M-Pesa Business Strategy Senior Manager

Role Purpose

The Business Strategy Manager position is responsible for the oversight, implementation and execution follow through of Key Company Strategic pillars. The role is in charge of engaging Key strategic partners and stakeholders such as regulators, government multinationals as well as interfacing with Group Strategy teams on strategic themes.

Strategy Senior Manager is high Management position with a holistic global, regional and national business acumen in digital financial services, fintech, government digitization, and innovative business development. The role requires understanding and interpretation of national and business statistical data, key business regulatory and industry elements.

This role is also in charge of Market research, business advisory of M-Pesa strategic theme on all matters relating to business growth and partnerships.

This role ensures that VODACASH remains a market leader and defines DRC’s digital financial services landscape.

Key Accountabilities

• People: Support and maintain strong team dynamics and embed a culture of Innovation and Digital Financial services.
• Track team deliverables are meet in accordance with set objectives and targets
• Advisory: Support team and providing inputs to business units and ensuring Strategic Pillars are in line with business plans requirement.
• Market Research & Intelligence – Ensure business stays up to date on industry trends, customer insights, new business verticals growth.
• Analyze and Identify strategic risks; processes and controls and advise senior management & relevant committees
• Stakeholder Engagements: Lead and participate in key business forums, seminars, workshops, group meetings..

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

1. Stakeholder engagement: Relationship and People management
2. Minimum 6 years’ experience in financial services, of which 3 years in Commercial Strategy.
3. Understanding of regulation and the ability to interpret government policies.
4. Exposure to providing training / public speaking
5. Expert Computer literacy (MS Office and Power Point presentations is essential such think cell, Visio, statistics data manipulation tools, & power BI.
6. Self-motivated, Proactive; Flexible and Adaptable
7. willing to continuously learn, seeking opportunities and challenges.
8. Strong project management ability with certifications.
9. Conversant with project management tools and frameworks such as scale Agile, OKR or GTD.
10. Good communication skills with strong interpersonal skills with expert analytical skills.
11. Continually seeks to improve the way things are done, proposing innovative solutions.
12. Able to ensure execution, business planning, Problem Solving.

Key performance indicators

• Strategic pillars role out & Innovation business area growth
• Project implementation timelines & quality of Project delivered.
• Fruition and end to end delivery of Key Government Stakeholder projects

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Degree in Commerce and other similar qualifications
• Statistics analytics certification
• Projects management certification.
• Demonstrate prior experience in digital financial services innovation.
• Logical knowledge of technology & integrations.
• Minimum experience of 4 years in executing similar function