Available Positions
Job Title: Mergers & Aquisition Valuation Strategist
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
JOB SUMMARY
This is a Project Leader role requiring a business professional who will have responsibility for supporting Corporate Development M&A activity as well as strategic initiatives for operations within MTech
In this job, the individual will support the quantitative/analytical and market research needs of the M&A Group organization, evaluate acquisition opportunities, drive team decisions, support the execution of deals. The individual will bring sound quantitative skills, strategic thinking and business judgment along with humility and the ability to think innovatively and creatively. This is a high visibility individual contributor position that requires the ability to work on a cross-functional basis with minimal direction that will contribute to the strategic growth of MTech. The position reports to the COO/Director for M&A, Mtech, Lagos, Nigeria.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Corporate Development M&A Activity
• Build and develop financial valuation models, conduct scenario analysis and perform comparables and precedent transaction analysis.
• Conduct research and analysis on market trends and support due diligence efforts on M&A candidates
• Prepare communication materials, primarily in PowerPoint, that follow a logically reasoned, data supported approach, allowing Executives to understand the detail, but link to the big-picture
• Support Finance Organization, Business Unit Executives and Corporate Development in the successful execution of M&A transactions. Interaction with key business unit personnel;
Strategic Planning Activity
• Analytical support of strategic planning activities within MTech M&A organization.
• Analyze industry and market trends, competitive threats, expansion opportunities and internal performance in support of business unit strategic initiatives. Actively contributes analysis and insights to strategy projects.
• Work with a range of internal business units in a collaborative environment including the Mobile Product Group organization, and cross-functional and cross-regional teams to drive strategic planning initiatives and make recommendations on a wide range of strategic activities.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting from a top-tier institution. MBA or experience in Big 4 or Global Consultancy/Business Firm is desirable.
• Prior experience in mergers and acquisitions as part of investment banking, management consulting or a large corporation
• Experience with financial valuation methodologies and strong knowledge of financial accounting. Ability to apply financial theory particularly in the area of valuation.
• Expert level financial modeling skills and spreadsheet-based analysis with Excel. Highly proficient with PowerPoint, and Word applications.
• Works well under pressure in time sensitive situations and handling multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities
• Superior analytical and problem solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor. Ability to synthesize large data sets related to a wide variety of functional business problems.
• Ability to identify and build the required fact-base to support project work, including leveraging a wide variety of internal and external sources.
• Demonstrable business acumen and maturity relative to discussing, positioning, and working on complex business issues
• High level of attention to detail and professional rigor in work deliverables created for all recipients of work products.
• Strong communication skills in developing presentations through logical reasoning and deal structuring.
• Personal presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages in written and verbal communications.
• Self-starter who has aptitude to learn quickly and is eager to work intensively in joint teams with personnel of all levels to accomplish project objectives
Preferred
• Experience in television or/and radio business
• Experience with law firm or in-house experience at recognized entertainment, media or technology company.
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WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Applications should be sent to careers@mtechcomm.com
Applicants should send their CVs and covering letters as a single document and state the position they are applying for as the Subject of the mail.
Job Title: Product Director
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
JOB SUMMARY
The position of Sales Director is a leadership role with primary responsibility for the sales management and market share growth. The Sales Director has a direct reporting line to the CEO and close working relationships with other heads of the departments. The Sales Director is responsible for improving the operational performance and efficiency of the MTech Sales Organization. S/he will be involved in all aspects within the Sales process, including, but not limited to Sales Force Automation, Forecasting, Metrics/Reporting, Sales Reviews, Training, and Compensation.
The position of Product Director is a leadership role with primary responsibility for the product management and market share growth. You will be a member of a dynamic product team committed to developing our next generation mobile and digital multimedia and collaboration products. You will have end to end responsibility throughout the execution cycle, including: gathering product requirements, defining product vision, creating preliminary design concepts, and working with cross functional teams to rollout products to market.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Engage with Mobile Operators, Mobile Marketing Customers and Online Customers, sales and marketing to understand market needs trends and gather product and market requirements
• Write and review Market Requirements Document, Product Requirements Documentss
• Work closely with Product UX Designer on shaping the overall product user experience
• Manage the full life cycle of products from conception to market
• Work closely with engineering, QA and operations to scope, plan and deliver new releases
• Be a resource to sales, support and other customer facing teams.
• Work with relevant business unit leaders to ensure product requirements are in line with company vision.
• Work with business development to prioritize partnership opportunities and integrate with multiple external partners
• Work with marketing to promote the product and with the international team to address the needs of each local market
• Leading product development for mobile and online consumer oriented applications and services.
• Ownership and driving of results.
• Improve product quality, user experience, and drive development.
• Aggressively explore new technologies so that we can advance our product leadership.
• 'Top notch' organizational and time management skills too
• Owning features - the entire design process from beginning to end, product plans, ensuring the feature's success, and project managing their development.
What kind of questions do I have for you? A lot of them will be about your track record and how you would apply your skills.
• Have you been successful in leading product development for consumer mobile or online products?
• Do you have a history of being an 'owner and problem solver' and capable of molding and evolving products?
