Mission/ Core purpose of the Job
Ensures that technology resources are efficiently allocated to meet
business objectives in a cost-effective manner.
• Oversees financial forecasting and budgeting for projects, ensuring
that sales and technology goals are achieved within financial
constraints.
• Collaborate with pre-sales, solution sales, engineering, finance, and
operations teams to ensure the smooth execution of projects that drive
both revenue and customer satisfaction.
• Enable strategic goals by ensuring that project execution and financial
forecasting efforts support both short-term and long-term business
plans.
Job Outcomes / Results
Ensure timely allocation and sourcing of
resources (both human and technological) to
support project execution, balancing costs and
business needs.
• Develop and manage forecasting models that
predict future sales and budgetary needs,
ensuring alignment with MTN Innovation
financial targets.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within
scope, and budget, meeting the quality
standards required for both BL operations and
customer deployments.
Responsibilities
Solution Execution and Strategy Enablement
• Responsible for developing, updating, and tracking a regional technology project roadmap aligned with Business Line priorities and
customer deployments.
• Translate Converged Solutions and solution sales strategies into actionable project roadmaps, ensuring that sales and project
delivery goals are aligned with broader MTN SA and MTN Innovation objectives.
• Ensures that technology resources are efficiently allocated to meet business objectives in a cost-effective manner.
• Oversees financial forecasting and budgeting for projects, ensuring that sales and technology goals are achieved within financial
constraints.
• Collaborate with pre-sales, solution sales, engineering, finance, and operations teams to ensure the smooth execution of projects
that drive both revenue and customer satisfaction.
• Enable strategic goals by ensuring that project execution and financial forecasting efforts support both short-term and long-term
business plans.
Operational Delivery
• Oversee the operational delivery of regional technology projects, ensuring that projects are executed efficiently and aligned with
business priorities.
• Monitor project progress and take proactive measures to address any delays or resource bottlenecks.
• Ensure the successful deployment of customer-facing solutions, coordinating with cross-functional teams to meet deployment
timelines and quality standards.
• Implement continuous improvement practices in project management and resource allocation to enhance operational efficiency.
• Provide regular updates to the Converged solutions and Business Line stakeholders on the progress of sales and forecasting of
products, potential risks, and outcomes.
• Create and manage the product roadmap, outlining the vision, direction, and priorities of the Converged solutions product over time.
• Monitor product performance and user feedback to inform product improvements and new features.
• Ensure that technology resources are efficiently allocated to meet business objectives in a cost-effective and timely manner.
• Track and monitor resource utilization, making adjustments as needed to optimize project delivery without compromising on financial
constraints
People & Culture Management
• Enable and model healthy employee relations and collaborative teamwork. Coach and guide colleagues where required
• Contribute to building a culture of continuous evaluation and improvement. Drive a culture of high performance, accountability and
consequence management.
• Take ownership of own personal development plans. Maintain self-development and knowledge in all required areas through learning
and research
• Identify own as well as functional training needs.
• Act as an ambassador for the team by living the Brand values and vital behaviours and changing and influencing employees’
behaviour.
• Make the environment the best place to work. Foster professionalism, loyalty and commitment to the organization. Build the
Company’s brand to be the employer of first choice.
Financial Forecasting and Budgeting
• Monitor project financials to ensure alignment with budgeting and forecasting, addressing any variances and ensuring that financial
constraints are adhered to.
• Provide regular reports on the financial health of projects to relevant stakeholders, ensuring transparency and informed decisionmaking.
• Oversee financial forecasting and budgeting for all projects, ensuring that financial goals are aligned with sales and technology
objectives.
• Track budget performance and ensure that project execution stays within financial constraints, adjusting as necessary to meet
business objectives.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and efficiency improvements while ensuring that workforce needs are adequately met.
• Identify opportunities to generate additional revenue.
Continuous Improvement
• Drive best practice, continuous improvement and innovation at process and procedure level within area (e.g. technology, processes
etc.)
• Ensure that the relevant analysis of market knowledge, trends and competitive information is gathered and assimilated
• Ensure competitors benchmarking and gap analysis is performed as appropriate and incorporated into business operations
• Initiate change to continually improve all aspects of solution delivery and drive continuous improvement as an important element of
solution delivery.
• product improvements and new features.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics,
Business Administration, Marketing or
related field
Experience
At least 5 years’ experience in sales
forecasting, budgeting, and resource
allocation preferably within the
telecommunications industry.
• Experience developing and managing
technology roadmaps that align with
business objectives and customer needs.
• Strong project management skills with a
track record of delivering complex projects
on time and within budget.
• Experience in collaborating with sales and
marketing teams for product launch and
positioning.
• Ability to deliver multiple solutions.
• Worked across diverse cultures and
geographies advantageous.
Skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Business Acumen
• Analytics and Interpretation
• Strategic Thinking
• Organisational Agility
• Dealing with ambiguity and complexity
