case development for new strategic initiatives, partnerships
• Build and enhance partnerships with local merchants and international players like Visa & MasterCard
• Enhance merchant database
• Take ownership of customer retention and loyalty, launch programs
• People:
• Build trust relations with key partners and stakeholders and act as a point of contact for important shareholders within the company and externally
• Coordinate activities between sales, product, technology, and marketing to coordinate and implement relevant solutions
• Processes & Control:
• Keep Cost (Opex and Capex) under Budget
• Ensure strict compliance for all Regulatory obligations
• Maintain relationship with the relevant regulatory bodies
• Be responsible for risk management, operations and credit control
• Undertake new Product development and end to end rollout
• Security:
• Implement and act in accordance with the organization Information security policies as per Security Policies
• Protect assets from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, destruction or interference as per Security Policies
• Report security events or potential events or other security risks to the organization as per Security Policies

Profile

• A Master''s degree in the fields of Computer Science, Marketing, Technology or related fields
• Minimum 5-7 years'' related work experience in driving similar initiative
• An MBA would be an advantage
• Strategic thinker ("futurist outlook") coupled with the ability to roll up sleeves - distinct problem- solving and analysis skills, combined with savvy business judgment
• Have an innovative and disruptive mindset and constantly looking forward
• Proven experience in strategy formulation and complex organizational wide problem solving.
• Highly independent in thinking and framing problems, driven by intellectual curiosity
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, and the ability to handle complex situations involving multiple stakeholders

Job Offer

• Be part of a Pioneer Telco Group at an exciting time of them going into the Fintech space!

 

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