• Did you continuously improve product quality and user-experiences in a highly competitive landscape?
• Can you say that you work closely with technology teams and have hands-on execution skills such as creating wire frames, functional specs, process/user flows, etc.?
• Have you been successful working with development teams and bringing world-class user facing web and or Mobile applications to market?
• Have you had enough experience in product management/development in the right arena?
• Do you have experience with rapid design and development?
• Do you have experience managing Product Managers?
• Do you have a good understanding of the development technologies for rich mobile and internet applications?
This position is perfect for someone that has superior interpersonal, teamwork, collaborations skills, and a history of success in a similar role. The payoff will be great if you do. We will offer a competitive salary, and 'eye opening', interesting work. So, if you are qualified and interested - let's talk.
Success in this role will be achieved by Sales Manager:
1.Exceeding internal sales metrics by 30-40%, including target monthly revenue, margins, number of new products accepted by customers 2. Be the first with the product on the market before someone else is.
3.Hiring best-in-breed product professionals who are always on the edge of technologies
4.Building and maintaining a high energy, motivated, and super-achieving product management team
QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL HAVE THE FOLOWING ATTRIBUTES AND COMPETENCIES:
• BS or MS degree in Engineering, Sciences or Business, and/or equivalent experience relevant to functional area.
• Experience in building Mobile and/or Web Applications
• Proven product management experience
• Demonstrated ability in capturing requirements and communicating
them in writing and verbally to software engineers and work with a team to rapidly produce prototypes.
• Entrepreneurial experience and familiarity with business issues
• Excellent analytical, and problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work with and influence a variety of groups internally and externally
• Strategic thinker combined with the ability to execute
• A minimum of 3 years of product management experience
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in the software industry
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
The successful candidate must be a leader, not just a manager. Further, this individual must also have the following personal and professional attributes:
• Decisive – The SD should be practiced at and noted for making sound, timely decisions based on a mixture of analysis, experience and judgment.
• Accountable – The SD will take responsibility for decisions and their impact.
• Results Oriented – The SD will link decisions to business goals and will operate by keeping the entire enterprise in mind.
• Collaborative – The SD should embrace, support and practice a collaborative style which goes beyond relationship building. S/he will achieve results with and through others.
• Team Oriented – This executive must promote collaboration as well as the sharing and understanding of knowledge across the organization.
• Leadership – The SD’s management and leadership style must be one which empowers staff and peers to use their talents and take action. References will describe the candidate as an executive who encourages growth, achievement and ownership of responsibility among team members.
• Communication – Successful candidates will possess exceptional writing and verbal presentation skills enabling her/him to prepare and present information and recommendations to a broad and diverse audience, including peers on the management team, staff, and outside lenders and investors.
• Formulation/Expression of an Opinion – Company promotes an environment where creative solutions and opinions are highly valued. As such, the SD should be able to formulate independent opinions, question the status quo and, in a professional manner, challenge opinions held by others.
• Strategic – The SD will be practiced at setting direction and translating broad strategies into clear business objectives and actions.
• Possess unquestionable integrity and an ethical and moral character.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Applications should be sent to careers@mtechcomm.com
Applicants should send their CVs and covering letters as a single document and state the position they are applying for as the Subject of the mail.
Job Title: Country Manager
Department: CEO’s Office
JOB SUMMARY
The position of Country Manager is a top-level role with primary responsibility for executing MTech’s entry and post-entry strategy in each new market.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
· Oversees all planning , organizing, directing, controlling and evaluation of the operations of the organization
· Planning, administration and control of budget
· Prepare reports and briefs for evaluation of organizations daily operations for board meetings
QUALIFICATION
· A Bachelor’s degree
· MBA would be an advantage
· Fluency in French, Portuguese, Spanish or Arabic would be an advantage
· At least 5 years experience in advertising, consulting, media, FMCG or finance industries
· 3 years in a supervisory / management capacity
· Basic knowledge of Finance and Accounting
EXPERIENCE
· Demonstrated experience in Key Account Management and project management
· Demonstrated record of outstanding achievement
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Financial Management
· Develop pricing model and billing procedures
· Accurately forecast revenue, profitability, margins, bills rates, and utilization
· Ensures efficient cost management practices are in place
Business Development
· Establish strong relationships with mobile operators, media organizations and other key partners according to business plans
Leadership
· Inspires subordinates to attain goals and purse excellence
· Manages the process of innovative change effectively
· Remains on the forefront or emerging industry practices
HR Development
· Recruits outstanding individuals to fit the positions required to achieve company’s objectives
· Conducts effective performance evaluations and mentors those with less experience through formal channels
· Helps team execute career development plans
· Seeks and participates in development opportunities
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
· Proven strategic planning skills
· Organizational and negotiation skills
· Must be used to leading large teams
· Possess the ability to operate effectively in challenging and constantly changing environment
· Possess first class communication and interpersonal skills
· Must have the drive, enthusiasm and passion that delivers results
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions if this job
Applications should be sent to careers@mtechcomm.com
Applicants should send their CVs and covering letters as a single document and state the position they are applying for as the Subject of the mail.
