Head of Strategy and Business Development Job at Etisalat Nigeria

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Job Title: Head of Strategy and Business Development

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Organisation: Etisalat Nigeria

Job Summary:

•   Address critical business issues, to shape the strategic agenda for the company, and to develop practical plans to capture growth opportunities across client segments, markets, products and regions.

•   Responsible for supporting the development and execution of the business strategy including business growth, partnership strategies.

•   Bears responsibility for the operational performance of Strategy & Business Development team and providing leadership and guidelines for staff activities

Roles And Responsibilities:

Strategy Formulation

•   Strategy formulation – Support team director in developing and launching strategic initiatives to include, developing strategic frameworks to analyze the existing activity as well as new market opportunities (partner, acquire, build).

•   Lead and/or manage staff in the execution of the Department's strategy projects, directives and objectives as dictated by the market's needs or senior management.

•   Translate broad guidelines into specific operational plans and programs.

•   (Business Development) Support the creation and capture of incremental revenue opportunities for the company within the existing client base.

•   Business Case Creation and Communication – Lead or assist with the creation of all phases of a business case (e.g. market analysis, value proposition, strategic fit, economic models and launch) to support a new initiative.

•   Financial Analysis – develop the financial and economic models that support the assessment and underlying valuation of potential opportunities i.e. market sizing, financial forecasts as well as additional financial analysis as appropriate.

Tactical

•   Collate and document the company's strategic business plans.

•   Monitor the implementation of the company's, short, medium and long term strategic goals and objectives

•   Develop, communicate and manage relevant business/financial models to assist with management decision making.

•   Continually review and assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the department's policies, procedures and processes and identify improvement opportunities in line with the defined corporate performance framework for EMTS.

•   Coordinate the assessment and monitoring of industry/competitor activities, new developments and identify impact on company's operations.

Operational

•   Negotiation – act in unison with Director in the negotiation of potential acquisitions and partnerships.

•   Review key expenditures/transactions of the department in line with approved budget.

•   Identify and cultivate internal and external sources to build a common fact base for and analysis of the market and our competition, especially pertaining to the above subject matter area.

•   Analyze, and report on key market trends, potential market discontinuities and new business opportunities and pass feedback to relevant stakeholders

•   Provide leadership and guidance to subordinates.

•   Manage the department's annual budget and monitor its implementation.

•   Prepare periodic management reports on the activities of the department.

•   Perform other roles/task as required by the Director

Education And Experience:

•   First degree in Business, Management or relevant discipline.

•   MBA preferred, post graduate education an advantage;

•   8+ years cognate experience, of which at least three (3) years at management level in a large/multinational operational business environment or 3-5 years post MBA experience. Strong operational telecom experience or consulting or investment banking/finance within a telecom operator background is a strong advantage. Combination of consumer and business insight experience, coupled with brand strategy expertise on major consumer brands.

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