Job Title: Corporate Affairs Manager
Department: CEO’s Office
JOB SUMMARY
The position of Corporate Affairs Manager is a leadership role with primary responsibility for identifying business and product opportunities in the marketplace, defining and setting business goals and targets and managing marketing communication activities for the company.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
· Supervise account groups to deliver on business goals
· Responsible for generation of content for MTech communications vehicles
· Define operations policy, ensure and mange work processes
· Responsibility as the key liaison with the media
· Ownership and upkeep of the detailed Communications Plans for all external Corporate communications activities and campaigns Monitor and analyze monthly operating results against budget
· Total ownership and accountability for all corporate communications plans (internal and external) which include strategic and tactical corporate campaigns, stakeholder communications, vendor liaison, budget management, control and analysis of measurement criteria
· Mange relationships with Network Operators
· Develop leads for business
· Manage all Marketing communication activities
· Setting targets for Corporate Communications activities
· Management and quarterly reviews of the Corporate Communications budget against agreed targets (evaluation and measurement)
Qualification: A bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication, Sociology, or any related discipline. Background in journalism or experience working in an PR or advertisement agency is preferred
Professional membership in NIPR, NUJ or any other relevant and reputable professional body is an added advantage.
Experience: Between 3-5 years relevant experience in the media industry and/or in a communications management role in a comparable and reputable organization.
Exposure to marketing roles is relevant.
Knowledge and Skills
• Excellent Public Relations skills
· Possess understanding of the external customer environments
• Posses understanding of the mobile communications market
• Have the ability to effectively manage budgets
• Posses demonstrable project management skills and ability to exercise initiative
• Should have some knowledge of financial management
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
· Must be a good team-player
• Must have good communication skills – both verbal and written
• Creative and innovative thinker
• Good networker
· Must have the ability to write basic documents (i.e. letters, press releases, contact reports)
• Understands basic principles of public relations and the communication industry
• Possesses judgment skills necessary for media contact
• Must have knowledge of media and how it functions
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Efficient with strong work ethic – able to manage own deadlines and work off-site without supervision
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions if this job
Applications should be sent to careers@mtechcomm.com
Applicants should send their CVs and covering letters as a single document and state the position they are applying for as the Subject of the mail.
Job Title: Software Solutions Architect (SSA)
Department: Technologies
JOB SUMMARY
The Software Solutions Architect has primary responsibility for research; planning and development of software solutions.
Software Solutions Architect has a direct reporting line to the Director of Technologies. The key tasks are development and implementation of strategic initiatives and marketing plans for existing as well as new products that are consistent with company sales/profit objectives. The Product Manager will be given full P&L responsibility for his/her product category and will be expected to manage all aspects of product lifecycles from introduction to maturity and exit strategy.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
· Researches, designs, and writes software to specifications, either individually or leading a team of other developers
· Plan ongoing feature development, product maintenance, and management of development teams
· Works with clients and Business Analysts to determine software requirements and system impacts
· Communicate technical constraints and decisions to the business.
· Define technical infrastructure.
· Translate business requirements and product vision into application architecture.
· Enhances existing software by analyzing and identifying areas for optimization or refactoring
· Generates technical documentation as well as unit and functional tests
· Assists with application maintenance by monitoring and correcting software defects
· Investigates new technologies and techniques and researches ongoing industry developments
· Be held responsible and accountable for development deliverables
· Be able to clearly convey technical ideas to the development team
· Contribute as a hands-on developer
· Mentors junior developers in industry best practices, procedures, and concepts
Qualification: A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems or any related discipline.
Experience: A minimum of least 3 years active software development experience and /or software solutions design and architectural experience.
Knowledge and Skills
· Must possess all skills as of the Software Solutions Developers (SSD)
· Strong knowledge of Continuous Integration principles is required
· Knowledge of Cruse Control will be an added advantage
· Strong knowledge of Software Configurations Management principle is required
· Knowledge of Subversion will be an added advantage
· Knowledge of Agile Project Management Principles is required
· Knowledge of Unified Modeling Language is required
· Knowledge of Software design Patterns is required
· Knowledge in writing tests is required
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
· Must possess all qualities of the Software Solutions Developers (SSD)
· Researches, designs, and writes software to specifications, either individually or leading a team of other developers
· plan ongoing feature development, product maintenance, and management of development teams
· Works with clients and Business Analysts to determine software requirements and system impacts
· Communicate technical constraints and decisions to the business.
· Define technical infrastructure.
· Translate business requirements and product vision into application architecture.
· Enhances existing software by analyzing and identifying areas for optimization or refactoring
· Generates technical documentation as well as unit and functional tests
· Assists with application maintenance by monitoring and correcting software defects
· Investigates new technologies and techniques and researches ongoing industry developments
· Be held responsible and accountable for development deliverables
· Be able to clearly convey technical ideas to the development team.
· Contribute as a hands-on developer.
· Mentors junior developers in industry best practices, procedures, and concepts
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions if this job
Applications should be sent to careers@mtechcomm.com
Applicants should send their CVs and covering letters as a single document and state the position they are applying for as the Subject of the mail.